FDOT - Mon November 23, 2020
FDOT Targets March for Reopening of Damaged Pensacola Bay Bridge
As demolition progresses on the storm-damaged Pensacola Bay Bridge, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is preparing to begin driving piles — concrete posts that are driven into the ground to act as a leg or support for the new bridge — during the first week of December....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 19, 2020
Middletown Combines Two Projects Into One With Single Prime Contractor
Phase II work is under way on the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Arrigoni Bridge project. The $46 million undertaking in Middletown/Portland is the result of a 2010 safety report, which found deficiencies in the structure's two main arch spans....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 19, 2020
D.C. Takes On Its Largest-Ever Project
In Washington, D.C., work continues on a $453 million undertaking to replace a popular bridge named for a revered abolitionist. The New Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge project, which includes reconstruction of the Suitland Parkway/I-295 interchange, is the largest public infrastructure effort in the District Department of Transportation's (DDOT) history....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 18, 2020
Austin Bridge & Road Battles Record Rain on U.S. 82
Austin Bridge & Road LP (ABR) has overcome serious challenges to push forward on the Texas Department of Transportation's highway widening project that covers 20 mi. of highway in Fannin County in order to complete the $71.5 million project in July 2021....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 17, 2020
Leaving a Legacy: Crews Replace Astoria's Waterfront Bridges
Construction crews from Legacy Contracting Inc. have completed the city of Astoria, Ore.'s $10 million Waterfront Bridges project. Crews completed the remaining elements of the complex initiative that replaced aging bridge infrastructure going back more than 100 years....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 17, 2020
Simmerly Slough Bridge Receives Urgent Upgrade
MCM Construction Inc. is replacing the Simmerly Slough Bridge on State Route 70, north of the city of Marysville at a cost of nearly $84 million, as the bridge no longer meets current design and seismic safety standards....
MaineDOT - Thu November 12, 2020
Nine I-95 Bridges Being Rebuilt or Repaired in Hampden, Maine
An effort to rebuild and rehab a total of nine deteriorating bridges along four miles of Maine's portion of Interstate 95 currently is under way, with a completion set for late 2022. The Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, valued at $44.7 million, consists of four northbound/southbound bridge pairs at four different sites along Interstate 95 between Exit 174 and Exit 180 in Maine's mid-south near Bangor....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 10, 2020
$29.8M I-70 Rehabilitation Progressing On Time, Budget
Construction crews are busy working on a $29.8 million rehabilitation project that includes repairing pavement and resurfacing Interstate 70 in Preble County, from the Indiana state line to the Montgomery County line in Ohio....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu November 05, 2020
Work to Rebuild Two I-89 Bridges Under Way
Work to rebuild two I-89 bridges over the Connecticut River in Lebanon, N.H., is under way in a job that will involve constructing one new bridge to replace the two existing bridges. R.S. Audley of Bow, N.H., is the contractor on the $43.8 million job that began in late August and will be completed in September 2025....
The Cluster - Thu November 05, 2020
Macon, Ga.'s College Street Bridge Project to Be Finished in 2021
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is scheduled to reopen the College Street Bridge near Mercer University in Macon by Thanksgiving. The span on Bibb County Road 5813 — more commonly known as College Street — was closed on May 26 to demolish and replace the old structure....
