Greenville Journal - Tue October 05, 2021
S.C. Roads, Highways Are Still Bad, But DOT Reports Repairs Being Made
Despite increased funding to improve South Carolina's roads and bridges, the Upstate's traffic is still congested and, overall, the state's highways have remained deadly. But, in a report released Sept....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Fri September 24, 2021
Crews Prescribe Diverging Diamond Interchange to Remedy Woes in Maryland
A project to enhance safety and increase capacity at an interchange in Frederick County, Md., continues toward an early 2023 completion date. Under the direction of the Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA), construction began in fall 2018 at the I-270 (Washington National Pike) and MD 85 (Buckeystown Pike) Interchange....
GDOT - Thu September 23, 2021
East-Central Georgia Getting Key Upgrade to U.S. Highway Corridor
Georgia's primary north-south road corridor in the eastern part of the state is U.S. Highway 1, which will mark 100 years as a numbered roadway in 2022. And, in many places along its 2,300-mi. route from South Florida to the Canadian border, U.S....
WSDOT - Tue September 21, 2021
Graham Contracting Will Upgrade I-405 Interchange
The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the award of a contract to start construction on the I-405/NE 132nd Street Interchange project. The contractor, Graham Contracting Ltd., submitted the apparent best value proposal of $50.4 million for this design-build project....
CEG - Thu September 16, 2021
Major Improvement Project Has Begun on Nearly 12.5 Mi. of VT Route 9
The 46.96 mi. of Vermont Route 9 from the Chesterfield, N.H., bridge west to the New York State border has been around in one form or another since the 1760s. VT 9 — officially the Molly Stark Trail through the entirety of its length in southern Vermont — is part of a key east-west route between Portland, Maine, and Albany, N.Y....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 15, 2021
Crews Install Largest Concrete Beams Manufactured in Midwest On Tri-State Tollway's $4B Project
Crews in Illinois are carefully choreographing the placement of the largest concrete beams ever manufactured in the Midwest, as they continue reconstructing the Central Tri-State Tollway. The task under way is anything but routine....
Office of Gov. Pritzker - Tue September 14, 2021
Ground Breaks On $216.8M I-57/74 Project
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation were joined Aug. 23 by local officials and community leaders to announce the start of construction on a new Interstate 57/74 interchange, one of the cornerstone projects of the governor's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 14, 2021
Ruhlin/Shelly and Sands JV Begins Largest Project in ODOT District 4's History
In Summit County, Ohio, work has begun on a $161 million project that will make significant improvements around the Akron Beltway. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing the work, the largest in District 4 history, which includes a mix of roadway improvements and bridge replacements on I-76, I-77 and Route 8 in Akron....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Tue September 14, 2021
ODOT Kicks Off Major Reconstruction of I-70 in Zanesville
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jack Marchbanks officially kicked off an $88 million project to reconstruct Interstate 70 through the city of Zanesville on July 20. In addition, the project will resurface I-70 from U.S....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu September 09, 2021
Construction Team Transforms Congested Freeway in Northern Virginia
Motorists navigating the bustling 495 beltway around Washington, D.C., know they are taking their chances when they exit onto I-66 that services the growing cities of northern Virginia. Bottlenecks and slowdowns are commonplace....
