Ohio Department of Transportation - Mon February 10, 2025
Cincinnati's I-471 Bridge Reopens Exactly 100 Days After Fire
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Pamela Boratyn announced that the southbound lanes of Interstate 471 approaching the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge reopened on the evening of Feb....
Chuck MacDonald - Wed February 05, 2025
NYC Aims to Thwart Flooding in Queens
A collection of neighborhoods in southeastern Queens, N.Y., has long been known as one of the largest sections of middle class African American homes in the country. The residents there live with significant neighbors including Idlewild Park, a 160-acre public park and saltwater marsh, Brookfield Park, consisting of approximately 100 acres of greenspace, and the sprawling John F....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu January 30, 2025
Hitachi Excavators Help Build $3.9B Bridge-Tunnel in Va.
Crews began onsite work more than four years ago to build the largest highway construction project in Virginia's history. When they are finished, the result promises to have a major effect on vehicle traffic in the populous and often-congested Tidewater area of the state....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu January 30, 2025
Fayetteville, N.C.'s Raeford Road Undergoing $147.8M Rebuild
As the home of more than 392,000 residents and United States' military personnel stationed at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) in its metropolitan area, Fayetteville, N.C., is a vibrant, growing city about an hour south of Raleigh along Interstate 95....
Stamford Advocate & New Haven Register - Wed January 29, 2025
New Haven Receives $2M Federal Grant to Plan Ways to Reconnect Areas Split By I-91
Removing physical barriers around Interstate 91, restoring pedestrian routes and building housing could be some of the ways New Haven, Conn., officials hope to reconnect the city where it was divided by the freeway in the 1960s....
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - Tue January 28, 2025
PANYNJ Plans to Conduct Major Overhaul of Hoboken, N.J.'s Rapid Transit Station in 25 Days
As soon as the last passenger train rumbles out of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson's (PATH's) Hoboken, N.J., station just after 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 30, PATH workers will jump into action. "We know the clock is ticking from the very beginning," said Tom Crowell, PATH's deputy director of infrastructure and rolling stock....
MaineDOT & American Journal - Tue January 28, 2025
MaineDOT Building New Bridge Over I-95 in Augusta, Will Take Bids Later in 2025 On Another in Buxton
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) shifted westbound traffic on U.S. Highway 202/Western Avenue in Augusta to a temporary bridge on Jan. 25 as part of the ongoing work to replace the route's former road bridge over Interstate 95....
Wheeling Intelligencer & News Register - Mon January 27, 2025
WVDOH to Determine Future Use of Wheeling's Renovated Suspension Bridge
Demolition of the Wheeling Inn in downtown Wheeling, W. Va., has been completed, and the city's nearby $17.9 million suspension bridge renovation project wrapped up late last year, but an official determination still looms about the future use of the historic bridge....
Skanska - Mon January 27, 2025
Skanska Awarded $220M Contract to Paint, Rehabilitate Commodore Barry Bridge
Skanska, a global construction and development firm, announced it has been awarded a contract by the Delaware River Port Authority (DPRA) to carry out the $220 million phase three painting and rehabilitation of the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester, Pa., and Bridgeport, N.J....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue January 23, 2024
Federal Highway Administration Officially Eliminates Its Domestic Manufacturing Waiver On Federally Funded Projects
In mid-January, FHWA published a final rule on the 1983 waiver of the regulation on the use of American-manufactured products on federal projects. The waiver limited application of the agency's Buy America requirements to iron and steel....
