Lori Tobias is a career journalist, formerly on staff as the Oregon Coast reporter at The Oregonian and as a columnist and features writer at the Rocky Mountain News. She is the author of the memoir, Storm Beat - A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast, and the novel Wander, winner of the Nancy Pearl Literary Award in 2017. She has freelanced for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Denver Post, Alaska Airlines in-flight, Natural Home, Spotlight Germany, Vegetarian Times and the Miami Herald. She is an avid reader, enjoys kayaking, traveling and exploring the Oregon Coast where she lives with her husband Chan and rescue pups, Gus and Lily.
The $779 million I-95 bridge project in Rhode Island, funded by a federal grant and RIDOT, will address 15 bridges over 7 years, improving safety and traffic flow. The design-build method delivers rapid construction, facilitating the removal of structurally deficient bridges and enhancing key freight routes....
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The Indiana DOT successfully completes the $2 billion I-69 Finish Line project, connecting Evansville and Indianapolis. Despite challenges like labor and material shortages, the project finished on time and budget, providing significant economic impacts and improved mobility for the region. Next up: the I-69 Ohio River Crossing project in southern Indiana....
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A $140 million multi-use stadium project in urban Knoxville, once known as "the bottoms", faces challenges but promises substantial benefits upon completion in 2025. Home to the Chicago Cubs AA team Tennessee Smokies, the stadium will host various events, serve as a catalyst for redevelopment in East Knoxville, and feature modern amenities funded through a joint Sports Authority effort....
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Phase III of the Berlin G Myers Parkway Project in South Carolina, underway for 18 years, continues with the construction of a 3.25-mi. roadway and rebuilding of the Sawmill Branch Canal Trail. The project aims to alleviate traffic congestion and improve road conditions in Summerville. Scheduled completion is set for August 2026....
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Metra allocates $332.4 million for a 2024 budget, focusing on replacing 22 bridges in Chicago. The extensive project involves multiple stages to ensure safety and efficiency. Other improvements include track structure upgrades, station renovations, and track maintenance initiatives across the commuter rail system....
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GGI Constructors takes on the $908M Golden Glades Interchange project in Miami-Dade County, FL, aiming to improve regional mobility by revamping major transportation connections and addressing increasing traffic congestion. Despite utility challenges and heavy traffic in the area, the project remains on track for completion in fall 2031. The project involves building 32 new bridges, installing ext...
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Historic flooding hits Midwest, devastating towns like Spencer, Iowa and Blue Earth County, Minnesota. Thousands of homes destroyed, infrastructure damaged, and debris cleanup efforts underway. Residents and businesses face long road to recovery with FEMA assistance....
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A stretch of Tennessee highway — in a place perhaps best known for the famous country musicians born there — is currently undergoing a $51 million construction project to widen the highway over a span of 5.34 mi....
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A $167 million bridge that may have earned a place in the history books when it was moved into place on the Illinois River is set to open in less than a year. The new eastbound bridge of the tandem McClugage Bridge in Peoria, Ill., is expected to open to traffic in the fall of 2024 after five years and an estimated 900,000 hours of work....
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Four months after heavy Oregon rains washed out a coastal road, Sandlake Road is open to one lane and engineers are considering the best of two permanent repairs....
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Less than a decade ago, the Trinity Health Livingston hospital in Howell, Mich., had about six inpatients on any given day. Today, that number is closer to 40. That's why, when Trinity Health Michigan embarked on building a new $238 million Trinity Health Livingston hospital, it left flex space for growth....
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On a Saturday afternoon in the middle of January, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Transportation Maintenance Coordinator Jake Jensen was on his way back to the Veneta maintenance station after assisting co-workers with downed trees on a nearby rural highway....
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A multi-faceted $300 million project aimed at untangling southside Chicago's vast railroad and roadway infrastructure is well under construction with Stage 1, a critical step in moving forward, completed, and Stage 2 of Phase 3 well under way....
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Construction on a $160 million bridge and road improvement project in Calhoun County, Mich., will pick back up in spring with work scheduled for four bridges, as well as repaving work....
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After a three-year delay, construction crews have begun clearing land and moving dirt on the $158 million Akron, Ohio, SR 8 bridge replacement project. "Project design was essentially complete when statewide funding priorities changed due to the pandemic-related economic shortfalls," said Ramon Marsch, spokesman of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)....
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Construction crews in Tillamook, Ore., raced against the winter weather to build a new bridge in less than two weeks after torrential downpours washed out a critical traffic corridor linking northern coast communities....
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) recently closed the westbound lanes of the Washington Bridge, one of the busiest sections of highway in the state, after a consultant inspecting work on the bridge discovered bridge components that were in critical danger of failing....
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Construction crews with the Indiana-based joint venture, Build Westville, broke ground in October on a $1.2 billion correctional facility in Westville, Ind., touted not only as the largest, but the best....
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Utah's busy construction industry was on full display in October as an audience of approximately 600 people, most of them construction workers, turned out to celebrate the placement of the final beam on Salt Lake City's tallest building, the new 41-floor Astra Tower....
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Construction crews of Integrity Grading & Excavating Inc. are finishing work on the last of four ramps on a $22 million project to replace two bridges on I-39/94/90 at WIS 60....
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