Fri February 14, 2003
ARTBA Selects Moreland Interstate, Hartsfield Airport as Top Projects
The Tom Moreland Interchange and Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport have been selected as Georgia’s top two transportation infrastructure projects of the 20th century by the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
G.W. Hall - Thu August 22, 2002
APAC-Georgia Reconditions Crack-Ridden Interstate 20
Motorists will have a much smoother ride on Interstate 20 when the Southern Roadbuilders Division of APAC-Georgia Inc. completes a $15.3-million reconditioning project in Columbia and McDuffie counties.
“Interstate 20 was built in the early 1960s, and the highway had begun to show signs of significant wear,” said Brian Hall, project manager of APAC-Georgia....
Cynthia W. Wright - Fri May 03, 2002
Britton Bridge Unties Knot on East Memphis Interstate
Tennessee’s highways rank the best in the nation according to Overdrive magazine’s annual survey of truck drivers. In keeping with those standards, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) embarked on a long-term construction project designed to ease congestion at a well-known chokepoint – the I-40/I-240 interchange in east Memphis.
Designed by Buchart Horn Inc., the $25.7-million project was awarded to Britton Bridge Company, which began construction January 2001....
Thu March 28, 2002
Ohio Turnpike, Interstate 70 Selected OH’s Top Transportation Projects of 20th Century
The Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) have selected the Ohio Turnpike and Interstate 70 as the state’s top two transportation infrastructure projects of the 20th century....
Carol Morrison - Tue March 05, 2002
A Steady Traffic Diet Forces Widening of FL’s Interstate-275
Interstate 275 serves the western portions of Florida’s popular Tampa Bay area — including downtown Tampa, St. Petersburg and the scenic Sunshine Skyway bridge. The heavily-traveled roadway is undergoing much-needed widening and refurbishing in a number of locations, notably the area surrounding Tampa’s Busch Boulevard interchange....
Cindy Riley - Tue February 19, 2002
Alabama Interstate Bridge Collapse Snarls Traffic, Forces Rapid Repair
Best known as “Malfunction Junction,” Birmingham’s I-59/I-65 interchange is undergoing major construction following a deadly explosion in January. A tanker loaded with petroleum collided with another vehicle, causing the truck to burst into flames and cause massive damage....
Wed February 20, 2002
PP&S Mills SC’s Interstate 85 Using Roadtec Cold Planers
Special to CEG
It is undeniably beautiful: the smooth, calculated efficiency of a paving train moving down a stretch of highway. Lines of dump trucks stand waiting to maneuver into position. A material-transfer vehicle feeds hot-mix asphalt (HMA) into a paver....
David Liller - Wed March 07, 2001
Contractor Smooths Out the Rough Spots Along Florida’s Interstate 275
A project aimed at renewing part of the heavily-traveled interstate system along Florida’s west coast is expected to finish in late summer of 2001.
That’s according to Kris Carson, a spokesperson with District Seven of the Florida Department of Transportation....
G.W. Hall - Mon July 30, 2001
Contractors ’Shoulder’ Georgia Interstate-16 Widening Project
Rogers Bridge Company Inc. and Mitchell Construction Co. Inc. of Atlanta, GA, have teamed up to complete a $27.9-million bridge and shoulder widening project along Interstate 16 in Laurens and Treutlen counties....
Mon June 04, 2001
Granite Construction Awarded $15.4 Million Interstate Reconstruction Project In Utah
Granite Construction Inc. recently announced that it has been awarded a $15.4 million contract by the Utah Department of Transportation for the asphalt overlay of 18.8 miles of I-80 from Echo Junction to Castle Rock, approximately 50 miles east of Salt Lake City, UT.
The scope of the project includes the removal and replacement of 18.8 miles of asphalt pavement on I-80....
