CT Insider - Mon January 08, 2024
CTDOT Beginning $500M Effort to Improve Three-Highway Interchange in Meriden
State transportation officials have quietly ramped up work on a nearly $500 million project designed to overhaul one of central Connecticut's most congested and headache-inducing highway corridors, CT Insider reported....
New Hope Free Press & DRJTBC - Tue January 02, 2024
Rehabilitation Work Begins On Pa.-N.J. Toll-Supported Bridge Over Delaware River
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) announced Dec. 27 that the contractor for the upcoming rehabilitation project at the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge was poised to begin work-site mobilization and set-up activities on Jan....
West Virginia Department of Transportation - Tue January 02, 2024
Plans Under Way to Permanently Repair Cracks on W. Va.'s Jennings Randolph Bridge
Modjeski & Masters, one of the world's leading bridge engineering firms, is designing plans for permanent repairs to the Jennings Randolph Bridge in Chester, W. Va., as the state's Division of Highways (WVDOH) prepares to reopen the span....
Brattleboro Reformer - Thu December 28, 2023
Crews Preparing to Build Final Pier for New Bridge Linking Two Connecticut River Towns
Construction workers are preparing to soon construct Pier One, the seventh and final pier of the $62.5 million General John Stark Memorial Bridge, which will link the two Connecticut River towns of Hinsdale, N.H., and Brattleboro, Vt....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu December 28, 2023
Triton Construction Replacing Bridges in Harrisonburg, Virginia
In 1960, Harrisonburg, Va., was a small rural town where construction teams built four bridges to handle the expected traffic for the future at the intersection of Interstate 81 and U.S. 33. The future is now as the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is working with lead contractor Triton Construction of St....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 28, 2023
Failing Components Force Lane Closure On Busy Bridge
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) recently closed the westbound lanes of the Washington Bridge, one of the busiest sections of highway in the state, after a consultant inspecting work on the bridge discovered bridge components that were in critical danger of failing....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 27, 2023
Peterson-Chase Provides New Surface On LA Highway
Peterson-Chase General Engineering Construction Inc. crews started work on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $33 million Interstate 5 Pavement Preservation Project in Los Angeles County on Nov....
New Orleans Times Picayune - Tue December 26, 2023
New Orleans' Historic Harvey Tunnel Now Closed to Carry Out $53.7M in Upgrades
Louisiana's Harvey Tunnel opened nine governors ago, during Earl Long's administration, and for much of its 66-year history has been maintained and repaired on a piecemeal basis: Close one or both lanes in one direction to traffic, work for a week or so, then repeat on the other side....
Amtrak - Tue December 26, 2023
Amtrak Awards Three Important Contracts for the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Replacement Program
Amtrak has selected the Flatiron/Herzog Joint Venture as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) contractor for construction of two new bridges and associated track work, along with two supporting contracts that will advance replacement of the existing 117-year-old Susquehanna River Rail Bridge....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 21, 2023
TDOT Makes Improvements to Clarksville Highway
Although the timeline has changed, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) continues monitoring long-awaited improvements for State Route 112 (Clarksville Highway). Construction on the $34.4 million project includes widening the route from two lanes to four lanes, with a continuous left turn lane from the Ashland City Highway (SR 12) intersection to the Briley Parkway (SR 155) interchange....
