Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 04, 2019
Crews Fill Battery Street Tunnel With Viaduct Rubble
Yet another project in Seattle's $3.3 billion Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program is under way. Crews began filling in the Battery Street Tunnel in early May with rubble from the demolished Alaskan Way Viaduct....
AEM - Fri May 31, 2019
I Make America Joins Komatsu to Host Rep. Cheri Bustos in Peoria
I Make America, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)'s national grassroots campaign, joined Komatsu America Corp. to host Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) at their Peoria facility....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 30, 2019
Georgia Making Case to Become 'The Roundabout State'
With roundabouts numbering in the hundreds, Georgia is no stranger to the circular intersections billed as being the safer alternative due to their fewer points of conflict, slower speeds and assisted decision-making....
TRIP - Wed May 29, 2019
Rural Transportation Report Reveals Improvement Areas
America's rural transportation system is in need of repairs and modernization to support economic growth in the nation's Heartland, which is a critical source of energy, food and fiber. With increases in population and growing employment, rural America is heavily reliant on the quality of its transportation system to sustain further growth....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 28, 2019
Large ODOT Contracts Focus on Mill Creek Expressway
Following completion of the Phase 5A of its Mill Creek Expressway project, the Ohio Department of Transportation will award two more major contracts to general contractors to complete the 11-phase project in greater Cincinnati that started in 2010 and is scheduled for completion in 2025....
Link-Belt Cranes - Tue May 28, 2019
Link-Belt 238 HSL Completes Bridge Work in Connecticut
Middlesex Corporation of Littleton, Mass., recently purchased a 150-ton (136.08-t) 238 HSL lattice crawler crane from Wood's CRW Corp. The crane has gone to work on Interstate 95 near the West River Bridge in New Haven, Conn., as part of an ongoing project to widen Interstate 95 by over 40 ft....
New NY Bridge - Tue May 28, 2019
Crews Remove Final Section of Old Tappen Zee Bridge
The final section of the old Tappan Zee Bridge's steel superstructure has been removed. The 600-ft.-long, 11-million-lb. west anchor span — the old bridge's last span above the Hudson River — was lowered onto barges using strand jacks in mid May....
Murphy Administration - Tue May 28, 2019
Murphy Poised to Deliver $1.2B in Local Aid by End of 2019
The Murphy Administration announced a change in the New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) Municipal Aid Grant cycle to better help municipalities plan and construct important infrastructure projects....
New York State Department of Transportation - Thu May 23, 2019
N.Y. Releases Preliminary Draft Design Report for I-81 Project
The New York State Department of Transportation released a preliminary Draft Design Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Interstate 81 Viaduct Project that will be subject to public and Federal Highway Administration review and comment prior to being finalized....
PennDOT - Thu May 23, 2019
Gov. Highlights 1,700 Projects to Improve Safety, Mobility
Building on the nearly 650 construction contracts completed and approximately 4,400 roadway miles improved by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) forces last year, Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that more than 1,700 construction projects are under way or expected to begin or be bid statewide in 2019....
