Joe Jancsurak – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue March 22, 2022
Houston's $1B Fix … Zachry Construction, Traylor Brothers Inc. to Correct Tollway Bridge
Nearly two years after work on a massive new bridge stopped due to public-safety concerns, crews are at it again, and this time it's going to cost much more. The Ship Channel Bridge along the Sam Houston Tollway will cost Harris County nearly $300 million more, including $50 million to demolish what had been built as part of a "faulty design," according to county officials....
TDOT & Crossville Chronicle - Tue March 22, 2022
New $85.3M Bridge in Tennessee to Be Built in Next Phase of U.S. 127 Upgrade
Dignitaries and citizens came together March 11 to attend a groundbreaking ceremony in Clarkrange, Tenn., prior to the building of a major new bridge along U.S. Highway 127. Construction of the $85.3 million Clear Creek Bridge construction is part of a larger project to connect the towns of Crossville and Jamestown in east-central Tennessee....
Cape Cod Times - Mon March 21, 2022
Aging Cape Cod Canal Bridges Need Construction Funding Within a Few Years
For months now, Massachusetts U.S. Rep. William Keating and U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren have touted their role in raising federal funds to replace the aging Sagamore and Bourne bridges on Cape Cod....
Portland Press Herald - Mon March 21, 2022
Busy Stretch of I-95 in Maine to Shut Down for 64 Hours in April for New Bridge
The busiest stretch of Interstate 295 in Maine is going to be shut down to traffic for almost three days in April, a move that will allow construction crews the time they need to install a new bridge over Veranda Street in Portland....
Philadelphia Inquirer - Mon March 21, 2022
Many Philadelphia Area Bridges Are Crumbling, Should Drivers Be Worried?
Steve Bartkovich used his practiced eye to scan the underbelly of the Dannehower Bridge carrying U.S. Highway 202 over the Schuylkill River in suburban Philadelphia to evaluate the rust splotches on steel girders and check for signs of crumbling concrete....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 17, 2022
Digging It … Joint Venture Constructs New $3.8B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
As the largest highway construction effort in the Commonwealth of Virginia's history, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project will increase capacity, ease major congestion and enhance travel time reliability when complete....
NHDOT & Brattleboro Reformer - Thu March 17, 2022
Construction of New Hampshire to Vermont Bridge Over Connecticut River Enters Its Second Year
With spring weather close by in the Northeast, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) has restarted construction of an eight-span steel girder bridge to replace two existing spans carrying NH Route 119 in Hinsdale, N.H., over the Connecticut River into Brattleboro, Vt....
Boston Herald - Wed March 16, 2022
Boston to Build Long Island Stabilization Package, Eyes Bridge Construction
A plan to prepare a stabilization package for the buildings on Boston's Long Island, where the city continues to one day envision an addiction-recovery campus, is again in the works, with the added hopes of rebuilding a bridge to it this fall....
Associated Press & Johnstown Tribune-Democrat - Wed March 16, 2022
PennDOT Chooses Construction Group to Run Multi-Bridge-Tolling Project
Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf's administration has picked a consortium of building companies to manage construction on as many as nine major interstate bridges in the state. The governor also is prepared to use tolls on some of the bridges to pay for upgrades on the aging spans....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Tue March 15, 2022
Michigan Department of Transportation Begins Bridge Bundling Pilot
A Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) initiative to bundle bridge projects together to make them more cost-effective is under way. A pilot project, the first of its kind in Michigan, encompasses 19 bridges owned by local agencies....
