The Day - Mon December 12, 2022
Connecticut DOT Studies How to Improve I-95 Between Branford, Rhode Island Border
Interstate 95 near the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, a link between the Connecticut towns of Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, carried an average of 40,000 vehicles a day in the late 1950's. By 2016, that number more than doubled to 97,000 vehicles daily, and is projected to increase to 126,000 vehicles in 2045....
Wheeling Intelligencer & News-Register - Thu December 08, 2022
Wheeling, W. Va.'s I-70 Bridges Project Should Be Finished by Year's End
Construction crews are replacing the concrete barrier walls on Interstate 70 and the Fort Henry Bridge over the Ohio River in Wheeling, W. Va., work that is expected to be complete before the end of the year....
Syracuse.com - Wed December 07, 2022
Judge Lets NYDOT Plan, Not Build, I-81 in Syracuse While Lawsuit is Pending
A New York State Supreme Court judge on Dec. 5 modified his earlier injunction halting work on the Interstate 81 project in Syracuse to allow state officials to do paperwork necessary to award the first construction contract for the $2.25 billion project....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed December 07, 2022
Crews Find Link to Past During I-94 Widening Project in Michigan
I-94 is a northern route connecting two of America's largest cities — Chicago and Detroit. This interstate passes near Kalamazoo, a city of about 75,000, and connects with State Road 131, one of the major north-south expressways in the state....
Hopkinton Independent & MassDOT - Mon December 05, 2022
As I-495/I-90 Interchange Work Progresses, Hopkinton, Mass., Bridge to Stay Closed
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently held a virtual meeting detailing the beginning of the construction phase of the remodeled interchange between Interstate 495 and Interstate 90, which straddles the towns of Hopkinton and Westborough southwest of Boston....
TAPinto Camden - Mon December 05, 2022
Design of Pedestrian Swing Bridge Along Camden, N.J., Waterfront to Begin
Although it will take nearly four years to complete, a pedestrian/bicyclist bridge under Camden, N.J.'s Ben Franklin Bridge connecting the city's waterfront to Cooper's Poynt Park, is set to begin design work in January....
Albany Times Union - Mon December 05, 2022
Construction Gets Going On $4.5B Underground Power Line From Quebec to NYC
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was in the Washington County village of Whitehall Nov. 30 to announce the start of construction on a 339-mi.-long underground transmission line that will bring clean power from Quebec's hydroelectric plants to New York City....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu December 01, 2022
Waterbury, Conn.,Transformation Continues With Mixmaster Project
The transformation of downtown Waterbury, Conn., is taking place with the rehabilitation of 10 bridges that connect Interstate 84 and Route 8. The Mixmaster, which was opened in 1968, features stacked bridges that the Connecticut Department of Transportation called "an engineering feat that addressed the area's challenging topography." But it also said, "The stacked bridges make both rehabilitation and replacement a complicated endeavor."While the Mixmaster has undergone multiple major renovations since the late 1960s, it is now being rehabilitated due to deteriorating concrete decks, corroded bearings and joints, section loss in its girders and cracking in critical, non-redundant structures....
Virginia Department of Transportation - Thu December 01, 2022
VDOT Announces Resilience Plan to Provide Sustainable Future for Transportation Projects, Infrastructure
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has unveiled a statewide Resilience Plan — a comprehensive, formalized framework to incorporate resilience strategies into transportation planning, project development and delivery, operations, maintenance and asset management....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 01, 2022
Allan Myers Leads U.S. 40 Bridge Project in Maryland
A project that is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Bridge System Preservation Program is well under way. The project involves replacing and widening the U.S....
