The Associated Press & Baltimore Banner - Tue September 03, 2024
Maryland Officials Award Kiewit Infrastructure $73M to Build First Phase of New Key Bridge
Maryland transportation leaders approved a contract Aug. 29 for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after the 1.6-mi-long steel span collapsed into the Patapsco River under the impact of a massive container ship that lost power and crashed into one of its supporting columns....
CEG - Thu August 29, 2024
PennDOT to Start Massive Road Project in Bellefonte, Replace Small Bridge in Erie County
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will start construction on the long-awaited $259 million high-speed interchange project between Interstate 80 and I-99 near Bellefonte on Sept.4....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 29, 2024
T.L. Wallace Begins Work On Mississippi's Pearl River Bridge
In Marion County, Mississippi, construction crews are replacing two aging bridges over the Pearl River on U.S. 98. Work on the $57.7 million project began in January 2024. "The U.S. 98 eastbound bridge over the Pearl River was built in the 1930s and is rather narrow," explained Jordan Whittington, Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) District 7 construction engineer....
MaineDOT & Mainebiz - Wed August 28, 2024
Damaged Covered Bridge in Maine to Close Until Spring; UM Law School Expanding in Portland
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) expects Babb's Bridge, a 48-year-old covered bridge between the towns of Gorham and Windham, to remain closed to vehicle traffic until the second quarter of 2025 after an overweight dump truck fell through the structure's deck on Aug....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu August 22, 2024
Cianbro-Middlesex Leads WALK Bridge TIME-2 Project in Norwalk
As construction work continues on the WALK bridge, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) launched the TIME-2 project that involves the rebuild or renovation of four additional bridges on or near the Metro-North Railroad (MNR) New Haven Line (NHL) in East Norwalk....
WSDOT - Wed August 21, 2024
Grant Moves Washington-Oregon Bridge Projects Ahead
An important milestone in the effort to replace the Interstate Bridge between Oregon and Washington was recognized in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 8. Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt joined federal, state and local officials from both states at an event to celebrate the historic federal grant award recently announced for the Interstate Bridge Replacement program....
CEG - Tue August 20, 2024
Louisiana Ready to Proceed With Building $2.3B I-10/Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles
Construction to replace Louisiana's most notorious bridge on Interstate 10 could finally begin this year, ultimately clearing a national chokepoint for improved cross-country commerce. Republican Gov....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 20, 2024
Longview Bridge and Road Build Replaces Two Texarkana Spans
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently opened the new and long-awaited bridge on State Highway (SH) 8 that links Bowie and Cass counties in the Texarkana area. The $37.7 million, constructed by Longview Bridge and Road Ltd....
Tampa Bay Times - Mon August 19, 2024
Traffic Could Begin Moving Across Tampa Bay's Howard Frankland Bridge in Early 2025
Drivers could hop on the new $865.3 million Howard Frankland Bridge over Tampa Bay as early as this coming January or February. That is the word from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), which confirmed in mid-August that the last of the major construction phases is under way....
Link-Belt Cranes - Mon August 19, 2024
VIDEO: Link-Belt TCC-2500s Provide Solution to South Carolina Bridge Project
The Lane Construction Corporation is utilizing two Link-Belt 250-ton TCC-2500 telescopic crawler cranes to construct two bridges over the Wateree River in Kershaw County, S.C. The bridges will replace two preexisting overpasses along Interstate 20 as part of a South Carolina Department of Transportation bridge rehabilitation project....
