Tue May 01, 2018
ODOT Prepares for Busy Construction Season
This year, the Ohio Department of Transportation is investing $2.35 billion into nearly 1,000 projects that will preserve existing roads and bridges, enhance capacity and improve safety. “Roads and bridges don't get better over time....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 01, 2018
Walsh Construction Leads Major $227M I-480 Bridge Work
Walsh Construction Company crews began the initial work on the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) $227 million I-480 Valley View bridges deck replacement project last November, with major work set to resume....
Tue March 06, 2018
Boulders Crash Onto Ohio Highway, Force Cleanup
Boulders as wide as a traffic lane have tumbled onto a highway and closed part of that road in Ohio's far southern tip. The Ohio Department of Transportation said no one was hurt in the rock slide on state Route 7 near Chesapeake, across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue March 06, 2018
ODOT's $500M I-75 Thru the Valley Enters Second Year
Phases 1 and 2 of the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) seven-phase, multi-year I-75 Thru the Valley Project, which is valued at $500 to $600 million, began last spring when John R. Jurgensen Company (JRJC) crews began its $96 million contract....
Wed February 07, 2018
Beaver Excavating Crews Make History in a Big Way
Sixteen miles of four-lane divided highway. Twenty-one bridges. Five interchanges. Twenty million cu. yds. of excavation. 300,000 sq. ft. of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall. The Beaver Excavating Company is making history by helping complete the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) massive Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway (State Route 823) project....
Wed January 10, 2018
TRAC Approves Draft Project List
Ten major new projects with a total investment of $55 million received approval from the Ohio Department of Transportation's Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC). The projects in Tier I (ready for construction) include:• $18 million for phases 3, 4, and 8 of the I-475/Dorr St....
Tue January 09, 2018
I-75 Project in Hancock County Enters Second Year
2017 presented the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) with the opportunity to improve one of the area's most valuable assets as the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County began....
Tue January 09, 2018
Agreement Allows Historic Railroad Bridge Demolition
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) Agreement on a historic preservation plan will allow the demolition of a former railroad bridge next to the Ohio Turnpike. The state Department of Transportation said removal of the old Chessie railroad bridge in northwestern Ohio will likely begin during the second half of the year....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 12, 2017
ODOT Embarks on $153M South Side Mega Fix Project
Shelly & Sands Inc. (S&S) has been working on Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) South Side Mega Fix project. The I-71 South Side widening/ interchange reconstruction is a $153 million initiative in Columbus, Ohio, that will greatly improve traffic flow for motorists and commercial traffic....
Tue November 14, 2017
Bridge Partnership Program Marks 200th Opening
State, federal, and local leaders officially cut the ribbon on the Bagdad Road bridge over the Rocky River. It is the 200th bridge completed under a program between the Ohio Department of Transportation and local government partners....
