CEG Search results for "georgia department of transportation"

GDOT Announces East-Central District Projects

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Georgia Department of Transportation - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) recently awarded new contracts for projects in the agency's east-central district. In Greene County, Pittman Constructi...

Georgia DOT Awards $107.2M in April

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) awarded a total of 28 projects valued at approximately $107.2 million at the monthly State Transportation Board meeting held...

Webber–United JV Advances $620M I-16/I-75 Interchange

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Webber–United Joint Venture (JV), consisting of Webber LLC and United Infrastructure Group Inc., is nearing completion of Phases 4 and 5 of the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) seven phase I-16/I 75 Interchange Improvement Project in Macon and Macon Bibb County, Ga....

Crews Set Beams On Atlanta's $1.25B West Interchange

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Considered one of the state's most significant transportation upgrades, the $1.25 billion I-285/I-20 West Interchange project will benefit the entire metro Atlanta region when it's completed in 2030. The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is overseeing the multi-year under...

GDOT's Major SR 400 Express Lanes Construction Set to Begin

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GDOT - Major construction on the State Route 400 Express Lanes Project will begin in April 2026 under a partnership between the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and SR 400 Peach Partners LLC. The project, the largest transportation infrastructure effort in Georgia's history, is ai...

GDOT's Bridge Project Over SR 293, CSX Railroad Advances

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. is making steady progress on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $30.1 million State Route 3/U.S. 41 bridges over State Route 293 and CSX Railroad project that is construc...

Link-Belts Complete Heavy Picks, Work $1.3B GDOT Project

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Link-Belt Cranes - Link-Belt crawler cranes are vital to a massive infrastructure renovation issued by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Using a 200-ton 248 HSL and a 150-ton 238 HSL, C.W. Matthews of Mariett...

SCDOT's Largest Contract Ever Will Widen I-95, Add DDI, New Exit in Lowcountry

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The State - Along Interstate 95 at the southeastern tip of South Carolina, the town of Hardeeville's Exit 5 and Hilton Head Island's Exit 8 are being reconfigured as part of the most expensive contract in the history of the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). The agency is undertakin...

Diverging Diamond Interchange at Bradley Park Drive Nears Completion

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - It was on March 10, 2023, that crews from C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. initiated construction on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $21 million State Route 22 at County Road 1505/Bradley Park Drive diverging diamond interchange (DDI) project in Columbus. The project i...

Statesboro, Ga.'s Ambitious Creek on Blue Mile Project Plans Are Still Being Formed

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GriceConnect.com - Statesboro, Ga.'s Creek on the Blue Mile Project took center stage during the city's mayor and council work session recently when a comprehensive update on where the project stands and the financial challenges now shaping its path forward was heard. The Creek on the Blue Mile project is o...

Planning Gives Summers Edge in Airport Project

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Summers Concrete Contracting Inc. initiated operations on Aug. 5, 2025, for the $24 million reconstruction of Runway 6-24 at Columbus Airport (CSG), one of the airport's two runways. The goal is to provide better support for large and heavy aircraft to land and take off and to expand ...

Utah Infrastructure Receives 'C+' in 2025 ASCE Report

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Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers - The Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2025 Report Card for Utah's Infrastructure on May 29, 2025, assigning 12 categories of infrastructure a cumulative grade of ‘C+', which is unchanged from the last report card in 2020. Utah is one...

Georgia Starts $1.2B Upgrade to I-285/I-20 West Interchange in Fulton, Cobb Counties

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Georgia Department of Transportation & CEG - Just west of Atlanta, a city notorious for its often nightmarish traffic tie-ups, work began July 21 to upgrade what Georgia officials are calling one of the country's worst freight transportation bottlenecks. ...

Gainesville Connector Road Work Begins, Ossoff Nets $556M for Military Construction in Ga.

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GDOT & WAGA-TV - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has started building the Sardis Road Connector, which the state agency calls "a transformative transportation project aimed at improving mobility in Hall County. The project was designed to enhance north-south connectivity in Gainesville bet...

Pioneering Projects, People Recognized During ARTBA's 37th Annual P3s in Transportation Event

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ARTBA - Two public officials, an express lanes project in Georgia and a bridge replacement effort in Louisiana took top honors July 16 at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) 37th Annual Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) in Transportation Conference. The ARTBA P3 ...

Futuristic Pedestrian Bridge Opens Near Atlanta; Albany Road Bridge to Be Replaced in July

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CEG - The City of College Park, Ga., southwest of downtown Atlanta, now counts a can't-miss, sculptural piece of people-friendly infrastructure that links two popular destinations and helps keep pedestrians and cyclists out of vehicle traffic. Spanning 200 ft. across the four-lane Camp Creek Pa...

I-75 at Akers Mill Road Express Lanes Access Point Opens

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. has delivered the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $26.5 million Interstate 75 at Akers Mill Road New Express Lanes Ramp project in the city of Cumberland (Cobb County), an initiative that began in October 2021. The project provides motorist...

Xpanner Showcases Excavator Technology at 2025 GDOT ROADEO

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Xpanner - Xpanner participated in the 2025 Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) ROADEO in Perry, Ga. The annual event brought together industry professionals, regional vendors and state personnel committed to advancing safety and innovation in transportation infrastructure. At this y...

Doraville, Ga. to Develop Its First City Center; Bells Ferry Road Being Widened in Woodstock

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CEG & Georgia Department of Transportation - After 150 years without a defined downtown, the city of Doraville in metro Atlanta is preparing to begin a transformative new development that will create a long-awaited city center. Doraville officials said that the development also aims to establish a vibrant, walkable downtown area for...

W-L Construction Works to Restore Route 58

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Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - When Hurricane Helene unleashed its fury in late September 2024 many communities in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia were shredded under the onslaught of flooding and mudslides. In the wake of the storm's 140 mph winds, people needed food, water and shelter. The storm caused more than...

Work Set to Begin On Thomasville, Ga.'s First Phase of Remington Avenue Project

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Thomasville Times-Enterprise - Contractors are preparing to begin work May 19, 2025, on the city of Thomasville, Ga.'s Remington Avenue Streetscape Project. The first phase of the $5.1 million effort is designed to provide much-needed improvements to the portion of the corridor stretching along Remington Avenue and...

Columbus, Ga.'s $47M Buena Vista Interchange Project Finally Nears Finish Line

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WRBL-TV - In Columbus, Ga., a major highway interchange project is finally getting closer to being finished. State leaders and transportation officials gathered May 1, 2025, to discuss updates on the Buena Vista Interchange project. The $47 million effort aims to reconstruct the interchange at Buen...

State Road, Bridge Repairs in East Tennessee Due to Helene Heading Toward Finish Line

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Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Almost seven months after the remnants of Hurricane Helene roared through Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, causing billions of dollars in damage and claiming more than 100 lives between the two states, most major repair work has been finished in both states, particularly in Tennessee...

GDOT to Begin $104M Road Widening Project Near Atlanta; Updates Status of Other Work

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Georgia Department of Transportation - The largest section of a widening project along Georgia Highway 20 north of the Atlanta metro area will soon be getting under way, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced. The state agency awarded Marietta, Ga.'s C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. a $104 million cont...

Savannah Bridge Project Supports Fast-Growing Port

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is undertaking a substantial investment with its U.S. 17/State Route 404 Spur Bridge Major Maintenance Project, which is upgrading a key bridge spanning the Savannah River to extend its lifespan, as well as allow more efficient access to the Port of...

Macon's Middle Georgia Regional Airport to Build $13.4M Guitar-Shaped Terminal

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WMAZ-TV & CEG - Nearly $22 million worth of upgrades will soon take flight at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon, highlighted by a uniquely-designed new terminal honoring the area's rich musical tradition. World famous recording artists, including Little Richard, Otis Redding, the Allman Br...

Massive I-16, I-75 Interchange Project Moves Closer to Completion

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Lorie Jewell - The second and third phases of the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $500 million improvement project for the Interstate 16 and Interstate 75 interchange are on track to finish this spring, giving Macon-area motorists more room to maneuver, as well as a reprieve from construction ...

New Plans Call for Renovated UGA Building, GDOT Eyes I-75 Interchange Redo

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UGA Today & Tifton Gazette - The University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens announced plans in late January 2025 for a comprehensive $115.7 million renovation of Creswell Hall, one of the campus's landmark residence halls. UGA Today, an online campus news source, noted that the project is scheduled to take place in 20...

Georgia Is Moving Ahead to Enhance Highway Networks

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - As Georgia's population and economy surge, the need for an enhanced road network has never been greater, and the state's multi-billion-dollar Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) is building the infrastructure to meet immediate and future demands. The Georgia Department of Tra...

Western Parallel Connector Road Project Now Being Built Near Atlanta

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Henry County Government - Construction of the highly-anticipated Western Parallel Connector in Henry County, Ga., on the southeast edge of Atlanta, got under way recently with the start of land clearing activities, county officials said in a Nov. 7 news release. The connector is a new roadway project designed to i...

GDOT Building $55M Roadway in Stockbridge; Five Ga. Towns Get Federal Funds for Water Upgrades

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MHF News & Office of Sen. Jon Ossoff - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is building a new roadway in the Henry County town of Stockbridge, just south of Atlanta. When complete, the four-lane Western Parallel Connector (WPC) will provide motorists with an alternative to Interstate 75. Construction on the project ...

Columbus Airport Lands $24M in Federal Funds for Runway; Ga. Tech Looks to Expand Its Campus

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CEG & Urbanize Atlanta - The commercial airport in Columbus, Ga., is due to receive big money from the federal government to help fully reconstruct one of its runways, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Sept. 6. The FAA will provide $24.4 million to the Columbus Airport (CSG) to reconstruct runwa...

GDOT's I-85 Widening, Phase 3 Set to Complete Late Fall/Early Winter

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Work began on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $141 million I-85 Widening, Phase 3 in August 2022 with the design-build team of E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and WSP USA Inc. They are on schedule to reach substantial completion by the end of 202...

Georgia Selects Contractors to Unclog Its I-285/I-20 West Interchange Bottleneck

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Georgia Department of Transportation - It was the most expensive transportation project in Georgia's history … for all of 10 minutes. The eye-popping $4.6 billion Ga. Highway 400 express lane project grabbed headlines at the State Transportation Board meeting Aug. 15, overshadowing the $1.2 billion rebuilding of the I-2...

Special Henry County, Ga., Sales Tax Funding New $14.5M McDonough Parkway Extension

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CEG - Motorists traveling around Henry County, Ga., south of Atlanta, are beginning to notice clearing and road work on the area's McDonough Parkway Extension. The work zone is located in the vicinity of the junction of Georgia Highway 155 and Turner Church Road on the north end of McDonough, the count...

VIDEO: Metro Atlanta Residents Get New Details On Proposed I-285 Top End Express Lanes Project

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Toll lanes along the top end of the Atlanta Perimeter and adjoining highways would displace 21 residences and 44 businesses, an environmental study has found. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) also would acquire slivers of numerous other properties to build the toll lanes. A...

Work Continues On Two Savannah Area Bridges; New Funds to Pay for Interchange Near Augusta

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AllOnGeorgia & Augusta Chronicle - Vehicular traffic along Georgia Highway 25 was recently shifted onto the new Houlihan Bridge over the Savannah River in Port Wentworth. The state road connects people looking to travel between the Peach State and South Carolina, just northwest of the Savannah city limits. The Georgia Depa...

Georgia's State Leaders Add Transportation Infrastructure Program Grant Worth $1.5B

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Georgia Department of Transportation - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) recently provided details on forthcoming transportation programs and projects receiving funding as a result of a $1.5 billion investment from Gov. Brian P. Kemp's amended Fiscal Year 2024 budget recommendation, recently approved by the state'...

Georgia DOT Commissioner, Transportation Legal Expert, Projects in Pennsylvania, Michigan Spotlighted at this Year's ARTBA P3 Awards

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ARTBA - The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) presented its annual Public Private Partnerships (P3s) Awards to public and private sector leaders, a Michigan highway project and a package of Pennsylvania bridge projects during the association's 36th Annual ...

E.R. Snell, Webber Make Headway On $500M GDOT Project

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Crews from E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and Webber LLC/United Infrastructure Group are working tirelessly on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $500 million I-16/I-75 Interchange Improvement Project to help reduce congestion, improve safety and provide roads to handle growing com...

GDOT Begins Constructing a Redesign of Deadly Intersection in Jefferson County

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Augusta Chronicle - Construction work has gotten under way on a road project designed to prevent accidents at the intersection of Georgia Highway 296 and Ga. 88/Fall Line Freeway in Jefferson County, southwest of the town of Wrens. The Augusta Chronicle reported June 24 that the work started one week earlier...

Crews Work to Complete Metro Atlanta Project

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Construction crews continue to make strides for the completion of the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $79 million design-build I-85 at SR 42/North Druid Hills Road project to rebuild aging infrastructure, improve traffic flow and improve safety for motorists in Brookhaven (DeKal...

GDOT Considers Whether to Build a New Talmadge Bridge or Replace It With a Tunnel

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution & CEG - Savannah's historic Talmadge Bridge, the iconic cable-stayed span on the edge of city's historic district, could be no more. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is moving forward with two alternatives: A new tunnel that would run underneath the Savannah River or a complete...

Georgia DOT Closes Major DeKalb County Road for 90 Days at I-85 for Bridge Replacement

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WSB-TV & Georgia Department of Transportation - A busy stretch of Georgia Highway 42/North Druid Hills Road in DeKalb County has shut down for the next three months, the state's Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced during the last full week of April. The state agency began work April 26 to replace an old bridge on the highway ...

Georgia Ranks First in Construction Among All States

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - It's no secret that the state of Georgia is experiencing explosive growth in terms of its population and business investment, and as a consequence, the Georgia Department of Transportation is in the midst of a comprehensive, multi-billion dollar program to expand the road network to handle th...

GDOT Crews Pour New Spans for SR 400 Project

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CEG - Construction crews working for the Georgia Department of Transportation reached a crucial milestone on one of the more significant construction projects in the state. During the first week of January, crews began executing the beginning of a new deck for the new Kimball Bridge Road bridge...

New $29M Overpass at Port of Savannah to Divert Trucks Away From Neighborhoods

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Georgia Ports Authority - Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced plans Feb. 2 to invest $29 million in an overpass linking the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal to U.S. Highway 17 in order to keep terminal truck traffic from impacting local neighborhoods. In addition, officials expect the highway structure wi...

Work Begins to Improve North Druid Hills Road Bridge in Northeast Atlanta

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GDOT & WXIA-TV - Construction at the North Druid Hills Road bridge in DeKalb County, Ga., in the northeast suburbs of Atlanta, began Feb. 5 before a planned 90-day road closure in March, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Contractors began preliminary structure work on the bridg...

Contractors Continue Working to Complete I-16/I-75 Project in Georgia

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GDOT - Contractors working for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will continue construction on the I-16/I-75 Interchange Improvement Project in Macon-Bibb. Crews currently have detours in place in order to perform work on the project, such as installing diaphragms on the I-16 eastb...

Georgia Cities of Atlanta, Sandy Springs Sign Agreements to Build PATH400 Multi-Use Trail

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Appen Media - Construction to extend the PATH400 multi-use trail in Georgia is scheduled to begin in 2024 after the Sandy Springs City Council approved two agreements with Atlanta on Jan. 2. The extension of the multi-use trail, which runs from Loridans Drive in Atlanta to Johnson Ferry Road in Sandy S...

GDOT Awards $189M Contract to Raise Savannah Bridge So Large Ships Can Pass Underneath

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The Associated Press & GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) said Jan. 3 that it had chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah`s towering Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge so that today's larger cargo ships traveling up and down the Savannah River can p...

Georgia DOT Awarded Funds to 29 Transportation Projects Statewide in September

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Georgia Department of Transportation - In early November, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced that it had provided money to a total of 29 projects in September, including resurfacing, bridge construction and rehabilitation, reconstruction, safety and other building projects. The single largest investment,...

GDOT Crews Accelerating Effort to Replace Sandy Springs Bridge Following Truck Hit

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution & Rough Draft Atlanta - The Mount Vernon Highway bridge over Interstate 285 in Sandy Springs, Ga., will remain closed until 2024 after a tractor-trailer carrying an excavator crashed into it in late September, significantly damaging the bridge beams. Structural evaluations of the bridge were concluded the next d...

C.W. Matthews Replacing Trio of Bridges Along SR 400

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Construction of the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $55 million SR 400 Bridge Replacements project — taking place in Fulton County — has begun and C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. is expected to deliver the three new bridges between April and June of 2024. ...

Bridge Project Earns GDOT Prestigious Award Honor

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation earned a regional award in the 2023 America's Transportation Awards competition at the Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' annual meeting held in Mobile, Ala. Georgia DOT's winning submission, the "Historic 5th Stree...

GDOT Officials Looking at Possibility of Creating Hydrogen Fueling Stations

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution & Office of Gov. Brian Kemp - Georgia officials are exploring the possibility of deploying hydrogen fueling stations across the state to power commercial vehicles, tractor-trailers and other large trucks. The heart of this hydrogen highway may be a 23-mi. stretch of Interstate 16 near Savannah that connects Hyundai Mo...

The Industrial Company Delivering $410M Port Upgrade

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is spending $410 million to transform and upgrade the 200-acre Ocean Terminal in the Port of Savannah, a project that is being undertaken by The Industrial Company (TIC), which is responsible for the wharf/berth refurbishment element. The new Ocean Termin...

New Roundabout Coming to Northeast Georgia

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Now Habersham & The Associated Press - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to a Norcross construction firm to build a roundabout on Georgia Highway 105/Cannon Bridge Road at Ga. 115. According to the state agency, Wilson Construction Management was the low bidder on the p...

Crews Wrap Project Four Years Ahead of Schedule

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) announced its second Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) project has been completed ahead of schedule. ...

Atlanta Beltline Gets $25M RAISE Grant From USDOT to Help Build Trail Network

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Atlanta Beltline - The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced June 27 that it is awarding a $25 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant to the city of Atlanta and Atlanta BeltLine Inc. The funds will be used for the construction of a 2.2-mi.-long ...

VIDEO: Notorious Traffic Bottleneck in Atlanta Among Two Roads Soon to Be Upgraded

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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - The State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) in Georgia signed off June 26 on two major highway improvement projects, including an interchange west of Atlanta that is ranked among the worst traffic bottlenecks in the nation. SRTA Board members unanimously approved resolutions authorizing a...

Construction Crews Demolish 'Bridge to Nowhere'

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Atlanta DOT - There are many spots throughout the city of Atlanta that have a lot of history packed in them, especially ones involving infrastructure. One of those is in Bankhead, particularly a century-old bridge that is no longer in use. ...

Interstate 95 in South Carolina's Low Country to Be Widened Starting in Late 2024

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The Island Packet & SCDOT - Beginning late year, the South Carolina Department of Transportation plans to widen Interstate 95 from two lanes to three lanes in both directions from the Georgia state line north through Jasper County, with work scheduled to be completed by 2032. Part of the project also calls for widen...

New Turbine Ramp Marks First in Peach State

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) opened the first new turbine bridge ramp that will carry I-16 westbound traffic to I-95 southbound, on March 23, 2023. The ramp replaces the existing cloverleaf, loop ramp on the west side of I-95 with a first-of-its kind for Georgia "partial...

GDOT Awards Projects Valued at $162M

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GDOT & Macon Telegraph - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) recently announced that it had awarded 22 projects in February valued at $162 million. Twenty were awarded on March 3, and two other projects from the February letting which were originally deferred were awarded later in the month. The large...

GDOT Replacing Two Bridges Near Tybee Island; Stockbridge's Cochran Park Gets Upgrade

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Savannah Morning News & GDOT - The roadway linking Savannah to the beach community of Tybee Island saw the finish of preliminary work earlier this year ahead of a much larger project beginning in 2025 to replace two bridges along the highway by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). U.S. Highway 80/Georgia Hi...

Construction On I-20 Bridge Over Savannah River May Last Another Year

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WRDW/WAGT-TV & GDOT - Just over four years ago, construction began on the Interstate 20 bridges over the Savannah River at the Georgia-South Carolina state line. The $73 million project's primary objectives were to replace the aging spans and expand their four lanes to six. "Everybody knows it's a major undert...

Contracting Crews Will Be Busy With Phases of $500M Project

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Georgia Department of Transportation - Contractors for the Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) — including ER Snell — have started to continue construction activities related to the I-16/I-75 Interchange Improvement Project in Macon-Bibb County. After C.W. Matthews completed Pha...

New Building Method to Replace Savannah Bridge's Cables, Raise Deck for Taller Ships

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Savannah Morning News & Capitol Beat - A unique proposal to replace the cables of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, thus raising it so that taller shipping vessels can access the Port of Savannah, Ga., got a greenlight from the Georgia Transportation Board on Jan. 26. Capitol Beat, a news service in Atlanta, noted that the plan ca...

NCDOT's $681M Road Project to Include Land Bridge for Appalachian Trail

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Asheville Citizen Times & NCDOT - Those folks hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) in western North Carolina, the 2,190-mi. footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine, will see some delays and detours near Robbinsville in Graham County this spring as major construction on N.C. Highway 143 ramps up, according to the U.S. Forest Se...

Georgia Highway Contractors Association Looks to Grow Highway, Bridge Program

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The state of Georgia is growing at an immense rate via new residents and companies and with such an influx, the state's highway infrastructure is experiencing a massive investment. Last year alone, more than $1.8 billion was spent on constructing new roads and bridges and upgrading and re...

SCDOT Performs Extensive Earth Work On U.S. 17 Project

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - U.S. 17 in South Carolina sees traffic from commuters, tourists, commerce, industry and bicycles, too. "There's a lot of cross-traffic, a lot of different airports you can fly into," said Greg Moore, South Carolina Department of Transportation resident construction engineer. "We'v...

GDOT Reduces Lanes on I-285 in Atlanta for Bridge Demolition, Reconstruction

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GDOT - To further advance Atlanta's Transform 285/400 interchange reconstruction project to final completion, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) closed one I-285 eastbound lane in early October between Roswell Road and Ashford Dunwoody Road to allow contractors to perfo...

VIDEO: Construction on Roswell, Ga.'s $58M Historic Gateway Project Delayed Again

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution - A project to widen a dangerous road in Roswell, Ga., has increased in cost, and the start of its construction has been delayed three more years, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Aug. 22. The work to expand a stretch of Ga. Highway 9/Atlanta Street, also known as the Historic Gate...

Inflation Forced GDOT to Reject 12 Project Bids Due for Lettings in August

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Capitol Beat News Service - Inflation is having a negative impact on the construction schedule for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), the Capitol Beat News Service in Atlanta reported July 24. The agency has rejected bids on 12 projects that had been due for letting in August, Meg Pirk...

GDOT Working to Reconstruct More Than 30 Portions of Ga. Highway 316

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is completing a series of reconstruction projects along the Georgia Highway 316 corridor from Ga. 20 in Gwinnett County through Barrow County to Ga. 10 in Oconee County, the agency announced recently. A few sections within t...

Savannah, Ga., Drivers to See I-16/I-95 Interchange Work for Another Year

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Savannah Morning News & GDOT - The project to revamp Savannah, Ga.'s interchange at Interstates 16 and 95 is more than a year from completion, but drivers may start to see bridge work wrap up towards the end of this year, the Savannah Morning News reported earlier in June. The newspaper learned from the Geo...

Crews Rebuild Critical Spans for 16@95 Project in Georgia

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CEG - Construction crews and the Georgia Department of Transportation are making considerable progress on a $295 million project just outside of Savannah. At the point where I-95 crosses over I-16, just a few miles west of downtown Savannah, crews are clearing benchmarks for a major constructio...

GDOT Awards $182.2M in New Projects in April, $50M for Roadwork in May

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded more than $182.2 million for 17 projects statewide in April, the agency announced May 31. According to the department, 47 percent of the money went to bridge projects, while 44 percent is earmarked for road resurfaci...

C.W. Matthews Expects to Complete $111M Phase 2 of Jackson County, Ga. Project in Coming Months

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. began work on the Georgia Department of Transportation's $111 million I-85 Widening, Phase II (SR 53 to US 129) project in June 2021 that is taking place in the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass (Jackson County) to ease traffic congestion. ...

Branch Civil Leads I-81 Project in Virginia

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Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Framed by the Appalachian Mountains to the North and Smith Mountain Lake to the South, Roanoke draws visitors to southwest Virginia, generating some $920 million each year in business revenue for the region. For thousands more, Roanoke is simply another exit off I-81, which is one of the ...

Georgia DOT Selects Joint-Venture Team for $685.6M I-285/I-20 Project

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution & GDOT - Georgia added fuel to a massive road-building binge in metro Atlanta on April 21 when it chose a contractor to rebuild the Interstate 285 interchange at Interstate 20 east of the city, one of the state's first Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) projects when it was first envisioned four yea...

Emergency Repair: C.W. Matthews Corrects Bridge Deck On I-85

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is one of the largest and most active DOTs in the country and it recently sprang into action when emergency I-85 northbound bridge deck repairs were required near Exit 137 in the city of Jefferson, between the municipalities of Braselton and Penderg...

VIDEO: I-75 Commercial Lanes Project in Georgia Delayed More than Three Years

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WGXA News & GDOT - A project to create commercial vehicle lanes along I-75 in Georgia has gotten a years-long delay, WGXA News in Macon reported March 7. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) effort is designed to add two commercial truck lanes on the northbound side of the inters...

Brosamer & Wall Inc. Rebuilds Six Bridges Along I-80

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is spending $30 million via the I-80 Six Bridges Project to increase the vertical clearance to the design standard of 16 ft. 6 in. on six bridges that cross over Interstate 80 (I-80) in the city of Vallejo just north of the C...

NAPA Announces Winner of Top National Award for Quality in Asphalt Paving

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National Asphalt Pavement Association - The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announced the winner and finalists of the 2021 Sheldon G. Hayes Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement. The award, bestowed annually since 1971, recognizes the country's highest quality highway pave...

Ferrovial to Build Two Road Projects at Cost of $161M

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Ferrovial - Ferrovial, through its U.S. construction subsidiary Webber, has been selected by the Texas Department of Transportation to build two sections of road in Guadalupe and Hays counties, Texas, for $161.5 million. The first of the projects involves expanding IH-10, an urban interstate freeway,...

Crews Continue Work On $500M Megaproject

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CEG - Considerable progress is being made since ground was broken in?April 2017?on the?Georgia?Department of Transportation's (GDOT) I-16/I-75 Improvement Project. ...

RB Baker Crews Stabilize Soil for U.S. 17 Widening in South Carolina

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - To enhance safety and accommodate increasing traffic associated with residential and economic growth in the region, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is overseeing construction to widen nearly 4.2 mi. of U.S. 17 from the Georgia border to the intersection of SC 315 near Hard...

Bridge Projects Coming to North Atlanta, While Another is Delayed on the Southside

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CEG - New details about a construction project on Georgia State Road 400, north of Atlanta, were recently released by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Three bridges on Pitts Road, Roberts Drive and Kimball Road will be replaced to accommodate the future SR 400 lanes....

Construction Progressing On Savannah I-20 Bridge Project

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Superior Construction Co. Inc. expects to complete the $82.5 million I-20 @ Savannah River Bridge Replacements project for the Georgia Department of Georgia Transportation (GDOT) and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in the winter of 2022. This initiative is replacin...

Bridge Replacements Near Savannah Part of GDOT's Recent Contract Awards

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GDOT - A $65.5 million design-build project to replace two bridges on Georgia Highway 25 over the Savannah and Middle rivers in Chatham County highlight recent Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announcements that include contract awards in September for 20 other projects value...

East-Central Georgia Getting Key Upgrade to U.S. Highway Corridor

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GDOT - 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. 1 is showing its age. Although...

Second Phase to Alleviate Traffic Bottleneck at Tennessee's I-75/I-24 Split Set for 2023

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Chattanooga Times Free Press - The initial phase of the now-$133.5 million improvement project at the infamous Interstate 75/Interstate 24 "Split" near the Tennessee-Georgia state line was officially completed on Aug. 19, but it has not answered all the interchange's problems yet. Traffic flow through the interchan...

Georgia 400 Toll Lanes Delayed by Unexpectedly High Contractor Bid

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Capitol Beat News Service - An effort to add toll lanes to Georgia Highway 400 in the Atlanta metro area hit a major roadblock Aug. 19 when the State Transportation Board rejected the only qualifying bid on the project. The 14-member board is governed by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)...

Crews Widening, Reconstructing One of Oldest Routes On East Coast

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), via a $62.9 million project, is widening and reconstructing 9.403 mi. of on U.S. 1/SR 4 beginning south of SR 147 (Plant Hatch) and extending south of George Hill Road (CR 106). The contract for the project, taking place in Appling and Toom...

VIDEO: GDOT to Replace Augusta's 13th Street Bridge Connecting Georgia to South Carolina

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CEG - A new bridge connecting Georgia and South Carolina over the Savannah River in the works by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). The replacement bridge is being proposed in downtown Augusta on 13th Street/U.S. Highway 25 Business. It also is being designed to i...

Construction of NE Georgia Inland Port Could Start in Summer 2022

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Gainesville Times - An inland port linking northeast Georgia to the Port of Savannah by rail appears to be on track for construction in the summer of 2022, with the goal of becoming operational by the end of 2024. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has been working since late 2018 on developing the Northeast ...

GDOT Awards Contracts to Resurface Road, Build Bridge Near Rome

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Rome News-Tribune - A $4 million contract has been awarded by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to resurface a heavily traveled section of Martha Berry Highway/U.S. Highway 27 in Rome. North of that planned work, a $3.5 million bridge replacement effort on GA Highway 100 in Cha...

Old River Road Overpass On I-16 Nears Its Finish

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - McLendon Enterprises Inc. is a few months away from completing the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $8,575,000 Old River Road Overpass at Interstate 16 project in Bloomingdale, Effingham County. The initiative is replacing a two-lane, 215-ft. long concret...

Crews Make Headway On $63M I-16/I-75 Improvement Project

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Since ground was broken in?April 2017?on the?Georgia?Department of Transportation's (GDOT) I-16/I-75 Improvement Project in Macon, crews from E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and C.W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. are making considerable progre...

New MacKay River Bridge Likely to Be Built Near Brunswick, Ga.

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Brunswick News - Chances are good that a new bridge will be built on the F.J. Torras Causeway across the MacKay River, linking St. Simons Island and Brunswick, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Construction of a new MacKay River Bridge could begin as early as G...

Georgia Gov. Kemp Announces Timeline for Upgrades to SR 316

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CEG - New reconstruction and improvement efforts along 35 mi. of Georgia State Route 316 in Gwinnett, Barrow and Oconee counties will get under way by 2025, according to Gov. Brian Kemp. The rebuild is currently projected to cost almost $829 million. The governor made the announcement March 30 ...

Peachtree Creek Bridge Gets Its $20M Upgrade

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Peachtree Creek Bridge on SR 3/Northside Drive in North Atlanta (Fulton County), built in 1926, is being replaced by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) via a $20,164,623.92 contract that was awarded to C. W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. (CWM). ...

Building Set For 2024 On First Four GA 316 Projects in Oconee County

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CEG - Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024 on four of nine intersection projects in Oconee County, Georgia, that are part of a massive effort to transform Georgia State Road 316 into what the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is calling "a freeway-style corridor." ...

SCDOT Widening U.S. 17 North of Savannah in $41.9M Effort

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CEG - A $41.9 million project widening U.S. Highway 17 between Hardeeville, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., to four lanes from two began Feb. 22, according to a release from the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). The upgrades are to accommodate the vehicle traffic th...

CMES Inc. Expects To Complete SR 360 Reconstruction By 2022

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $66.7 million reconstruction and widening of SR 360 from SR 176/New Macland Road near Marietta in Cobb County to SR 120/Charles Hardy Parkway near Dallas in Paulding County began last summer and is expected to be delivered by CMES Inc....

GDOT Planning for 2023-24 Start to Bethlehem Road Interchange

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MovingHenryForward.org - In an update to Henry County officials on Feb. 2, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) leadership shared with the county a new timeline for the proposed Interstate 75/Bethlehem Road interchange south of McDonough. The state is planning to start construction on the ...

Georgia's Alabama Highway Widening Project Set for September Finish

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Rome News Tribune - After more than 3½ years, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has announced that its widening project along Alabama Highway/GA Highway 151 in north Georgia is closing in on the final stages of completion. Work on the project initially began in July 2017...

Allan Myers Leads MD 97 Relocation Construction Project

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Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) continues work on the MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) Relocation Construction Project in the town of Brookeville, which is in Montgomery County. The project includes a new 0.7-mi., two-lane hig...

Georgia County Planning for Several Major Road Projects Over Next Few Years

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Cartersville Daily Tribune News - In many respects, Tom Sills, transportation planner of the Cartersville-Bartow County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), said 2021 represents something of a calm before the storm when it comes to major roadwork projects planned throughout his Georgia community, northwest of Atlanta. ...

Georgia DOT Highway Projects for Fiscal Year 2021 Surpass $500M

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Albany Herald - In addition to the previously announced $62.7 million widening of state Route 133 from U.S. Highway 319 to Mike Horner Road in Colquitt County, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded 14 other construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $...

Georgia to Start Building Truck-Only Interstate Lanes in 2024

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CEG - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)'s Interstate 75 Commercial Vehicle Lanes project, first announced in 2018, is set to get under way in 2024. The $1.8 billion plan will include building two, barrier-separated commercial truck-only lanes northbound along ...

Georgia DOT Begins Work on New I-85 Widening in Jackson County

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) on Nov. 17 announced the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Interstate 85 Phase 2 widening project in Jackson County. Work has already commenced to expand I-85 from two to three lanes in both directions east of Braselton from ...

DDI Construction at Camp Creek Parkway, I-285 in Fulton County

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - CMES Inc. constructed its first diverging diamond interchange (DDI) as part of the Georgia Department of Transportation's $13 million Camp Creek Parkway (SR 6) project at I-285 in the city of East Point (Fulton County), an initiative that began on July 6, 201...

Ga. Continues Building Roads Even as Other States Cut Back

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SaportaReport - The pandemic has not slowed road construction in metro Atlanta, nor did it prompt Gwinnett County to delay the vote on a proposed 1 percent transit tax. That is not the case in many other states, where construction projects have either slowed or stopped. Across the country, the tally of ...

GDOT Awards $35M Service Contract to Canadian Firm

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CEG - Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin has been awarded another three-year, up to $35 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to continue providing construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). The contrac...

Latest Locust Grove Logistics Center Being Planned Off GA 42

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MovingHenryForward.org - New industrial development continues in the vibrant Henry County community of Locust Grove, Ga., with the latest project, Locust Grove Logistics Center, planned to build in 2021. The development is located north of Colvin Drive off Georgia Highway 42. The town is located south of Atlanta ...

Macon, Ga.'s College Street Bridge Project to Be Finished in 2021

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The Cluster - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is scheduled to reopen the College Street Bridge near Mercer University in Macon by Thanksgiving. The span on Bibb County Road 5813 — more commonly known as College Street — was closed on May 26 to demolish and r...

CMES Inc. Constructs Diamond Urban Interchange in Bethlehem

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - CMES Inc. crews are scheduled to complete the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $26.4 million project in Bethlehem to construct a full diamond urban interchange providing access to and from SR 316 to the crossroad SR 81, on Oct. 31,. The proje...

GDOT Awards 13 Contracts for Road Projects in West Central Georgia

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced in September that it had awarded contracts for 13 new projects in District 3 (the West Central Georgia region). The contracts were among 38 awarded statewide for construction projects totaling $84 million, of which 39 perc...

Macon, Ga., Gets Nightly Bridge Work, Considers New Landfill Site

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WGXA-TV - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced in early October that contractors would begin the next phase of construction to replace the bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad track in Macon. The tracks beneath College Street required a full closure of the...

Grant to Fund Study of Two Alabama Highway Projects

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CEG - A $450,000 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant was awarded to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission to fund a technical and feasibility study of two Wiregrass Region highway projects. Alabama's Wiregrass Region is named for t...

New I-16/I-95 Interchange Will Benefit Port of Savannah

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Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Georgia's Port of Savannah is a major East Coast shipping and receiving center, home to the largest single-terminal container facility of its kind in North America. The port is made up of two modern, deep-water complexes: The Garden City Terminal and the Ocean Termina...

Crews Reach Milestone on Transform 285/400 Project

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Three and a half years after construction began on Georgia's Transform 285/400 project, construction crews are nearing a major milestone on the job to improve traffic congestion and enhance safety in the area through the I-285/SR 400 interchange in metro Atlanta. ...

Georgia County Working with GDOT to Improve Dangerous Intersection

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AllOnGeorgia.com - Less than a week after Bulloch County citizens launched a petition asking for the help of Georgia lawmakers regarding a deadly intersection, the county's Board of Commissioners said Sept. 9 it is actively working with the state and officials from the Georgia Department of Transportati...

Construction Begins on Georgia State Road 53 Highway Replacement Span

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Lakeside News - Using its new and innovative design-build process, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is taking a different approach to replacing the westbound two-lane bridge across Lake Lanier on State Road 53 at the Chattahoochee River. Because of the accelerated approach...

GDOT Discovers Rare Plant Species Growing Ahead of Road Project

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WCTV - The discovery of a rare, state-protected plant species growing along Georgia State Route 31 could lead to more legwork for an upcoming project by the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT). Lanier County Sheriff Nick Norton reached out to the GDOT in mid-August...

TDOT Contractor Begins Work on U.S. 64 Bridge Over Ocoee River

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Tennessee DOT - Contractor crews began a project Sept. 8 to replace the bridge on U.S. Highway 64 over the Ocoee River in Tennessee's Polk County. The site is in the mountains of the Cherokee National Forest at the state's southeastern border, near the Georgia and North Carolina state lines. The ...

New Leaders at Georgia State Transportation Board Elected

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GDOT - The Georgia State Transportation Board elected its new executive leadership team at its board meeting on Aug. 20. Rudy Bowen was named chairman; Emily Dunn was named vice chairman; and Kevin Abel was named secretary. The new positions are effective immediately. Board elections are...

Rebuilding the SR 11 Bridge

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Crews from E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. began the demolition of the existing 250-ft. long, two-lane bridge on State Route 11 on Aug. 5 as part of the Georgia Department of Transportation's $5.3 million bridge replacement project. The bridge project is t...

Outdated SW Georgia Bridge, County Road Safety Contracts Awarded

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GDOT - Contracts representing a nearly $7 million investment in southwest Georgia infrastructure were awarded earlier this summer by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to replace old, outdated bridges and upgrade county road safety in three counties. The largest sin...

Augusta, Covington, Ga., Areas to Each Get Replacement Road Bridges

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GDOT - A pair of separate highway bridge projects have been awarded to contractors by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in rural areas of the state southeast of Atlanta — one in Covington and a second in Augusta. Contractors to Replace 72-Year-Old Span Near ...

Lifesaving Cable Barriers Coming to I-20, I-520 Medians in North Georgi

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GDOT - Sections of Interstate 20 and Interstate 520 in Georgia will soon be equipped with cable median barriers to reduce crossover vehicle crashes that typically result in fatalities or severe injuries. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) recently awarded an $8.048 ...

Road, Bridge Upgrades on Route 68 Under Way in Eastern Alabama

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Gadsden Times - Motorists who regularly must travel on Alabama Route 68 between Sand Rock and Leesburg will benefit from a construction/upgrade now in progress. Summer work on the road project began in June. The highway site between the two communities is situated on a north-south line in Cherokee County...

GDOT Awards Contract for Diverging Diamond Interchange in McDonough

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MovingHenryForward.org - A project first proposed in 2015 is going to construction after the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded a contract July 31 for the installation of a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) at I-75 and State Route 20 in the Henry County town of McDonough. The site is l...

Work on I-20 Bridges Over Savannah River Progressing Between Georgia, South Carolina

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CEG - Construction is ongoing this summer on an $82.5 million widening and bridge replacement of Interstate 20 across the Savannah River between Georgia and South Carolina. The interstate is being widened from four to six lanes between the Georgia Welcome Center in Augusta and Martintown Road (...

Work Continues on Major Upgrade to Macon's I-16/I-75 Interchange

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GDOT - Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) are hard at work on the construction activities related to the I-16/I-75 Interchange Improvement Project in Macon-Bibb County. With a cost of $500 million, GDOT considers the upgrade to the I-16/I-75 intercha...

New Interchange Construction in Atlanta Delayed Another Year

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Construction at one of metro Atlanta's busiest highway interchanges will take a year more than expected — a delay that will prolong the frustration of hundreds of thousands of commuters. The new I-285 interchange at GA 400, north of the city, was supposed to be finished by the e...

Construction Commences on $22M Macland Road Project

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CEG - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) began a three-year-long reconstruction and widening project on Macland Road, the department announced. The $22 million project, widening more than 6 mi. of Macland Road between the communities of Powder Springs in western Co...

Georgia's Highway 67 Construction Enters Final Phase of Two-Year Project

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CEG - Motorists traveling Georgia State Route 67 from Statesboro south to I-16, will now see four lanes of pavement the entire way of the 13-mi. project. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) said it will spend the final months of the two-year project on details like ...

Georgia DOT Awards $58.5M in Construction Contracts for May

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GDOT - Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) awarded 32 construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $58,534,346. The largest single awarded investment, worth approximately $6.3 million, was awarded to Oxford Construction Company...

Crews Confront 'Very Challenging Job' on $500M Project

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - A little more than three years into a projected eight-year interchange project in Macon, the contractor can't seem to buy a break. Environmental issues, flooding and unmarked utilities have added at least a year and a half to the project to improve the I-16/I-75 interchange. But, Dane Nelson,...

Onsite Attendance Ramps Up at JM Wood Auction in Ala.

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CEG - The JM?Wood three-day auction saw a dramatic return to normalcy in the post COVID-19 environment. The auction company held its event from June 16 to 18 at its company headquarters in Montgomery, Ala....

Summer Brings Improvement Projects Along a Pair of Georgia Interstates

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GDOT - After a winter and spring like no other in U.S. history, where the coronavirus halted most construction, many state DOTs are now either re-opening their road projects or accelerating their efforts with the arrival of summer. Georgia has a long list of large and small highway projects now ...

Georgia Contractor Partners with GDOT on $59M Winder Bypass

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CEG - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and construction partner E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. are set to close Barrow Park Drive and Fred Kilcrease Road for the Winder Bypass widening and construction project in Barrow County. The road closings are ...

Crews Add New Lanes, Bridge to SR 142

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - By the end of May, crews from Southeastern Site Development Inc. (SSD) will have delivered the Georgia Department of Transportation's $14 million project to widen 2.5 mi. of State Route 142 from FM I-20 to Alcovy Road in Covington, including the widening of a 112-ft. long bri...

Georgia DOT Awards $113.5M in New Construction Contracts

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced in late May that it had awarded 19 construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $113.5 million. The largest of the GDOT's new investments, worth approximately $58.2 million, was awarded...

GDOT Commissioner Hopeful for Funds From $3T Stimulus Proposal

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CEG - Like many Americans in the transportation and infrastructure building industry, Russell McMurray is keeping a close eye on the prospects of a massive new economic stimulus bill currently before the U.S. Senate. The U.S. House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package on May 15 desig...

'Fast Lane to Jobs' Initiative Yielding Results

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The ongoing shortage of construction workers is affecting general contractors and subcontractors in many states. This is very much the situation for the membership of the Georgia Highway Construction Association (GHCA), which has the twin challenge of replacing an existing aging ...