C.W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc.

GDOT - Thu December 22, 2022

C.W. Matthews Completes Work to Reopen Cheshire Bridge

Crews from C.W. Matthews have reached a construction milestone as officials recently reopened a portion of the Cheshire Bridge over South Fork Peachtree Creek. The crucial span suffered damage from a fire in August 2021 when a 4-in....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 12, 2022

C.W. Matthews Expects to Complete $111M Phase 2 of Jackson County, Ga. Project in Coming Months

C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. began work on the Georgia Department of Transportation's $111 million I-85 Widening, Phase II (SR 53 to US 129) project in June 2021 that is taking place in the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass (Jackson County) to ease traffic congestion....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 14, 2022

Emergency Repair: C.W. Matthews Corrects Bridge Deck On I-85

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is one of the largest and most active DOTs in the country and it recently sprang into action when emergency I-85 northbound bridge deck repairs were required near Exit 137 in the city of Jefferson, between the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass....

CEG - Thu January 20, 2022

Crews Continue Work On $500M Megaproject

Considerable progress is being made since ground was broken in April 2017 on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) I-16/I-75 Improvement Project. While most of the construction from Phase 1 was completed in summer 2021, the next phases of construction are starting to ramp up, most notably in Bibb County, Ga....

Chattanooga Times Free Press - Mon August 30, 2021

Second Phase to Alleviate Traffic Bottleneck at Tennessee's I-75/I-24 Split Set for 2023

The initial phase of the now-$133.5 million improvement project at the infamous Interstate 75/Interstate 24 "Split" near the Tennessee-Georgia state line was officially completed on Aug. 19, but it has not answered all the interchange's problems yet....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 13, 2021

Crews Make Headway On $63M I-16/I-75 Improvement Project

Since ground was broken in April 2017 on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) I-16/I-75 Improvement Project in Macon, crews from E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and C.W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 18, 2021

Peachtree Creek Bridge Gets Its $20M Upgrade

The Peachtree Creek Bridge on SR 3/Northside Drive in North Atlanta (Fulton County), built in 1926, is being replaced by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) via a $20,164,623.92 contract that was awarded to C....

Rome News Tribune - Thu February 11, 2021

Georgia's Alabama Highway Widening Project Set for September Finish

After more than 3½ years, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has announced that its widening project along Alabama Highway/GA Highway 151 in north Georgia is closing in on the final stages of completion....

GDOT - Thu November 19, 2020

Georgia DOT Begins Work on New I-85 Widening in Jackson County

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) on Nov. 17 announced the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Interstate 85 Phase 2 widening project in Jackson County. Work has already commenced to expand I-85 from two to three lanes in both directions east of Braselton from Georgia State Road 53 to just north of U.S....

GDOT - Tue July 21, 2020

Work Continues on Major Upgrade to Macon's I-16/I-75 Interchange

Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) are hard at work on the construction activities related to the I-16/I-75 Interchange Improvement Project in Macon-Bibb County. With a cost of $500 million, GDOT considers the upgrade to the I-16/I-75 interchange to be a top safety and mobility megaproject for the state of Georgia....