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MDOT Makes Progress On Northeast Mississippi Projects

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Mississippi Department of Transportation - The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced updates on several construction and maintenance projects in northeast Mississippi. Capacity Proje...

$284M Chester Bridge Nears Completion

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Despite dealing with changing river elevations and fears of flooding, construction crews have persevered as they inch toward completion of the new Chester Bridge. The $284 million project replaces the aging Mississippi River bridge that connects Chester, Ill., to Perry County, Mo. "The la...

MDOT Replaces Aging Truss Bridge in Franklin County

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Despite a dramatic beam collapse last May, Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) crews are looking to complete the $26.5 million U.S. 98 bridge replacement project i...

Growth Spurs Mississippi to Widen U.S. 49

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Considered a critical hurricane evacuation route, U.S. 49 serves Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and accommodates countless visitors to the area each year. Because of increasing traffic, a $50 million construction project is under way to widen the highway from O'Neal Road to north of School ...

MDOT Makes Progress On North Mississippi Projects

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Mississippi Department of Transportation - The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has released updated progress reports on several construction and maintenance projects across north Mississippi. State Route 9 — Calhoun County MDOT continues work on replacing four bridges on State Route 9 south of Calho...

Crews Bring Down Iconic Black Hawk Bridge

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - As curious spectators gathered on a frosty December morning, construction crews worked methodically to demolish the historic Black Hawk Bridge. Implosion of the longtime structure, which for decades connected Lansing, Iowa, to rural Crawford County, Wisconsin, clears the way for further construct...

MDOT Marks Significant Accomplishments, Funding in 2025

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Mississippi Department of Transportation - Last year was one of the most significant for the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). In the 2025 session, a sweeping tax reform law passed the Mississippi Legislature, and with it came an increase in the gas tax, a primary source of funding for MDOT. Funding from the gas tax...

Miss. Project Surges Ahead, Easing Congestion

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - More than a year ahead of schedule, crews in Mississippi continue making progress on a historic project in Rankin County. SR 477 construction includes building a four-lane highway between U.S. 80 in Pearl and SR 468 in Flowood. "Both communities and surrounding areas have experienced quit...

Long-Overdue Overhaul for Harvey Tunnel

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Larry Bernstein – CEG CORRESPONDENT - The world has changed dramatically since 1957, when the Harvey Tunnel was constructed outside New Orleans. The nearly 1,100-ft. tunnel, which runs under the Harvey Canal and feeds the Mississippi River, has not undergone a complete reconstruction since then. The Louisiana Department of Tr...

VIDEO: MDOT Releases Documentary to Commemorate 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

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Mississippi Department of Transportation - Nearly twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is announcing the release of a documentary that chronicles the restoration of infrastructure following the storm. ...

Iowa, Wis., Plan for Lansing Bridge Demo

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Iowa DOT - The Iowa and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation are proceeding with a revised plan for the construction of the new Iowa 9/WIS 82 bridge over the Mississippi River between Lansing, Iowa and Crawford County, Wis. The revised plan requires closure and demolition of the existing bridge in fall o...

Work Moving Slowly to Expand Two-Lane Martin Bluff Road, a Critical Project in Gautier, Miss.

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Biloxi Sun Herald - More than $1 million has been added to the widening budget for Martin Bluff Road in Gautier, Miss., along with a request for at least 43 additional working days, a representative of the primary engineering firm said during a July 15, 2025, meeting of the Gautier City Council. The roadwork...

Federal Highway Administration Offices in Ark., Miss. to Merge, Staffing Cuts Cited

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Arkansas is sharing a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) office with Mississippi due to federal staffing cuts, the Arkansas Department of Transportation's chief of administration said June 18, 2025, during a state Highway Commission meeting. The session also included the proposal a...

MDOT's SR 15 Expansion Ahead of Schedule

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Larry Bernstein – CEG CORRESPONDENT - In the spring of 2012, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) scheduled a project in Union County in the northeastern part of the state. However, two other projects came up that the state determined were more necessary. So, there was a lack of funding for the original project...

Mississippi DOT's Road Work in Full Swing at 15 Sites in State's Western Counties

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Mississippi Department of Transportation - Mississippi Transportation Commission Chair Willie Simmons recently announced updates to several state Department of Transportation (MDOT) projects in the state's western counties. "As we enter prime maintenance and construction season, we're pleased to provide the following updat...

Mississippi Replaces Bridges Over Yazoo River

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In western Mississippi, crews are replacing three bridges on State Route 16/149 over the Yazoo River Floodway Channels. The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is overseeing the $27.9 million effort. "All three bridges were approaching the minimum structure evaluation toleranc...

Mississippi's Greenville Bypass Project Moves Forward

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Expected to be completed by September 2025, the second phase of the U.S. 82 Greenville Bypass project is moving forward in western Mississippi ahead of schedule. The $79 million project runs from State Route 1 to the Mississippi River Bridge and provides cement stabilization and paving for approx...

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...

T.L. Wallace Begins Work On Mississippi's Pearl River Bridge

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Marion County, Mississippi, construction crews are replacing two aging bridges over the Pearl River on U.S. 98. Work on the $57.7 million project began in January 2024. "The U.S. 98 eastbound bridge over the Pearl River was built in the 1930s and is rather narrow," explained Jordan Whi...

Missouri's $284M Chester Bridge Under Construction

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - For 80 years, Missouri's Chester Bridge has allowed motorists to drive both east and west across the Mississippi River. Although it's still considered safe for travel, the structure has become less functional for modern vehicles and needs to be replaced. "The bridge is in poor con...

MDOT Reports Several Central Mississippi Infrastructure Projects Making Headway

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Mississippi Department of Transportation - Willie Simmons, chair of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and an official with the state Department of Transportation (MDOT), has announced updates to several of the state agency's road and bridge projects across the state's central region. "As these projects continue mak...

Neel-Schaffer Oversees Mississippi's Massive $212M Highway 57 Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Construction crews in Jackson County, Mississippi, are working on a $212.6 million effort known as the Highway 57 project. Because of the sheer size of the undertaking, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is relying on the engineering company Neel-Schaffer Inc. to oversee the work...

After Year of Work, $212M Project to Build Mississippi Bypass Is Ahead of Schedule

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Biloxi Sun Herald - Last year's hot, dry weather was tough on people and plants, but it put construction of the Mississippi Highway 57 Bypass project, around the town of Vancleave, ahead of schedule. "The drought helped us a lot," said Anna Ehrgott, a public information officer of the Mississippi Department ...

Several Highway Construction Projects Are Making Headway in Southern Mississippi

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Mississippi Department of Transportation - On his final day at the helm of the Mississippi Department of Transportation's Southern District, Commissioner Tom King announced the status of several ongoing MDOT construction projects in his part of the state. "As I reach the end of my final term, I'm pleased to see many projec...

New Orleans' Historic Harvey Tunnel Now Closed to Carry Out $53.7M in Upgrades

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New Orleans Times Picayune - Louisiana's Harvey Tunnel opened nine governors ago, during Earl Long's administration, and for much of its 66-year history has been maintained and repaired on a piecemeal basis: Close one or both lanes in one direction to traffic, work for a week or so, then repeat on the other side....

Arkansas, Tennessee DOTs Apply for Funding to Replace I-55 Bridge Over Mississippi River

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette - The state highway departments in Arkansas and Tennessee applied in early December for funding made available through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace the Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River. The federal grant sought by the two agencies would cover half the cos...

Iowa DOT, WisDOT Replace Iconic Bridge

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Close to a century ago, foundation work began on an iconic Midwestern bridge that's served motorists through the decades. Now the structure that's carried drivers across the Mississippi River from Lansing, Iowa, to rural Crawford County, Wisconsin, is facing the wrecking ball. "Th...

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...

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...

Mississippi's I-59 Receives $67M Makeover

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - A $66.75 million project to improve one of the worst concrete roadways in Mississippi is almost 50 percent complete and on schedule, said Scott White, district construction engineer with Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). The 14-mi. project on I-59 in Forrest County includes rubbili...

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...

Mississippi DOT Plans Rehab of Freeways Through Jackson Later This Spring

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WLBT-TV - For years, the daily drive to work on Interstate 20 or I-55 for Jackson, Miss.-area residents has most likely included hitting several dips, bumps and jumps on the roadways. But in early March, according to Michael Flood of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), the daily co...

Louisiana Highway 70, Key Route for Many Plant Workers, Set for Expansion

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The Advocate & Louisiana DOTD - State highway contractors are expected this spring to start expanding Louisiana Highway 70 in Ascension and St. James parishes to handle continued industrial growth in the Mississippi River corridor. The $50.2 million project will widen La. 70 from two to four lanes between the La. 22 rou...

Long Stretch of Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway to Get $54.3M in Upgrades

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Federal Highway Administration - An 83-mi.-long stretch of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi will get much-needed safety improvements after the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $54.3 million grant to the National Park Service (NPS) for the work. ...

Crews Continue Important Highway Corridor Project After 10-Year Lull

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Despite an awkward start and a 10-year lull in construction, workers are poised to complete the U.S. 98/SR158 highway corridor in Mobile County from the Alabama/Mississippi state line to Interstate 65 in the city of Mobile. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is overseeing th...

U.S. Highway 82/Greenville Bypass in Mississippi Begins Construction

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Delta Democrat-Times - As the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Highway 82/Greenville Bypass progressed Feb. 28 in east-central Mississippi, state Central District Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons shared a distinct memory. "I recall 15 years ago driving down this highway and seeing that bridge and ...

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...

Federal Funds for Aberdeen, Miss., Port Expected to Spur Regional Economy

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CEG - Officials with the City of Aberdeen Port in Mississippi hope that the recent infusion of $4 million in federal money to build a railway for easier transport of materials will spur economic development around not only the port, but the northeast region of the state. Mississippi's two U.S. ...

Rain Lets Up for Excavation on MDOT's SR19 Expansion

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Mississippi, motorists traveling Meridian to Philadelphia will benefit from a $36 million widening project scheduled to be completed in 2023. The expansion of State Route 19 in Neshoba County from Philadelphia to Tucker will improve safety and overall conditions for commuters, as well as local...

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...

Mississippi to Complete I-20 Bridge Replacement, I-55 Junction in 2022

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Northside Sun - Mississippi is planning to complete two big highway projects in Rankin County — the $253 million expansion and overhaul of 7.5 miles of U.S. Highway 49, and the $42 million replacement of the bridges at the junction of Interstates 20 and 55 in the state capital city of Jackson — durin...

I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge Partially Reopens

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Tennesee DOT - Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright announced July 28 the I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge over the Mississippi River will reopen under limited traffic while contractors finish the work. Contractors will have completed all the phase three plating an...

Ames Oversees $129M Minneapolis Bridge Rehab

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Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - It has been a workhorse of a bridge standing the test of time over the last five generations as motor vehicle traffic continued to evolve and drastically increase in numbers. Without doubt, this is due to the engineers who designed it and the contractor who built it at a time when, just a few yea...

VIDEO: Construction Crews Installing Eight Steel Plates on Damaged I-40 Bridge

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette & WATN-TV Local ABC 24 - Progress is being made by construction crews carefully working around the clock to make repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis after it was closed May 11 following the discovery of a large crack spotted on one of its beams. The fracture on the tied-arch Hernando de Soto Br...

ARDOT Fires Inspector Who Overlooked Crack in River Bridge in 2019

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WMC Action News 5 - As the investigation continues as to why a significant beam fracture occurred on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi River, an inspector with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) who checked the 48-year-old structure in 2019 and failed to discover the crack, has b...

Bridge Crack Closes I-40 Bridge Over Mississippi River in Memphis

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CEG - During a routine inspection of a key interstate bridge over the Mississippi River on May 11, an Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) engineer spotted a fractured beam on the structure that led him to immediately make an urgent 911 call. "We need to get people off...

Three Road Projects Near Jackson, Miss., Could Get Under Way in Early 2022

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Madison County Journal - Mississippi's Madison County Board of Supervisors were told by engineers in April that construction could begin early in 2022 on the Reunion Parkway Phase II and Phase III projects, along with upgrades to Bozeman Road. The focus of the work is adjacent to Interstate 55 just north of t...

Mississippi's Reunion Crossing Project Could Be Bid Out This Year

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WLBT-TV - Before the end of 2021, bids could be completed on the Reunion Crossing road project in Madison County, Miss., followed by construction getting under way early next year. The enterprise is designed to provide residents of the small community of Gluckstadt with another way to access Inters...

Historic Minneapolis Bridge Receives Facelift

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Minneapolis's 10th Avenue SE River Bridge is getting a makeover. Considered a crucial transportation element of the riverfront area, the open spandrel column arch structure, built in 1929, has carried traffic over the Mississippi River for nine decades, serving 10,000 motor v...

Finish of Baton Rouge's $343M Anti-Flood Project Pushed to Late 2022

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The Advocate - The Comite River Diversion Canal, a long-awaited flood-control channel for the Baton Rouge, La., area, is expected to take a year longer than anticipated to build and will not be finished until December 2022, federal officials have announced. The 12-mi.-long channel will divert water from...

Mississippi Lottery Helps Fund U.S. Highway 278 Repaving

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Monroe Journal - Monroe County, Miss.,'s most traveled east-west thoroughfare is undergoing a much-needed repaving, strictly funded by proceeds from the Mississippi Lottery. According to Drew Parker of the Mississippi Department of Transportation's (MDOT) Monroe C...

Little Rock, Ark., Gets $3M Grant to Build Part of Tri-Creek Greenway

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Arkansas Times - The Central Arkansas transportation planning agency Metroplan has awarded Little Rock $3 million to build a large section of the 6-mi. Tri-Creek Greenway, a 12-ft.-wide off-street bicycle and pedestrian route that will connect city parks in the southwestern part of the city. Little Rock i...

Mississippi Transportation Commission Awards 13 Contracts Across State

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WJTV - The elected, three member Mississippi Transportation Commission announced Oct. 23 that it had awarded contracts for 13 maintenance projects throughout the state. Overseeing the work will be the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), which maintains and enhances road, br...

Eutaw Construction Ahead of Schedule on State Route 76 in Mississippi

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Eutaw Construction Company Inc. crews will be on-site for the construction of the Mississippi Department of Transportation's (MDOT) $81 million State Route 76 construction in Itawamba County project until the end of 2023 as they build a 9-mi. extension of the 4-lane highway....

Planning Inches Forward on New Span Over Mighty Mississippi

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CEG - Louisiana officials say there is small progress being made in getting a new bridge over the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. The Capital Area Road and Bridge District (CARBD), a seven-member panel, met Sept. 28 to get an update from the Louisiana Department of Tr...

Louisiana, Army Corps of Engineers to Deepen Lower Mississippi River

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American Journal of Transportation - Gov. John Bel Edwards and other top Louisiana officials signed a formal agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on July 31 to begin construction on the deepening of the Lower Mississippi River from 45 to 50 ft. The project will provide deep draft access to...

Louisiana DOTD Contracts to Build Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge

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Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - After months of negotiations, the state of Louisiana has signed a deal with the engineering firm that was selected in January to serve as lead consultant on the new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge, clearing the way for planning to begin on the long-awaited project. The Lou...

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...

Crews Dismantle Aging Red Wing Bridge

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - A $63.4 million undertaking overseen by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is inching closer to completion, as crews dismantle an aging structure that's clearly past its prime. The Red Wing Bridge Project includes the Highway 63 (Eisenhower) Bridge over the Mi...

Road Projects Continue Moving Forward in Southern Mississippi

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Mississippi DOT - The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced that several highway improvement projects have picked up steam again in the southern part of the state. "Dozens of projects are moving forward throughout south Mississippi, and each one of them is geared to...

Adding Capacity the Goal of I-10 Projects

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Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Road construction crews are hard at work across the state of Louisiana on several projects to improve Interstate 10, one of the South's busiest vehicle and freight corridors. In the Bayou State, the highway stretches 274 miles across the lower third of Louisiana from the Texas border ...

Work Resumes on Red Wing, Minn., Bridge Project

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Richard Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Finally, after a two month lay-off caused by high river levels, iron workers recently returned to work raising a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River between the city of Red Wing, Minn., and the western shoreline of Wisconsin. Rising river levels from early spring melting temperature...

Mississippi DOT District 1 Announces 'Roadeo' Winners

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Mississippi DOT - The Mississippi Department of Transportation held its annual District Equipment Operators Roadeo for District 1 in Tupelo April 17. Focusing on safety, efficiency and skill, MDOT's Roadeos provide employees with an opportunity to practice their mastery of...

Mississippi DOT Announces Bridge Closings

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MDOT - Under the authority of Gov. Phil Bryant's April 2018 emergency bridge closure proclamation, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) was directed March 27 to begin immediately closing at least 34 local bridges. "If these bridges remain open, it...

Federal, State Governments Respond to Flood Emergency Across Midwest

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AASHTO Journal - State departments of transportation across the Midwest continue efforts to mitigate and repair damage to roads, highway, bridges, rails, and other modes of travel from severe flooding caused by rapid snow melt combined with heavy rains. President Trump issued federal disaster declarations...

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,...

Mississippi OKs $250M for Road, Bridge Repair Fund

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AASHTO Journal - The Mississippi Transportation Commission approved $250 million Jan. 22 for 163 Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund or ERBRF projects that aim to repair or replace 200 bridges — including 99 that are currently closed and another 91 that have posted weight...

Tight Construction Space Brings Crews Together

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Expected to be completed by summer 2019, a project to replace two overpasses along Interstate 55 in northwest Mississippi continues near Coldwater, Tate County. The new bridges at Exit 271 will have a 75- to 100-year life expectancy, and for motorists in the area, they arrive not a moment too soo...

Crew Prepares Site for Rex Lumber's $110M Sawmill

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Construction on a $110 million new Rex Lumber sawmill and dimensional lumber production plant in greater Troy, Ala., started on July 17, 2018, and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2019 with operations beginning in June. The 80...

Bryant Names New Head of State Aid Road Construction

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Associated Press - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new leader has been named for the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction. Gov. Phil Bryant announced on June 29 that he is appointing Harry Lee James as the state aid engineer. James succeeds Carey Webb, who has held the job since 2012 and ...

Mississippi Governor Orders Closure of 83 Deficient Bridges

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Emily Wagster Pettus and Jeff Amy – Associated press - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on April 10 ordered the Mississippi Department of Transportation to immediately close 83 locally maintained bridges that the federal government said are in bad shape. “These bridges have been deemed unsafe for the traveling public,R...

MDOT Chief Engineer Receives Honor for 25 Years of Service

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CEG - Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Deputy Executive Director and Chief Engineer James Williams of Brandon was recently honored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) at its annual meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. Williams received the 25-Y...

$65M State Interchange Project Pushed to Summer 2019

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The Associated Press - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The reworking of an interstate split that the Tennessee Department of Transportation commissioner has termed "about the worst interchange in the state of Tennessee" will likely not begin until summer 2019. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that the ...

'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 ...

Lakeland Drive Expansion Officially Open in Rankin County

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CEG - Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall and local officials officially opened the Highway 25/Lakeland Drive Expansion Project during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Rankin County.“This type of transportation improvement project enhances infrastructure that will prov...

Mississippi Starts Work on $150M Highway Widening

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CEG - RICHLAND, Miss. (AP) Mississippi officials have started on a $150 million project to rebuild and widen a congested suburban highway.The Mississippi Department of Transportation will expand an 8-mi. section of U.S. 49 in Richland and Florence from four lanes to six lanes. Utilities have alr...

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...

MDOT Speeds Up Plans for Bridges on Highway 14

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CEG - YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Transportation said it is speeding up plans to repair two bridges that are important to farmers.The department recently reduced the weight limits on the two bridges on a rural stretch of Mississippi Highway 14.Inspectors found def...

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).&...

Tight Budget Puts Some Miss. Highway Projects on Hold

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Associated Press - The Mississippi Department of Transportation is delaying work on several highway expansion projects because of a tight state budget.Melinda McGrath, executive director, told lawmakers that the department is spending money on existing highways rather than new ones.Among the projects...

U.S. DOT Proposes Over $78M in Small Grants to 10 Infrastructure Projects

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CEG - The Department of Transportation has provided a list of 10 proposed FY 2017 FASTLANE Small Project grant awards totaling $78.88 million to the authorizing committees of jurisdiction for a 60-day Congressional review period.This year, seven of the ten proposed grants are targeted for projec...

Minnesota Repairs Bridges Across the State with $2.5B Budget

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Janet Moore and MaryJo Webster - Minnesota has repaired or replaced about 120 bridges in the past decade as part of a special funding program authorized after an Interstate 35W span plunged into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.State leaders set aside $2.5 billion for the program over the p...

Red Wing Bridge Work Moves to Minnesota Side

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CEG - Work on the replacement of the U.S. Highway 63 bridge will make its way across the river to Red Wing next week.According to the Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of transportation, work on the temporary crossover and bypass is scheduled to start on U.S. Highway 61. Drivers can expect to ...

DOT Digs Deep in the Mighty Miss.

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CEG - The Mississippi River should be dredged to let three southeast Louisiana ports accept the enormous cargo ships built to take advantage of the Panama Canal's expansion, the Army Corps of Engineers says.Many other U.S. ports either already have completed similar projects or are trying to...

MnDOT Opens Mississippi River Crossing

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Dick Rohland - The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) opened a new Mississippi River crossing on schedule to the eager residents of a southern, Minnesota community using for the first time a new construction procurement process to speed up design and construction on a new bridge— the Winona Br...

Work on Dresbach Bridge Continues Over Mississippi

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Dorinda Anderson - Wider shoulders, fewer stop signs to create continued traffic flow and structural improvements all contribute to enhanced safety on new bridges and traffic system of the interchange of Highway 61 and Interstate 90 where travelers can cross from Dresbach, Minn., to La Crosse, Wis., over the Missis...

Jeff Martin Auctioneers Holds Six Days of Public Auctions

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CEG - Jeff Martin Auctioneers Inc. held six days of public auctions May 9 to 14, ending with a huge two-day late spring public auction held in Brooklyn, Miss. This was one of the largest auctions Jeff Martin Auctioneers has held to date. The next two-day public auction in Brooklyn, Miss., will be Aug. ...

Road Money Lobbying Heats Up, Outcome Unclear

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Jeff Amy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Fights in the Mississippi Senate over a transportation spending bill that doesn't actually do anything yet indicates how intensely people are lobbying for and against more money for roads and bridges.On one side, the state's business community is pressuring legi...

MnDOT's Hwy. 5 Project Enters Second Phase

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Irwin Rapoport - The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is spending $13.8 million to rebuild the deck of the Highway 5 bridge/West 7th Street Bridge, an east-west, 1,999-ft. (609.3 m) long span (two lanes in each direction) across the Mississippi River.The project, which started last April and ...

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...

Miss. Bill Would Use Casino Taxes for Deficient Bridges

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Jeff Amy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi lawmakers met March 29 and neared final approval of House Bill 1630, which would use $36 million a year in casino taxes mainly to rebuild deficient bridges on state highways. Lawmakers agreed after casinos opened to use that revenue stream for road projects ...

More Than 845 Bidders Participate in Jeff Martin Sale

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CEG - Jeff Martin Auctioneers Inc. held a successful early spring public auction in Brooklyn, Miss., Feb. 26 and 27. This was one of the largest auctions Jeff Martin Auctioneers has held to date.This public auction was held for multiple local counties and contractors who recently decided to liq...

Officials Embark on State’s Largest Roadway Project

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CEG - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Transportation officials in Ohio are reviewing the winning bid package for what will be the largest single roadway construction project in modern state history. The $429 million Portsmouth bypass project in southern Ohio is a 16-mi. (25.7 km), four-lane limited access h...

Failing Bridges Prove a Primary Public Concern

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Jack Elliott Jr. - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mention highway safety and people have all sorts of ideas of what that means. To the Highway Patrol, it suggests expanding the ranks of state troopers. For the Mississippi Department of Transportation, it’s a well-maintained road system. For Mothers Against Drunk ...

I-10/I-110 Project to Sustain Economic Boom

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Cindy Riley - D’Iberville, Miss., is getting a major boost due to the ongoing I-10/I-110 interchange modification project. The construction, currently 70 percent complete, includes the first split diamond interchange in Mississippi and the installation of the first soil nail wall in the state. &...

Contract Awarded for Elvis Trail

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CEG - TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - City officials have awarded an $11.5 million contract to build a pathway from downtown Tupelo to the birthplace of Elvis Presley. “It’s the opportunity for us to try something new and better for what we think will be a great economic development tool,”...

Several Phases of I-269 Work Reach Halfway Point in Miss.

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CEG - BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Transportation said several phases of the Interstate 269 construction project are more than halfway complete. Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert said construction on the more than $640 million interstate project be...

’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...

I-90 Dresbach Interchange Project

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Brenda Ruggiero - A major bridge project for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently reached the halfway point, and work is currently on schedule. Ames Construction is heading the project, with Benjamin Lovin serving as the project manager. The job was let in October of 2012, for a cont...

MDOT Shifts Construction Money to Pay for Maintenance

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Jack Elliott Jr. - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is dealing with its maintenance crisis the only way it can — shifting money away from new construction to the upkeep of more than 27,000 lane-miles. MDOT leaders said roads improved through its 1987 road program are now...

Mississippi Bridge Restoration Job Timetable Revised

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Nathan Gregory - THE COMMERCIAL DISPATCH - COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) It will likely be the end of September before the city can officially close out the Old Highway 82 bridge restoration project due to two factors — issues with the primer used in the painting process and a flock of protected migratory barn swallows who have made the cons...

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...

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...

Budget Constraints Thwart Highway 82 Bypass Project

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CEG - GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) State transportation officials say budget constraints have brought the U.S. Highway 82 bypass project in Greenville to a standstill. Erik Arnold, the project engineer, told the Delta Democrat Times that phase one was completed in November between the Mississippi Rive...

Judge Blocks Permit for Miss. Port Connector Road

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CEG - GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) Construction could be delayed for a road connecting the Mississippi State Port of Gulfport to Interstate 10. The Sun Herald reported Nov. 26 that a federal judge has revoked the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s federal permit to build the northern end o...

Funding Stalled for Bypass Project in Greenville, Mississippi

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CEG - GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) State transportation officials say budget constraints have brought the U.S. Highway 82 bypass project in Greenville to a standstill. Erik Arnold, the project engineer, told the Delta Democrat Times that phase one was completed in November between the Mississippi Rive...

Historic Miss. Bridge up for Sale

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Alyssa Schnugg - OXFORD EAGLE - ABBEVILLE, Miss. (AP) If a steel truss bridge is just the thing you were looking for to go over your backyard pond, the Mississippi Department of Transportation has one up for grabs. The MDOT is offering the Mississippi Highway 7 Tallahatchie River Steel Truss Bridge to anyone who wants to...

Natchez Trace Bridge Bids Start at $7.4M

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CEG - TUPELO, Miss. (AP) The lowest bid to build a bridge over the Natchez Trace Parkway came in $1.4 million higher than expected. Officials told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that members of the Major Thoroughfare Committee would discuss the bids on Oct. 8 before taking a proposal to...

Bridge Crews Float Steel Arch to New Bridge in Minn.

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Dick Rohland - With a glass-like river surface, patience and precision maneuvering, bridge workers floated and hoisted a 545 ft. (166 m) long free standing tied arch to its place on the new Hastings, Minn., bridge. Shooting to open the bridge to two lanes of traffic by early summer, 2013, it will have the longe...

MDOT Seeking to Use Eminent Domain for Road Projects

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CEG - BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is seeking to acquire several parcels of land through eminent domain as part of a state Highway 607 expansion project north of Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. The Sea Coast Echo reported that an eminent domain c...

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...

Deep Muck Raises Costs for New St. Croix River Bridge

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CEG - STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) The price tag for the new St. Croix River bridge could hit $676 million — almost triple the $234 million spent to replace the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. And the main reason, according to the Minnesota Department o...

Mississippi Highway Extension Plans on Hold due to Lack of Funding

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CEG - MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Transportation said it has no money to extend the four-laning of state Highway 24 beyond East Fork — and that portion has been delayed. The Enterprise-Journal reported that the original plans called for four lanes on Highway 24 from Mc...

Baton Rouge Neighborhood Opposes Widening of I-10

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CEG - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) State officials are facing opposition to plans to widen Interstate 10 through Baton Rouge from businesses and residents near Perkins Road, an area prized for its locally owned restaurants, bars and shops. “It will devastate the area,” Troy Menier, whose fa...

MDOT Begins $50M Worth of Projects

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Nicole Dow - THE SUN HERALD - GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) Although down from the magnitude of work it had following Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Department of Transportation has a handful of projects in progress — about $50 million worth — spread out along the Gulf Coast. A Beach Boulevard paving project in ...

Deanco Holds Two-Day Sale in Miss.

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CEG - Deanco Auction held a huge two-day equipment and truck auction on Sept.14 and 15 at the company’s Philadelphia, Miss., auction facility. According to company owner Donnie Dean, this was a “great auction in a tough economy.” Dean went on to say that consignments from the M...

High Waters Halt Minnesota Bridge Work Near Hastings

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Dick Rohland - Rising waters and swift currents halted construction on a new, $120 million bridge over the Mississippi River that will feature the longest free standing arch main span in North America. At a river crossing richly embedded in Minnesota’s transportation history, bridge crews from the joint v...

Boaters Nightmare Coming Down Over the Mighty Miss

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Lori Lovely - It’s known for sustaining more barge collisions than any other bridge on the Mississippi River, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). It even took a hit in 1951 when a jet pilot from nearby Greenville Air Force Base crashed into it while attempting to fly under ...

MDOT: Six of 17 Gulf Coast Projects Finished for 2010

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CEG - GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Transportation said workers have completed six of the 17 big projects slated for this year along the Gulf Coast. Kelly Castleberry, MDOT’s district engineer for the southern half of the state, told The Sun Herald that nine of the 11 ...

ALDOT Sees End to Series of Grade, Drain Projects

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Brenda Ruggiero - The last in a series of grade and drain projects in Mississippi along Corridor V in the 2nd Division is currently under way. The final result will tie the Mississippi portion of Corridor V to I-65 near Decatur/Huntsville. The termini of Corridor V are I-55 in Batesville, Miss. and I-24 west of Ch...

Loop Added to $35M I-55 Revamp Project in Tenn.

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CEG - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) A loop connecting Interstate 55 to area neighborhoods near the Mississippi River has been added to a $35 million revamp of the roadway. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that planners with the Tennessee Department of Transportation are considering options including...

Construction on Two Spans in Miss. to Begin in May

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Jason Browne -Columbus Commercial Dispatch - COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) In troubled economic times, what Lowndes County needs is a bridge over busy waters. Or better yet, two bridges. At no cost locally. And for a Columbus contractor to win the job just as a Lowndes County industry expands. Things are looking up. Phillips Con...

Mississippi River Bridge: A New Element to St. Louis

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Kathie Sutin - The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Massman-Traylor-Alberici (MTA), its joint venture contractor, will break ground on a new $667 million Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis later this month. The event will mark the beginning of the long-awaited new bridge across the c...

Magnolia’s Downtown Revitalization Project Provides Facelift for the Area

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John Sumrall -McComb Enterprise-Journal - MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) Eight months after construction crews began their work, an elegant lady has a new face. The majority of Magnolia’s downtown revitalization project is complete, giving the city a look that harkens back to an earlier time when life was simpler and the downtown area...

Miss. Installs Underground Weight Measurement System

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Danny Barrett Jr. -Vicksburg Post - VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) Scales on Mississippi highways in seven counties will be replaced this year with underground weight-measuring systems expected to streamline weigh-ins for longer trucks. Updates are sorely needed because scales in place for more than 20 years, such as those near Bovin...

MDOT Puts Stimulus Funds to Work Resurfacing U.S. 49

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Brenda Ruggiero - The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is currently supervising the resurfacing of 5.3 mi. (8.5 km) of U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg. The contract for the $8.3 million project was handled by Dunn Roadbuilders LLC of Laurel under the direction of Pepper Beckman.Work began in July, and...

After Five Years, USM’s Lott Center Nearly Complete

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CEG - HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) A University of Southern Mississippi building named in honor of former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott is nearly complete after being under construction for five years.“I think in late January, early February, we’ll be ready to give the go-ahead,’’ said...

MDOT Executive Director Plays Role in U.S. DOT Event

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CEG - AASHTO President and Mississippi Department of Transportation Executive Director Larry L. “Butch” Brown shared the stage with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the first Surface Transportation Reauthorization Tour, hosted by the U.S. DOT in New Orleans, La.Brown moder...

MDOT Taps Tanner for I-59 Construction Project in Laurel

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CEG - The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has awarded an $11.6 million contract to Tanner Construction of Jones County to reconstruct 2 mi. (3.2 km) of roadway on Interstate 59 from Fourth Avenue to Chantilly Street in Jones County. Work on the interstate reconstruction project w...

MDOT: Replacing Local Bridges Critical in Miss.

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CEG - PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) Replacing local bridges is the most critical transportation need in Mississippi, said Larry “Butch’’ Brown, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation.Not only are they aging, but they are more stressed, he said. ̶...

MDOT Solicits Proposals for Greenville Bridge Relocation

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CEG - GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi officials are soliciting proposals to remove and preserve the old U.S. Highway 82 bridge over the Mississippi River at Greenville.The Continuous Steel Through Truss Bridge was opened in 1940 and has been determined eligible for the National Register of Hi...

ODOT, Marietta Boast 11 Percent Savings on WSB Repairs

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Linda J. Hutchinson - Before the collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minnesota on Aug. 1, 2007, the Ohio Department of Transportation had already committed $500 million to an aggressive inspection and preservation program for all of its “babyboomer” bridges. Ohio is home to more than 4...

DOTD Discovers $140M for More Infrastructure Work

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CEG - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The state Department of Transportation and Development warned that work could stop on a Mississippi River bridge project at St. Francisville because of a lack of money.Now, Secretary William Ankner said the agency has found $140 million it didn’t know it had. An...

Bond Deal to Keep La. Bridge Work Moving

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CEG - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The State Bond Commission on April 16 approved a $300 million bond deal aimed at funding two major bridge projects in south Louisiana.The state Department of Transportation and Development needs the cash to keep paying for widening of the Huey P. Long bridge in Jeffer...

Repairs Begun on I-155 Mississippi River Span in Tenn.

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CEG - DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) Construction officials said repairs and painting of the I-155 Mississippi River bridge between Dyersburg and Caruthersville, Mo., are ahead of schedule.VHP Enterprises Inc. of Tarpon Springs, Fla., has a $5.9 million contract from the Tennessee Department of Transport...

New Bridge to Rise From Rubble in Minn.

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Dick Rohland - By Dick RohlandCEG CORRESPONDENTWhile thousands of daily motorists, truckers and travelers have had their 35W bridge back since last September after a record construction time of less than one year, another busy and popular Mississippi River crossing northwest of the Twin Cit...

MnDOT to Replace Crumbling Hastings Bridge

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CEG - HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Department of Transportation said upgrading a bridge over the Mississippi River in Hastings is no longer an option and that it will be replaced instead.Officials say rehabilitating the bridge would have taken too long, cost too much and lacked community ...

Tanner Straightens Interstate 59’s S-Curve

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Kerry Lynn Kirby - Two decades ago, the Mississippi Department of Transportation began negotiations to clear the way for realignment of I-59 through Laurel, Miss., to alleviate a dangerous “S”-curved stretch of roadway.It was especially hazardous for tractor-trailers, which risked shifting their ...

Road Dedication Honors Fallen Soldier

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CEG - A highway dedication in Winston County, Miss., will help a family heal, and remind motorists of a fallen soldier’s sacrifice. Friends, family members, and state officials filled Good Hope Baptist Church in Nanih Waiya on Jan. 16 to witness the dedication of Highway 393 in Winston Cou...

I-35W Bridge Completion Brings Closure to Minneapolis

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Dick Rohland - They did it! In what has been the most closely watched and publicly scrutinized construction project in the state of Minnesota, bridge crews labored around the clock, to complete the new I-35W bridge and open it to traffic in record time.Bridge workers fought the snow, bitter cold winter a...

Port Gibson, Miss., Petitions Against Expansion of Road

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Lauchlin Fields -VICKSBURG POST - By Lauchlin FieldsVICKSBURG POSTPORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) An Internet petition created to help overturn state highway officials’ decision to widen historic Church Street in Port Gibson has surpassed its target of 2,500 signatures, making way for legal action many resident...

New I-35W Bridge Quickly Takes Form in Minnesota

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Dick Rohland - The new I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, which will replace the bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River last August, is quickly taking form. At the site of one of the worst bridge collapses in U.S. history, bridge workers and equipment are rebuilding at a record pace.Construction bega...

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...

’Muddy 98’ Offers Alabama DOT an Environmental Lesson

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Garry Mitchell - ASSOCIATED PRESS - MOBILE, Ala. (AP) U.S. Highway 98, known as “Bloody 98” for its history of fatal crashes on a stretch from Mobile to the Mississippi border, has been called “Muddy 98” since state highway officials got mired in environmental foulups last year.Department of Transport...

Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge Reopens

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CEG - BILOXI, Miss. (AP) The $338 million Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge has been reopened to traffic.The span on U.S. Highway 90 was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.There wasn’t any fanfare with the April 7 opening. Since the rebuilding project was done, the Mississippi ...

Photos Reveal Bridge Plate Warping Years Before Collapse

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Amy Forliti - ASSOCIATED PRESS - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Old photos of the Interstate 35W bridge show that two steel connecting plates were slightly bent as early as 2003 — four years before the span collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people.Now, attorneys representing victims of the collapse are questioning...

Heavy Equipment Rolls Into Action After Tornadoes Hit

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Jeff Cronin - What nature’s fury destroyed Feb. 5 with a rash of tornadoes in the South must now be cleaned up. And answering the call are an army of private contractors, department of transportation crews and the National Guard. The National Weather Service confirmed at least 31 tornado to...

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...

Simple Concrete Design to Replace Minnesota Bridge

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Brian Bakst - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) A soaring yet simple concrete bridge set atop 70-ft. (21 m), land-based piers will replace the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River.The design was made public Oct. 8 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the companies it hired to build...

Most Bridge Debris to Be Cleaned Up by Mid-Month

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Dick Rohland - As the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) quickly moves forward with plans to build a new bridge to replace the structure that suddenly plunged into the Mississippi River in August, it is now painstakingly removing the collapsed bridge piece by piece.MnDOT hired Carl Bolander &...