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Getting Every Cent Out of Projects

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Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - AASHTO reported in April that state departments of transportation have charted their plans for construction this year. State agencies will be targeting worn pavement, aging bridges, highway safety and expanded transit. In March, ARTBA released numbers on the value of transportation projects expec...

IDOT Transforms I-57 With $325M Expansion

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - A $325 million expansion project in southern Illinois is transforming one of the region's busiest freight corridors. The I-57 project stretches from the I-57/I-24 junction south of Marion (milepost 44) to the I-57/I-64 junction north of Mt. Vernon (milepost 96) and will expand the interstate ...

Illinois Department of Transportation Issues Multi-Year Spending Plan

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Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) issued its multi-year spending plan (MYP) for the state's transportation system. The MYP details what IDOT plans to expend on transportation in the upcoming fiscal year (annual program) as well as setting a framework for what highway sp...

Record Bid Letting for Illinois Department of Transportation in June

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced June 21 that bids on 236 contracts for highway and bridge projects were accepted at its June letting, representing a potential investment of more than $910.4 million in infrastructure in communities throughout Illinois. This bid letting i...

Illinois 2 Rock River Bridge in Rockton Reaches Milestone

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that work to replace the Illinois 2 bridges over the Rock River in Rockton is complete. The $25.3 million project allows for heavier vehicles to use the bridge in a corridor connecting the communities of Rockford, Rockton, South Beloit and Beloi...

IDOT Reaches Milestones On I-57/74 Interchange Project

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced major milestones in 2025 on the Interstate 57/74 interchange reconstruction project south of the Norfolk Southern railroad to Olympian Drive and I-74 from Duncan Road to Prospect Avenue. The $251.8 million upgrade, which began in ...

Illinois 2 Rock River Bridge Replacement Pushes Boundaries

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The process to replace the pair of 60-year-old bridges carrying Illinois 2 over the Rock River in Rockton began with a push. At the start of the project, the so...

Ill. Presents Largest Infrastructure Program in State History

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Office of Gov. JB Pritzker - Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joined state and local leaders, labor and transportation stakeholders on Oct. 1, 2025, to announce the largest multi-year program to build and repair infrastructure in state history: $50.6 billion over six years, continuing an ...

Illinois DOT Crews Extend Life of I-24 Ohio River Bridge

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - A three-year, $38 million project on the I-24 Ohio River bridge is expected to extend the life of the 52-year-old structure until the Illinois Department Transportation (IDOT) can build a new one. "Plans are under way to replace this bridge in the next 20 years," said Ben Willis, construc...

Mid-American DOTs Take Top Honors in National Transportation Contest

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AASHTO - Eleven state department of transportation projects from Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin won regional honors in the 2025 America's Transportation Awards competition. From preparing for the 2024 solar eclipse to crafting vulnerable road user safety assessment too...

Ill. Tollway Awards Nearly $44M in July

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Illinois Tollway - The Illinois Tollway board of directors on July 28 approved six construction and professional engineering contracts totaling nearly $44 million at its July board meeting, including a contract secured through the use of bid credits for participation in Tollway workforce programs. "The cont...

Illinois DOT Wraps $65M I-255 Project in St. Claire County Six Weeks Early

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AASHTO - The Illinois Department of Transportation recently completed the $65.4 million second phase of its I-255 project in St. Claire County six weeks early. Finished 47 days ahead of the original anticipated July 31 completion date, the project rehabilitated and resurfaced approximately 3.5 mi....

Black Star Holds Retirement Sale for J.A. Johnson Paving

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CEG/Black Star/J.A. Johnson Paving - Black Star of Chicago, Ill., conducted a retirement dispersal sale for J.A. Johnson Paving of Addison, Ill. Customers were invited to view items up for bid April 10-16, 2025, at J.A. Johnson's paving yard with all items sold in a live, online auction April 17. Dale Johnson, president ...

Final Phase of Kennedy Expressway Begins

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that the rehabilitation of the Kennedy Expressway (Interstate 90/94) from the Edens Expressway (Interstate 94) junction to Ohio Street resumed March 17, 2025. The work is the third and final phase of the three-year project, which ...

INDOT Selects Superior Construction for Its 80/94 FlexRoad CMGC Project

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Indiana Department of Transportation - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced that the agency has entered into a Construction Manager General Contractor (CMGC) agreement with Superior Construction Co. Inc. to provide preconstruction services for the 80/94 FlexRoad project. This is the second CMGC project for INDOT....

Illinois DOT Celebrates Completion of I-55 Interchange Near Joliet, Shorewood

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AASHTO - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) recently hosted an event celebrating the completion of a $93.5 million project to reconstruct a new interchange at I-55 and Illinois 59, which also incorporated other highway corridor improvements. Located between the towns of Joliet and Sh...

KCI, MoDOT Work to Improve I-55 Near St. Louis

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Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Interstate 55 is the backbone of interstate travel in the Midwest. It roughly parallels the Mississippi River and connects New Orleans, Memphis and St. Louis before heading across the Illinois farmlands terminating in Chicago. In Jefferson County, south of St. Louis, this freeway becomes congeste...

Midwest DOT Projects Take Home Regional ATA Awards

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MAASTO America’s Transportation Awards - Ten projects from state departments of transportation in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and Wisconsin won top prizes in the regional 2024 America's Transportation Awards competition. These projects from the Mid America region were recognized for their robust impact...

Officials Announce $41B Multi-Year Plan, Largest in Illinois State History

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Office of Gov. JB Pritzker - Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joined state and local officials June 14 to announce the largest multi-year program to build and repair infrastructure in state history: $41.42 billion over six years, spread across all modes of transportation and touching ever...

Projects, More Highlight Historic Construction Season in Illinois

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Illinois Department of Transportation - Entering one of its busiest construction seasons ever, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced May 21 that major projects in southern Illinois are planned or under way. Twelve major projects combined represent a total investment of nearly $545 million, improving safety and mobility wh...

Red Covered Bridge: Restoring Princeton, Ill., Antique

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Illinois Department of Transportation - Princeton's Red Covered Bridge has endured horse-drawn wagons, automobiles, trucks and tourists as well as serving as a picturesque backdrop for countless proms and weddings during its 160 years of existence. While the iconic bridge has survived large trucks hitting it in the past, the damage...

Rebuild Illinois: 5,522 Miles, 553 Bridges, 814 Improvements

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Office of the Governor of Illinois - Under the leadership of Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, the Illinois Department of Transportation continued to modernize and revitalize transportation and mobility across the state in 2023. Fueled by Pritzker's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital progr...

VIDEO: Steel Erectors, Crane Service Companies Take Top Place in 3D Lift Plan of the Year Competition

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A1A Software - A1A Software LLC announced the winners of its Lift Plan of the Year contest, which include a structural steel erector based in Illinois, a crane and rigging service company in Pennsylvania, and Texas contractor offering both structural steel erection and crane services. S...

Chicago's Kennedy Expressway Undergoing $150M Bridge Rehabilitation

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Construction crews at work on an ambitious $150 million rehabilitation of the Kennedy Expressway are on track to complete Stage One this fall. The Illinois Department of Transportation's Kennedy Expressway Bridge Rehabilitation Project from Edens Expressway (I-94) junction to Ohio Street is s...

Rebuilding Kankakee: IDOT Highlights Major Projects

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Office of Gov. Pritzker - Entering year five of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced Aug. 15 that multiple projects in the Kankakee area are complete, planned or under way, highlighting an ongoing commitment made possible by the historic, bipartisan capital program. Twelve projects ...

Illinois DOT Staff Rallies for Tornado Recovery Effort in Crawford County

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AASHTO - A recent blog post by the Illinois Department of Transportation detailed how District 7 agency staff rallied together in late March to help the small rural town of Robinson in Crawford County clean up and recover from a deadly tornado. When Josh Galloway, operations supervisor of District...

MoDOT Bundles I-55 Bridge Projects in St. Louis, Missouri

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Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Drivers who use I-55 in Missouri can travel from the southeast corner of the state, the "boot heel," drive parallel to the Mississippi River for about 200 miles eventually reaching a bustling section of St. Louis passing such iconic sites as the Anheuser Busch Brewery, the Gateway Arch and the ho...

MoDOT, IDOT Team Up for $532M Chain of Rocks Bridge Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Despite limited access both on land and by river, crews are making significant progress on the $532 million I-270 Chain of Rocks Bridge project. The existing structure, which connects Illinois and Missouri, is aging and must be replaced. "This project represents a great partnership betwee...

Rebuilding Illinois Continues With New Projects for 2023

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The past year marked the completion of the third full year of Gov. Pritzker's Rebuild Illinois, the historic, bipartisan capital program that is investing $44.8 billion into the state's aging infrastructure over six years, with $33.2 billion identified for transportation. Rebuild Illinois is not ...

VIDEO: Durex Customer Increases Screen Life, Boosts Efficiency

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Durex - Elkhart County Gravel, headquartered in New Paris, Ind., operates four Indiana and Illinois Department of Transportation certified sand and gravel pits in northern Indiana that produce landscape stone, asphalt blends and concrete mined from a bench below water. As plant manager, Arnie Miller know...

Chicago Celebrates Historical Completion of Jane Byrne Interchange

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Office of Gov. Pritzker - Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joined local officials and community leaders Dec. 14 to celebrate the completion of the Jane Byrne Interchange reconstruction, a multiyear effort to modernize a key gateway into downtown Chicago and a critical ...

Ill. Counties, Towns Receive $250M for Local Project Needs

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Office of Gov. Pritzker - Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the sixth and final $250 million installment as part of the historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program is being made to counties, municipalities and townships to address local transportation needs. "T...

Illinois, Kansas DOTs Unveil New Plans for Major Transportation Investments

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AASHTO - Major investments in transportation infrastructure by Illinois and Kansas aim to create economic opportunity and jobs; promote quality of life; and improve mobility safety at both the state and local level. The Illinois Department of Transportation recently unveiled a $34.6 billion progra...

Arch Assembly Begins On Illinois River for New McClugage Bridge in Peoria

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Illinois Department of Transportation - As the piers for the new eastbound McClugage Bridge continue to rise from the Illinois River in Peoria, the next phase of construction will be just as exciting. Currently in view on the river just 300 yds. south of the new bridge site are green pilings that will support a temporary struct...

ATA Announces Its 2022 Mid America Region Winners

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AASHTO - Eight state department of transportation projects in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio won regional awards in the 2022 America's Transportation Awards competition. The contest honored projects benefiting their respective communities in several ways, such as improving bike and pedestria...

Rebuilding Southern Illinois: Interstate Project Highlights

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Illinois Department of Transportation - Entering year four of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced major projects to modernize and improve Interstates 24 and 57 in southern Illinois are planned or under way. Ten major projects on both interstates combined represent a total investment of more than $350 m...

Construction Ready to Begin On Justice Interchange On Illinois' Tri-State Tollway

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Illinois Tri-State Tollway - State and local leaders met June 1 to highlight the long-awaited start of construction on the 88th Cork Avenue Interchange on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294), one of the top projects in the state's Competitive Freight Program aimed at improving the movement of freight and delivering congestion ...

Peoria, Quad Cities Projects Highlight Year Four of 'Rebuild Illinois'

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Illinois Department of Transportation - Entering Year Four of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced multiple projects in the Peoria and Quad Cities area are under way or planned. Twelve major projects in Peoria represent a total investment of $245.3 million, improving safety and mobility while sustaining...

Illinois DOT Issues $250M Installment to Support Statewide Municipal Projects

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AASHTO - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) recently issued the fifth $250 million funding installment to counties, municipalities and townships statewide to address local transportation needs. That funding comes from the Rebuild Illinois capital program, signed into law by Gov. Jay ...

Building Trades Students Job Shadow IDOT Bridge Project in Banner, Ill.

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Illinois DOT - A building trades class from Canton High School received a close-up view of IDOT construction work last November during a site visit to a highway project in Fulton County. Students observed the first of three phases of work on a $10 million project to replace an outdated bridge on U.S. 24...

IDOT Offers New Route Guidance App

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Illinois DOT - A new route guidance app for routine oversize and overweight permits is now available. The app features audible turn-by-turn technology, which will enable truck drivers to hear directions while keeping their attention on the road. "Illinois is the country's freight hub, with the safe ...

Mississippi DOT Puts SPMT to Work for First Time On Bridge Replacement Project in Jackson

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Crews in Jackson, Miss., are nearing completion on a bridge replacement project that made use of a self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) lifting frame for the first time in Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) history. The $42 million effort has primarily focused on the I-20 Eastbo...

Illinois DOT Begins Next Phase Of $200M I-80 Project

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AASHTO - The Illinois Department of Transportation kicked off work on the new Houbolt Road Bridge and interchange; the next phase of the state's $1.2 billion plan to improve and modernize Interstate 80 via the six-year "Rebuild Illinois" capital plan launched in June 2019. The entire project, ...

Officials Announce I-57 Widening in Southern Illinois

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Illinois Department of Transportation - Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation on Dec. 8 were joined by local officials and community leaders to announce the next phase of the Interstate 57 widening through southern Illinois, another cornerstone project of the governor's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois...

VIDEO: Walsh Puts Merchant's Bridge Back On Track

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Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - In 2018, Walsh Construction, one of the largest contractors in the United States, began a $172 million project to rehabilitate the historic Merchant's Bridge — the oldest rail structure over the Mississippi River. The 4,340-ft. bridge connecting St. Louis, Mo., and Venice, Ill., was bui...

Illinois DOT Begins Work On $1.2B Highway Rebuild

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AASHTO - The Illinois Department of Transportation recently embarked on a six-year, $1.2 billion plan to rebuild I-80 in Will County, replacing more than 50-year-old infrastructure on a condensed timeframe to position the region for long-term economic opportunity. As one of the country's three...

Six State DOTs Win Regional Transportation Project Awards

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AASHTO - State departments of transportation in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin earned regional recognition in the America's Transportation Awards competition for eight projects that quickly restored safe access to a fire-damaged bridge; used drones to increase...

Ground Breaks On $216.8M I-57/74 Project

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Office of Gov. Pritzker - 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 Illin...

Samron Midwest Lands Contract for Southwest Illinois Connector Highway

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Southwest Illinois Connector Highway - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has awarded a $5.73 million contract to Samron Midwest Contracting Inc. of Murphysboro, Ill., to extend the four-lane section of IL 13/127 north of Murphysboro. The 1.3 mi. project begins at Ava Road and ends just north of Grange Hall Road. ...

Illinois Governor Announces $20.7B Construction Plan

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Office of the Governor of Illinois - Gov. JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and labor, legislative and local leaders on May 19 to announce the release of a $20.7 billion multi-year plan to improve Illinois' roads and bridges over the next six years. This robust commitment, fueled by the historic...

Illinois DOT Makes $110M Available to Modernize, Revitalize State's Ports

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AASHTO - The Illinois Department of Transportation is making $110 million in grant funding available via the Rebuild Illinois capital plan to improve public ports across the state and is now seeking proposals to help modernize and revitalize the state's marine transportation system. ...

IDOT Announces Additional $300,000 in Funding for SIMMS

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City of Carbondale - The city of Carbondale has announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation, Office of Intermodal Project Implementation (IDOT-OIPI), will provide an additional $300,000 in state funding for the Southern Illinois Multi-Modal Station (SIMMS) project. The additional funds b...

Earthwork, Demo Proceed on IDOT's $48M I-55 Project

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Serious progress is occurring on the Illinois Department of Transportation's (IDOT) $48,038,549.23 north contract for the I-55 Interchange at Weber Road project as Judlau Construction Inc. crews have put in a solid effort since spring 2019. They have quickly advanced ...

Kilian-Keely JV Completes Major Illinois Rehabilitation Job Ahead of Schedule

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Crews in Illinois have put the finishing touches on a major rehabilitation effort that required closing an interstate for one construction season. The $67.3 million I-255 project called for rehabilitating and resurfacing approximately 7 mi. of I-255 from Collinsville Road to Illi...

Willard Airport Updates Entrance, Taxiway

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Seventy-five years after its dedication, the University of Illinois — Willard Airport is undergoing several major updates adding up to just shy of $20 million. The airport is one of only two commercial airports in the country owned and operated by an educational institution...

I-57 Expansion Highlights Rebuild Illinois Investment

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The Illinois Department of Transportation on Sept. 28 announced the ongoing and future expansion of Interstate 57 from Mount Vernon to Johnston City highlights a commitment to improve safety, reduce congestion and encourage economic growth throughout the region. The project is se...

Geneva Takes Delivery of New Roadtec Milling Machine

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Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Geneva Construction Company, a heavy highway contractor in Aurora, Ill., specializes in asphalt paving and concrete. In business since 1926, many of its projects are for the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Tollway and a variety of municipal jobs. "We r...

Chicago Needs $2.7B for City-Wide Infrastructure Projects

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CEG - The city of Chicago has found itself needing $2.7 billion to meet its goal of having $4.4 billion to spend on upgrading its streets, bridges and other infrastructure over the next five years. That was the word from Susie Park, budget director, and other city infrastructure department lead...

Crews Place Keystone on Iowa-Illinois Bridge

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Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Crews are well into construction of the second arch of the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge. Construction of the new bridge began in July 2017. The westbound bridge is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2020 and the eastbound bridge in 2021. The new bridge will be mor...

Wisconsin's $1.2B I-39/90 Entering Home Stretch

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - A $1.2 billion Wisconsin interstate project under construction since 2015 is now two-thirds completed. The WisDOT Interstate 39/90 project stretches 45 mi. from the Illinois border to the U.S. 12/18 interchange in Madison. The original highway was built more than 50 years ago and...

Illinois to 'Fast Track' $25M in Infrastructure Grants

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AASHTO Journal - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) launched the $25 million Fast-Track Public Infrastructure Grants initiative on May 12 to accelerate work on planned public infrastructure projects around the state this summer, as many loca...

Federal Highway Administration Awards $8M to 10 States for Innovative Projects

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Federal Highway Administration - The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced more than $8 million in Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program grants to state departments of transportation (DOTs) and local governments in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, ...

Chicago DOT Project Breaks Down Barriers

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Chicago, Ill., work continues on the final phase of a project that will create a new road between the Loop and Chinatown. Section 3 involves construction of a segment of Wells Street extending from Roosevelt Road to 16th Street, resulting in a new north-south through-street between Clark Stree...

Rubblization Gives New Life to Dying Roads Nationwide

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Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Industry outsiders might think that a man breaking up a concrete pavement with a sledgehammer is destroying public property; however, if industry insiders were to see this act or a machine rhythmically crashing huge hammers onto a roadway, they would instantly recognize this process as rubblizati...

Chicago Task Force Calls for State Fuel Tax Increase

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AASHTO - A 48-page report issued March 14 by a 20-member Chicago transportation task force called for an increase in the Illinois state fuel tax to provide more funding to help both the Windy City and Illinois adapt to future mobility challenges. "Chicago has a world-class transportation system, a...

Cracks Shut Down Chicago Bridge

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CEG - The northbound lanes of Chicago's Lake Shore Drive at the Chicago River were reopened to traffic Feb. 12 after the discovery of two cracked steel beams used to support the roadway forced it to close for a day, the AP reported. Chicago Department of Transportation Comm...

I-74 Bridge Links Illinois-Iowa 'Quad Cities'

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Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - A $1.2 billion bridge replacement is currently under way in a cooperative effort between the Iowa and Illinois Departments of Transportation. The I-74 Mississippi River Bridge project is part of an overall plan to improve the I-74 corridor from Moline, Ill., to Davenport,...

Rail Connection Upgrades Funded With Over $130M in Infrastructure Grants

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U.S. Department of Transportation - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao was joined Oct. 1, by Governor Bruce Rauner (R-IL) and members of the Illinois congressional delegation for a grant announcement marking the award of $132,034,680 to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The award funds the 75th Stre...

Illinois, Georgia Earn Top Awards in National Transportation Competition

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AASHTO - An innovative fix for a congestion-plagued interchange connecting people to some of Chicago's most popular destinations and a bikeable and walkable greenway that connects neighborhoods in Atlanta's north side are being honored as the winners in the 2018 America's Transportatio...

Illinois Tollway Eyes Completion of Several Bridge Repairs

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Illinois Tollway - The Illinois Tollway is scheduled to complete local crossroad bridge repair work on 47th Street in September and then begin work on the 55th Street over the Tri-State Tollway (I-294), as well as 55th Street bridges over Flagg Creek in Cook and DuPage Counties....

Gov. Rauner, IDOT Seeking Highway Lighting Solutions

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Illinois Department of Transportation - The Illinois Department of Transportation on Aug. 22 issued a formal Request for Information (RFI) for private sector firms interested in partnering with the state to replace its aging highway lighting infrastructure with energy-efficie...

Mid-America Transportation Projects Win Big in National Competition

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AASHTO Journal - Eight outstanding transportation projects from five mid-America states were honored Aug. 29 in the fourth and final regional America's Transportation Awards competition. The projects were recognized for major achievements, including: engaging small businesses through a “...

RiverRun to Keep Cyclists, Runners Safer

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Robert Damora – CEG Correspondent - A major construction project will soon give Chicago cyclists and runners a new, safe place to exercise that is far removed from the hustle and bustle of their city's busy streets. The 312 RiverRun, a major car-free bridge construction project, is scheduled to be the city's largest...

IAAP Holds 50th Anniversary Convention in Springfield, Illinois

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CEG - The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) held its 50th Anniversary Convention April 11 to 12 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, Ill. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and the new assistant secretary of labor of MSHA David Zatezalo delivered the keynote address to members. ...

Crews Progress on $323M Midway Modernization

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Midway Modernization Program (MMP), the $323 million upgrade of Chicago's Midway International Airport (MIA), is well under way. F.H. Paschen is making rapid progress on the security checkpoint, bridge expansion and new concessions components of the three-part plan. The work, whic...

Wednesday Weekly Wrap-Up : March 14, 2018

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Omaha Media Group - It is Wednesday Wrap-Up time and just in case you missed it, here is your recap of several popular stories from our site over the past week: Missouri's 100-Year-Old Capi...

'Old Man River' to See New Bridge

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Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - The mighty Mississippi River has long been regarded as a dividing line between the American East and West. Flowing south from its headwaters in Minnesota, the 2,320-mi.-long river almost splits the country from north to south all the way to the Gulf of Mexico south of New Orleans. In the ...

Wednesday Wrap-Up : February 14, 2018

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Omaha Media Group - It's Wednesday Wrap-Up time and just in case you missed it, here is your recap of some of the most popular stories from our site over the past week: Michigan Track I...

IDOT Spends $80.6M to Replace Aging Bridge

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Irwin Rapoport - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is spending $80.6 million to replace the aging U.S. 52/IL 64 bridge spanning the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa, with the financial support from the Iowa Department of Transportation (IADOT).Kraemer North America started work on...

FAA Announces Another Round of Airport Infrastructure Grants

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CEG - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced Sept. 13 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $264 million in airport infrastructure grants to 95 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP).&...

MoDOT Project to Improve Traffic in St. Louis

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Irwin Rapoport - KCI Construction Co. crews are fully engaged in the Missouri Department of Transportation's (MoDOT) ongoing $80 million Congressman William “Bill” Clay Sr. bridge, commonly known as the Poplar Street Bridge, project. The project involves renovating and upgrading a major transport...

Layoffs Begin as State Road Construction Shuts Down

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CEG - Road construction workers across the state were sent home Monday — or not called in at all — with the budget-related shutdown of approximately 900 transportation projects totaling $3.3 billion, according to one of the state's largest contractor associations.The Illinois Dep...

$345 Million and 43,000 Jobs in Jeopardy, New Analysis Shows

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CEG - An American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis released June 27 finds that a prolonged shutdown of Illinois transportation project sites could cost $345 million per week and jeopardize 43,000 jobs.The report comes as Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Associ...

WisDOT Invests $1.2B to Reconstruct, Expand I-39/90

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Irwin Rapoport - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT's) $1.2 billion reconstruction and expansion of Interstate 39/90 in south-central Wisconsin is well under way. Initial construction began in 2013 with the replacement of the I-39/90 and WIS 11 (Racine Street) interchange in Janesville. ...

Illinois Governor Wants OK From Legislature on I-55 Project

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CEG - Gov. Bruce Rauner is asking the Illinois Legislature to allow work to start on Interstate 55 in the Chicago area via a public-private partnership. Rauner, the state transportation secretary and Republican House Leader Jim Durkin made the push at a news conference. They said the Illinois Le...

Chicago Bridge Construction Back on After Spat Between City, State

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Andrea V. Watson - DnaInfo.com - After construction for the 41st Street and Lake Shore Drive pedestrian bridge was halted, city officials are saying it's back on."We hope to begin construction later this spring as had been planned, but there isn't an official start date yet," Michael Claffey, a spokesman for the C...

$75.1 Million Bridge Comes Together Over Illinois River

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CEG - The new, state-funded $75.1 million bridge that will carry Illinois 104 over the Illinois River at Meredosia is approximately 45 percent complete, but the most dramatic portion of the construction will begin this summer.Those who remember or have seen the video of the Gateway Arch construc...

Drones Provide Illinois Officials New Viewpoints

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CEG - Transportation officials in Illinois are testing drones for bridge inspections and other potential uses.The Illinois Department of Transportation said it has purchased two drones. The department is exploring how drones might improve mapping or document progress in work zones.Transpo...

ODOT Awards $78M in Contracts, Recognizes Bridge Project

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CEG - Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission's Monday, Dec. 5 meeting include recognition of an award-winning bridge project, approval of a contract for the next phase of I-35/I-240 Crossroads interchange reconstruction and a contract to rehabilitate sections of I-35 and I-40 pavement...

$11.2B Road Plan Focuses on Maintenance, Repair

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John O’Connor - AP POLITICAL W - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration announced it would increase spending on road and bridge repairs by nearly $3 billion during the next six years, but the state's transportation secretary said the state still won't get ahead of deteriorating roads.The Ill...

ARTBA Urges SCOTUS to Hear Contractor's Claim

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CEG - Transportation construction contractors should have their day in court when they believe state agencies have misapplied federal regulations, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is arguing to the U.S. Supreme Court. The association filed a “friend of the courtR...

Rauner Wants Public-Private Deal to Add Lanes to I-55

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CEG - CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner said Thursday that he wants lawmakers to approve a plan that would allow the Illinois Department of Transportation to use a public-private partnership to add lanes to a busy stretch of Interstate 55 in the Chicago area.The Republican governor's plan inc...

Shorter Illinois Highway Emerges From Failed Bid

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Alan Scher Zagier - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ST. LOUIS (AP) A long-planned federal highway across southern Illinois connecting Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Paducah, Ky., is no more — at least for now.Federal transportation officials quietly pulled the plug on the 66 Corridor project this past summer after Kentucky withdrew its suppo...

Environmentalists Try to Block $1.5B Project

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CEG - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois environmental groups have filed a lawsuit over the proposed Illiana Tollway. They claim federal approval relied on faulty information and didn’t adequately consider environmental impacts.The complaint was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago on beh...

Illinois Truck Fleet Owner Sentenced in Double-Brokering Scheme

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CEG - Trucking News Online is reporting that Dragan Simovski, who operated Freedom Transportation Inc., in Illinois, was sentenced earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Chicago to 36 months incarceration, 36 months supervised release, and was ordered to pay $532,000 restitution in connection wit...

Illinois Contributes $10M More to I-74 Bridge

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CEG - Illinois officials have announced the state will contribute an additional $10 million for road improvements on an interstate bridge project. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos, both up for re-election shared the plan Oct. 30 in Moline. The money will cover engineeri...

Illinois to Spend Another $102M on High-Speed Rail

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CEG - CHICAGO (AP) The state of Illinois will spent $102 million to build a bridge over the Kankakee River along with other improvements as part of high-speed rail upgrades between Chicago and St. Louis. Gov. Pat Quinn announced the funding on Aug. 31. The bridge will be built near Wilmington. T...

Illiana Highway Ruling Slowed by Wildlife Concerns

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CEG - PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) - Federal approval for the Illiana Expressway toll road has been delayed by concerns from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partly over how the project might impact endangered species, an Indiana Department of Transportation project manager said. James Earl told members...

IDOT Releases Human Capital Strategic Plan

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CEG - Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider today released the Illinois Department of Transportation’s first Human Capital Strategic Plan to help create and foster a skilled, knowledgeable workforce that can meet and fulfill the emerging needs in transportation. The secretary kicked ...

’Stan The Man’ Span Wraps Up Early, Under Budget in Mo.

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Lori Tobias - There’s been talk about building a new bridge across the Mississippi River to link Missouri to Illinois for more than a quarter century. But it was only in recent years that the project picked up steam. Now, it seems the wait may well have been worth it. The $695 million project has been c...

Third-Largest Cable-Stayed Span Under Way

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Irwin Rapoport - The New Mississippi River Bridge (NMRB), currently under construction, is a 1,500-ft. (457 m) span that will link downtown St. Louis, Mo., to East St. Louis, Ill. When completed in February, 2014 it will be the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the United States.The $667 million co-proj...

Illinois Tollway Announces New Small Business Initiative

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CEG - The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors recently approved a new Small Business Initiative to increase opportunities for small companies to participate in the agency’s 15-year, $12 billion capital program Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future.“The Illinois Tollw...

Miss. River Span Job Sees Finish Line Ahead

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Brenda Ruggiero - A huge project involving the Mississippi River Bridge is headed toward completion next year. While the project owners are the Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation, the lead is the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), under project director Gregory Horn. The project is act...

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood resigns

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CEG - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still in the first-term Cabinet of President Barack Obama, said today he plans to leave the Obama administration.LaHood, a former congressman from Illinois, pushed for greater safety on the highways and in the air. He led the ...

Drought Slowing Work on New St. Louis Bridge

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CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) The severe summer drought is slowing construction of the new Mississippi River bridge being built in St. Louis. Missouri Department of Transportation project director Greg Horn told KMOX Radio that the river is so low that barges are unable to carry deck sections between the...

Indiana Offers $10M Toward New Wabash River Bridge

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CEG - NEW HARMONY, Ind. (AP) Indiana’s state highway department has offered to contribute $10 million toward replacing an aging toll bridge over the southern part of the Wabash River between Indiana and Illinois that was shut down in May. Troy Woodruff, chief of staff of the Indiana Depart...

Ill. Road Fund Still Being Raided, Transit Group Says

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John O’Conner - AP POLITICAL WRITER - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Taxes on gasoline and license-plate fees are among ways Illinois raises nearly $3 billion a year for road construction and repair. But transit advocates say too little of it is paying for concrete and steamrollers. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition said there...

IDOT Unveils 6-Year, $9.2B Road Program

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CEG - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration announced plans April 30 to repair 2,300 mi. of roadway and 500 bridges over the next six years, using the last of the money available from a massive public-works program. The Transportation Department unveiled a $9.2 billion r...

Hectic Pace in Play as I-94 Construction Nears Completion

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Dorinda Anderson - Reconstructing a 35-mi. (56.3 km) stretch of Interstate 94 in Southeast Wisconsin contains no unusual techniques, but it involves a heightened work schedule in order to complete each segment on time.“This is nothing unique, just a lot of work with a lot of crews,” said Jay Obe...

Illinois Route 59 Gets Major Makeover

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Lori Lovely - Illinois Route 59, a main arterial route in western Will County, is undergoing major reconstruction along a 7-mi. (11.2 km) stretch between IL Rt. 126 and I-55. Scheduled improvements include widening of lanes from IL Rt. 126 to I-55; the addition of two lanes from IL Rt. 126 to I-55, increasing ...

No More Bottleneck for 159th St. Viaduct

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Lori Lovely - The infamous forty-year traffic bottleneck along 159th Street between the Tristate Tollway (I-294) and Halsted St. (IL Rt. 1) in Harvey, Ill., is coming to an end. In a two-pronged project, the Illinois Department of Transportation will reconstruct the viaduct that carries the Metra electric comm...

Bishop Ford Freeway Rehab Hits Round 3

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Lori Lovely - For the third time in 20 years, Mike Myszkowski, Illinois Department of Transportation engineer, is resurfacing the Bishop Ford Freeway just outside of Chicago. In 1989, a “surface fix” was performed, putting down a 2-in. (5 cm) layer of asphalt. In 1998, the work needed to be repeate...

WSDOT Tackles State’s Largest Project in History

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Kathie Sutin - Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation’s I-94 North-South Freeway Project will go down in the annals of the department’s history for setting milestones — it’s the state’s biggest transportation project to date and it’s among the first to utilize some time-saving, cu...

Double Variable Barrier Wall on Illinois’s I-55

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CEG - P.T. Ferro Construction Company started in 1964 as a utility contractor in Joliet, Ill. Since that time, it has taken on a variety of challenges as it has expanded its business. P.T. Ferro added a GOMACO GT-3600 curb and gutter machine in 2004 and started slipforming curbs on its projects. ...

Agreement Reached on High-Speed Rail Corridor

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Cheryl Wittenauer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ST. LOUIS (AP) Union Pacific Railroad and the state of Illinois announced an agreement May 8 to assess what must be done to operate both freight and high-speed passenger trains on the Chicago-to-St. Louis rail corridor.The Omaha, Neb.-based railroad said it will provide the study to the Il...

Illinois to Revamp 220-Mi. Major Economic Corridor

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Lori Lovely - A 1989 Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) study titled “Lifelines to the Economy” identified areas losing economic development opportunities due to inadequate highway facilities. Included was U.S. Route 67 between Alton and the Quad Cities — a 220-mi. (354 km) stretch ...

IDOT Completes $165M I-55 Widening Project in Will County

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CEG - Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced Oct. 29 the completion of the $165 million Corridor Improvement Project of Interstate 55 in Will County. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) held a ceremony today that included local and state officials celebrating the end of major construction a...

IDOT Takes on Edens Expressway/I-94

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Lori Lovely - The Edens Expressway/Interstate 94 in Illinois is hardly an idyllic retreat right now, but the Illinois Department of Transportation is working to make it a pleasant passage for the estimated 170,000 daily drivers along the nearly 14-mi. (22.5 km) highway that stretches between the Kennedy Expres...

HNTB Tapped for $640M Mississippi River Bridge Work

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CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) Plans for a new Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis are taking another step forward with the selection of a firm that’ll design the span.The Missouri Department of Transportation said it has tapped HNTB Corp. from about a half dozen finalists.Illinois and Miss...

Rogers Group Begins Route 95 Improvement Project in Tenn.

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CEG - Tennessee Department of Transportation officials joined state and local officials in Anderson County April 4 to break ground on a new State Route 95 widening project. The 4-mi. (6.4 km) project, being completed by Rogers Group of Oak Ridge, Tenn., stretches from Westover Drive in Roane Co...

Mosser Takes on Railroad Grade Project in Mansfield

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Linda J. Hutchinson - Mosser Construction Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, began work to build a railroad grade separation in Mansfield, Ohio, on July 10, 2006. The project, funded through former Gov. Bob Taft’s program set up in 2001, is scheduled for completion in July 2008.“This project is one of the funde...

INDOT Awards $46M Contracts for Major Moves Construction

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CEG - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has awarded Superior Construction/E&B Paving the second of three contracts for the I-80/94 (Borman Expressway) and I-65 Major Moves New Construction interchange modification project Dec. 7. Awarded for $46 million, it includes the reconstruction of...

IDOT Celebrates Reopening of McKinley Bridge

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CEG - Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Secretary Milton Sees joined other elected and community leaders Nov. 17 to dedicate the McKinley Bridge, as the revitalization project nears completion.The $52 million project, funded with state and federal dollars, restores a vital connection...

Reconstruction of Dan Ryan Project Finishes Early

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CEG - On Oct. 25, alongside area legislators, law enforcement and transportation officials, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich cut the ribbon at the 39th Street entrance ramp to the outbound Dan Ryan, marking the ahead-of-schedule completion of the Dan Ryan Expressway Reconstruction Project — an histori...

TFIC Proposes Increasing Funds Over Five Years

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CEG - The number of Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) structurally deficient bridges is on the rise while state bridge improvements have sharply declined. Those are the findings of an analysis performed by the Transportation for Illinois Coalition (TFIC) released Oct. 3.The num...

IAAP Participates in Career Day

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CEG - High school students planning for a future career learned about and experienced many different career opportunities in the transportation construction industry at the Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) first annual career day on Sept. 20. The Illinois Association of Aggre...

Chicago’s Dan Ryan Dialed in on Deadline

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Lori Lovely - Work on Chicago’s Dan Ryan Expressway is going well, claimed Jacek Tyszkiewicz, engineer for project implementation and chief construction engineer for Region 1. He anticipated a late October to early November completion date.The work is part of Illinois Department of Transportation&...

McKinley Bridge Between Missouri, Illinois to Reopen

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CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) The McKinley bridge linking St. Louis to Illinois is scheduled to reopen this fall, and three Metro East communities are hoping increased traffic will bring new economic opportunities.The rebuilt span is slated to open Sept. 25, after it was deemed unsafe and closed in 2001....

Gov. Blagojevich Proposes $10.9B Multiyear Program

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CEG - Acting Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Milt Sees unveiled Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s $10.9 billion multiyear Highway Improvement Program for the Fiscal Years 2008 through 2013 on April 19. The Multiyear Plan (MYP) focuses on maintenance of the current road system. The...

IDOT Nears Completion on Kingery Expressway Project

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Lori Lovely - By Lori LovelyCEG CORRESPONDENTWork on the Kingery Expressway Reconstruction Project in Chicago is expected to wrap up this summer, approximately nine months later than originally expected and nearly $80 million over budget, due primarily to construction delays and a spike in...

State Ethics Law Waives Charges Against Secretary

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CEG - CHICAGO (AP) When the state’s former transportation secretary stepped down, he immediately took a job with a company that had gotten $50 million in contracts on his watch, according to a published report.Timothy Martin became vice president of Consoer, Townsend & Associates, a Chicag...

MoDOT, IDOT to Bridge Financial Gap on Project

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Kathie Sutin - Proposed new bridge construction over the Mississippi River at St. Louis has caused controversy between Missouri and Illinois for approximately 20 years. Both states had talked about finding a solution for building another bridge to handle the traffic that hits 120,000 vehicles a day on th...

Ind. Transportation Chief Says State Must Look at Illiana

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Tom Coyne - ASSOCIATED PRESS - MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) Indiana would be irresponsible if it didn’t at least look at whether there is a need for a proposed highway that would connect Interstate 94 in northwestern Indiana with Interstate 57 in Illinois, the state Department of Transportation commissioner said Feb.7 ....

MoDOT to Work Out Poplar St. Bridge Issues

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Kathie Sutin - Torturously long lines left many motorists crossing the Poplar Street Bridge, the I-64/55 bridge, a major connection between Missouri and Illinois at St. Louis singing the blues because of months of repair and lane closures. Thousands of motorists from both states use the bridge on their d...

IDOT To Upgrade Dan Ryan Through Winter

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Lori Lovely - Work on the Dan Ryan Expressway came to an end for winter as crews reopened all lanes at the half-way point for the main line. “They’re taking a break for winter,” Mike Claffey, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) spokesman, said. “They’ll be back in ...

New Look for Busy Chicago Expressway

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Lori Lovely - It’s been years in the planning, but the time for Dan Ryan’s makeover is now here. “The Dan Ryan opened more than 40 years ago and it is now feeling the effects of as many as 320,000 vehicles that travel the expressway every day,” Illinois Department of Transportati...

Illinois Organization Supports Governor’s Infrastructure Plan

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CEG - A wide-ranging group of business, labor, industry and local government organizations announced its support for Governor Rod Blagojevich’s $2.3 billion transportation infrastructure program, stating Illinois has significant needs for roads and public transportation improvements. Trans...

U.S. 62 Job to Begin in Arkansas

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CEG - LITTLE ROCK (AP) Widening 4.6 mi. of U.S. 62 southwest of Fayetteville to four lanes could begin in a few weeks, a state highway commissioner said. A Fayetteville company, APAC-Arkansas Inc., offered the apparent low bid on the project, $11,178,979, according to a news release from the sta...

IDOT Restructures Highway Division, Upper Management

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CEG - Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Secretary, Timothy W. Martin, announced the reorganization of the Department’s Division of Highways senior management structure. The reorganization, which took effect Nov. 15, 2004, will retain the current IDOT structure of nine districts,...

Illinois DOT Transforms Its Parking Lot Into Laboratory

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Darryl Seland - The parking lot outside of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s new materials lab is ordinary. So, seeing a crowd of workers and on-lookers and hearing the gears of eight mix trucks –– all with a different redi-mix producers name emblazoned across the side –– ...

Commission Submits Plan to State for Third Chicago Airport

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CEG - CHICAGO (AP) Supporters of a third airport south of Chicago have submitted a master plan to state transportation officials. Members of the South Suburban Airport Commission said the plan is “more economical, flexible and financeable” than competing blueprints. The commis...

Federal Highway Administrator Names National Models of Environmental Protection and Conservation

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CEG - Federal Highway Administrator Mary E. Peters named seven state transportation department initiatives as models for providing extraordinary environmental benefits to the communities in which they were built.“We’re committed to making environmental protection integral to improve...

Cape Girardeau Bridge Takes Shape in MO

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April Goodwin - The new cable-stayed bridge that straddles the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri and its sister city in Illinois is a remarkable structure, stretching for the length of 13 football fields over the famous waterway. After three years of construction, the bridge is finally nearing c...

Illinois Road Workers Fear for Their Safety

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CEG - RIVERDALE, IL. (AP) Highway construction worker Joe DiGiovanni was happy with his $29 an hour until Sept. 15, when he saw co-worker Tina Ball mowed down by a car. Since then he’s been thinking. ”I’ve thought about next year maybe doing something e...

ILDOT, Walker, Subs Complete First Year of I-57 Bridge Work

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Cindy Ladage - Central Illinois’ I-57 bridges are being upgraded between mile markers 198 and 213. Greg Idleman, field engineer of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) said it was time. “We are replacing the decks due to age and deterioration by salt,” he added. Idleman note...

After Collision, IL’s Sangamo Replaces I-55 Bridge Girders

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Cindy Ladage - Day after day motorists drive down the freeway paying little or no attention to those weight and height limits recorded on bridge overpasses. Overweight and oversized vehicles however must monitor every bridge whether traveling over or under. Last year, one oversized vehicle underestimated its he...

Quad Cities I-74 Rock River Bridges Undergo Massive Reconstruction

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Cindy Ladage - Quad Cities drivers will breathe a sigh of relief when a $30-million project to rehab bridges in the area is completed in 2004. Interstate 74 divides Illinois diagonally from the eastern edge where it enters the state from Indiana at Danville to where it exits Illinois into Iowa at...

Four Construction Projects Kick Off in Chicago

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CEG - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced recently that, weather permitting, four construction projects will begin Monday, April 15, throughout the Chicago area. Resurfacing and patching will be started on Avondale Avenue from Pulaski Road to Addison Street and on Addison...

Ogden, Cicero Ave. Road Work Completed in IL

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CEG - A two-year, $18.7 million project to improve the intersection of Ogden Avenue (U.S. 34) at Cicero Avenue (IL 50) in the community of Cicero has been completed, said the Illinois Department of Transportation. The project involved building a new Ogden Avenue bridge over Cicero Avenue, constr...

Better Roads for ’Land of Lincoln’

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CEG - Low bids totalling more than $117 million on highway and bridge improvement projects throughout the state were received by the Illinois Department of Transportation on the Sept. 27, 2001 bid letting. Also included are three aeronautics and five land reclamation projects. F...