Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 04, 2019
Crews Fill Battery Street Tunnel With Viaduct Rubble
Yet another project in Seattle's $3.3 billion Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program is under way. Crews began filling in the Battery Street Tunnel in early May with rubble from the demolished Alaskan Way Viaduct....
Idaho State University - Tue June 04, 2019
ISU Receives $150K Grant to Test Seismic Resiliency of Precast Concrete Bridges
The Idaho State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received a $150,000 grant from the Idaho Transportation Department to test the seismic resiliency of precast concrete bridges....
TRIP - Wed May 29, 2019
Rural Transportation Report Reveals Improvement Areas
America's rural transportation system is in need of repairs and modernization to support economic growth in the nation's Heartland, which is a critical source of energy, food and fiber. With increases in population and growing employment, rural America is heavily reliant on the quality of its transportation system to sustain further growth....
New NY Bridge - Tue May 28, 2019
Crews Remove Final Section of Old Tappen Zee Bridge
The final section of the old Tappan Zee Bridge's steel superstructure has been removed. The 600-ft.-long, 11-million-lb. west anchor span — the old bridge's last span above the Hudson River — was lowered onto barges using strand jacks in mid May....
New York State Department of Transportation - Thu May 23, 2019
N.Y. Releases Preliminary Draft Design Report for I-81 Project
The New York State Department of Transportation released a preliminary Draft Design Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Interstate 81 Viaduct Project that will be subject to public and Federal Highway Administration review and comment prior to being finalized....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 23, 2019
Work Speeds Ahead on Replacing Century-Old Bridges With Tunnel
Although much work remains, crews are making significant progress on a multi-year construction effort that will benefit the transportation hub of west-central Vermont. The Middlebury Rail and Bridge Project will replace two 1920s-era bridges with a tunnel, restoring a section of the town green lost to Middlebury when the Rutland Railroad was constructed in the 1840s....
CEMEX USA - Wed May 22, 2019
CEMEX Builds on History, Supplying Largest Bridge Ever in Los Angeles
CEMEX USA announced it is providing concrete, including a specialized self-consolidating mix, along with thousands of tons of aggregates for the largest bridge project in the history of Los Angeles, Calif....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon May 13, 2019
Pennsylvania Roads, Bridges Losing Billions in Funding
With each passing day, deteriorating roads and bridges become a bigger issue across the state of Pennsylvania. A 2018 report card on the state's infrastructure from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave Pennsylvania a D+ for its highways, roads and bridges after inspecting their condition....
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission - Mon May 13, 2019
Major Milestone Reached on New Scudder Falls Toll Bridge
A major milestone in the Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project was reached on April 29 when the pouring of concrete for the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge's upstream span reached completion, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced....
Associated Press - Thu May 09, 2019
R.I. Plans $715M in Bridge, Road Repairs
PROVIDENCE (AP) Rhode Island transportation officials said they'll have 77 construction projects this year totaling $715 million. The state began tolling trucks last year to pay for bridge and road repairs....
