Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 01, 2020
Illinois' Weber Road, I-55 Interchange Project Moves Forward
Utility relocations delays prevented crews from starting work on the $68 million I-55 Interchange project on Weber Road in Romeoville, Ill., in 2018, but in early May 2019 operations began in earnest. The work zone covers Weber Road from 119th Street north/Rodeo Road of the interchange to 135th Street/Romeo Road to the south and 1/2 mi....
Tue March 31, 2020
TxDOT Commissioner Unveils Plans to Add $4.3B to I-35
In an effort to accelerate funding and construction on I-35 through Central Texas, the Texas Transportation Commission discussed a proposed plan at its meeting last month to add an additional $4.3 billion to build new lanes on I35 through Austin....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon March 30, 2020
How UDOT Takes From One Project, Gives to Another
The Utah Department of Transportation has come up with a unique way of saving money and helping out contractors by taking from one project and giving to another. It all started as engineers planned a project to widen U.S....
Associated Press - Thu March 26, 2020
'Disruptive' Major Freeway Project Planned in Phoenix
Phoenix (AP) — Transportation planners are spreading the word that the start of a multiyear project to rebuild a critical freeway corridor in the heart of the Phoenix metro area is only about a year off....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 25, 2020
Conveyor Belt Speeds Up Fayetteville Outer Loop Progress
Construction on another section of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Fayetteville Outer Loop project began last spring — a $129.7 million design-build contract awarded to the Wilmington, N.C.-based team of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 05, 2020
Roundabout With Railroad Crossing Makes Georgia History
The city of Sandersville recently received a new distinction — it is the only municipality in the state of Georgia that includes a roundabout with a railroad crossing in the center. The reconfiguration of the GA 242 intersection at Hospital Road and Waco Mill Road just inside the Sandersville city limits was recently completed at the beginning of this year....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 27, 2020
$174M Turnpike Interchange Project Ramps Up in Allegheny County
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is currently heading up an interchange project in Allegheny and Washington counties. PA Turnpike 576, Section 55C2-1 is a project that extends from approximately 1 mi....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu February 27, 2020
Latest Accelerated Bridge Construction Project Proceeds in Massachusetts
The Route 18 road widening and bridge reconstruction project in Weymouth and Abington is the latest Accelerated Bridge construction project in Massachusetts, which includes others in the Accelerated Bridge Program, an eight year $3 billion campaign that targeted more than 500 bridges across the state....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 26, 2020
'Band-Aid' Fixes No Longer Functional on I-70 Highway
Crews continue to make progress on the Central 70 project in Denver, Colo. The $1.2 billion effort will reconstruct a 10-mi. stretch of I-70 between Brighton Boulevard and Chambers Road, along with adding one new express lane in each direction and removing an aging viaduct....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 25, 2020
Five-Year Plan to Extend SH 146 Near Houston Takes Shape
A 4.5-mi. section of State Highway 146 between Red Bluff and State Highway 96 is undergoing expansion to accommodate increased traffic volume, said Deidrea George, public information officer of the Texas Department of Transportation, Houston District....
