Bridges

MoDOT - Wed March 06, 2019

MoDOT Launches $36M Interstate Upgrade

Missouri is gearing up for a major bridge construction project along Interstate 44. Beginning in late spring or early summer, 12 bridges along a 30-mi. stretch of the highway will be replaced, with another seven to be rehabilitated....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 06, 2019

Crews Replace 'Half-Historic' Bridge at Border

Construction began in June 2018 on the three-year, $39.3 million Baudette-Rainy River International Bridge Replacement project at the U.S.-Canada border, a joint venture of the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Ministry of Transport–Ontario (MTO) headed up by Lunda Construction Co....

CEG - Wed March 06, 2019

Cracks Shut Down Chicago Bridge

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....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon March 04, 2019

N.J. Lays Groundwork to Replace Portal Bridge

At an estimated cost of $1.6 billion dollars, a two-track replacement structure known as Portal North Bridge is closer to becoming a reality. While main construction has yet to begin due to money issues, early work on the project in Kearny and Secaucus, N.J., is complete, and not a moment too soon....

Virginia Department of Transportation - Mon March 04, 2019

VDOT Picks Contractor for Largest Project in State's History

Gov. Ralph Northam announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia has selected Hampton Roads Connector Partners, a design-build team, to deliver the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project. The fixed price ($3.3 billion) and fixed completion date (Nov....

National Park Service - Wed February 27, 2019

NPS Will Replace Lewis River Bridge

On Dec. 21, 2018, the National Park Service Acting Intermountain Regional Director Kate Hammond signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for an environmental assessment (EA) to replace the Lewis River Bridge in Yellowstone National Park....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 26, 2019

TxDOT Replaces State's Last Swing Bridge in $43M Project

At a cost of $43 million, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is replacing the FM 457 swing bridge in Sargent with a concrete corkscrew bridge that will span the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW)....

Joe Barron – CEG Associate Editor - Mon February 25, 2019

United Demolition Makes Short Work of Long Bridges

Bridge demolition often begins at night and ends early in the morning. Portions of the bridge are removed in a short work window, and traffic resumes as normal in the morning as if no inconvenience has occurred....

Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 20, 2019

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

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, Iowa....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 12, 2019

Redwood Road Project Is Among UDOT's 2019 Priorities

Considered one of the top ten construction priorities for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) in 2018, the I-215 Redwood Road project requires crews to build a new bridge east of the existing Redwood Road bridge over I-215....