Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon November 25, 2024
Pacific Coast Highway Drainage Infrastructure, Bridge Construction Proceed
California's State Route 1 (better known as the Pacific Coast Highway) is an internationally renowned north-south arterial that draws millions of tourists annually and provides interregional, recreational, commuter and local travel through both urban and rural corridors....
CEG Staff - Mon November 25, 2024
Skanska Completes $30M Replacement of Barstow Bridge
Skanska announced on Nov. 12, 2024, the substantial completion of the new North First Avenue Bridge over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railyard in the city of Barstow. The $30.7 million project was awarded to Skanska by the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority and involved the replacement of the historic two-lane bridge built around 1930....
What’s Up Newp - Thu November 21, 2024
RIDOT Officials Mark Completion of Key $8.9M Road Resurfacing in Middletown, R.I.
This construction season, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) completed work on an $8.9 million project to rebuild the badly deteriorated road base on Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown, one of the community's busiest commercial corridors, and make numerous other safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists....
Cape Cod Times - Wed November 20, 2024
MassDOT Plans to Replace Cape Cod's Sagamore Bridge With Two, Three-Lane Spans
There was a line of people waiting at noon on Nov. 18 to get into the gymnasium at the Bourne, Mass., Veterans Memorial Center to see the state's recommended designs for the new Bourne and Sagamore bridges in Cape Cod....
AASHTO - Wed November 20, 2024
Illinois DOT Celebrates Completion of I-55 Interchange Near Joliet, Shorewood
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) recently hosted an event celebrating the completion of a $93.5 million project to reconstruct a new interchange at I-55 and Illinois 59, which also incorporated other highway corridor improvements....
Missouri Department of Transportation - Wed November 20, 2024
MoDOT Selects Contractor for $600M Improve I-70 Project
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has selected Improve 70 Alliance Joint Venture as the apparent best-value proposer and design-build contractor of the next project in MoDOT's Improve I-70 Program....
Indiana Department of Transportation - Wed November 20, 2024
Gov. Holcomb, INDOT Award $139.7M Through Community Crossings Grants
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) gathered Nov. 7 at the Pike County Courthouse in Petersburg with cities, towns and counties from across southwest Indiana receiving portions of the nearly $140 million awarded through the Community Crossings matching grant program, a component of Gov....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 20, 2024
Louisville Pump Station Receives $230M Update
In Louisville, Ky., construction crews are tasked with replacing a flood pump station (FPS) with a new facility. The roughly $230 million project will more than double the existing FPS pumping capacity from the current 875 million gal....
Amtrak Media - Tue November 19, 2024
Amtrak Secures $112M in Federal Funds to Upgrade 13 Projects in Northeast Corridor
As part of what Amtrak calls its "New Era of Rail," the rail service announced Nov. 18 that it is continuing to fund projects designed to modernize the Northeast Corridor (NEC) and unlock major bottlenecks on the busiest passenger railroad in the United States....
Washington Post - Mon November 18, 2024
Officials in Maryland Propose to Remove, Rebuild Both Spans of Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has recommended knocking down both the eastbound and westbound spans of the state's Chesapeake Bay Bridge and replacing them with new, potentially wider spans....
