Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tue May 14, 2024
USACE Seeking New Bids to Complete Tennessee River's $954.4M Chickamauga Lock
The new and bigger lock being built at the Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga is designed to expedite the flow of barge traffic on the Tennessee River but building the replacement chamber has proven to be anything but expeditious for the U.S....
Office of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey - Mon May 13, 2024
Hundreds of Communities in Massachusetts to Benefit From $375M in Infrastructure Funds
At a May 3 event in Melrose, Mass., Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation authorizing $200 million for Fiscal Year 2025 to fund bridge and road maintenance as well as other infrastructure projects in all 351 municipalities across the state under its Chapter 90 program....
StreetsblogMASS - Mon May 13, 2024
Boston's Transit, Bicycle Riders Likely to Get More Space On Back Bay Streets in 2024
Boston transportation planners hosted a meeting May 2 to discuss their plans to add more bike lanes and bus lanes to various streets in the city's Back Bay neighborhood, which is currently a significant bottleneck for frequent-service bus routes and a major gap in the Massachusetts capital's growing network of protected bike lanes....
Urbanize New York & NYC - Thu May 09, 2024
Ground Broken at Site of Lower Manhattan's $200M Battery Coastal Resiliency Project
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other local officials broke ground May 6 on the Battery Coastal Resilience Project, a $200 million effort to protect Lower Manhattan from coastal storms and other impacts of climate change....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 09, 2024
North Causeway Bridge Offers Innovation, Congestion Relief for Fort Pierce, Fla., Motorists
Built in 1963, the drawbridge in Fort Pierce, Fla., is structurally deficient. Vecellio & Grogan of Beckley, W.V., is building the new North Causeway Bridge, which incorporates innovations that will benefit pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and boaters....
CEG - Thu May 09, 2024
VIDEO: Connecticut Officials Celebrate Rapid Reopening of I-95 Bridge After Destructive Fire
Connecticut officials on May 6 praised first responders and construction crews who worked through the previous weekend to get a stretch of Interstate 95 in Norwalk reopened to traffic following a tractor-trailer fire under the structure early on May 2....
West Virginia Division of Highways - Thu May 09, 2024
Several Major Road, Bridge Projects in W. Va. to Be Finished by Spring of 2025
Three major long-term highway projects undertaken by the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) are nearing completion later this year or in early 2025 with the promise to improve safety and driving conditions for decades to come, the agency announced May 7....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 08, 2024
Missouri's $284M Chester Bridge Under Construction
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....
WeBuild Group - Mon May 06, 2024
Webuild Ready to Rebuild Collapsed Baltimore Bridge
A new, safe and innovative cable-stayed bridge to redefine the entrance to the historic port of Baltimore City, a key hub for American logistics. This is the project presented pro bono by Webuild, with its U.S....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu May 02, 2024
Reconstruction of Frank J. Wood Bridge in Maine Under Way
The Maine Department of Transportation has begun onsite construction to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge. The bridge carries Route 201 over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. The lead contractor on this project is Reed & Reed of Woolwich, Maine, and H.B....
