Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 07, 2018
Crews Finish Bridge Rehabilitation in Massachusetts
In Bernardston, Mass., cleanup efforts are under way following work to ensure the reliability and continued use of Bridge 42.81 for passenger and freight railroad operations. The rehab took place in a short period of time, but required a great deal of coordination....
Montana Department of Transportation - Wed November 07, 2018
MDT Submits Bridge Improvements, Paving Project Details
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is notifying the public and seeking comment on two projects. One project implements improvements on bridges near Wolf Creek in Lewis and Clark County. The second project involves a paving project along 11.8 mi....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
ADOT Sets Final Girders on South Mountain Freeway's Salt River Bridges
Two hundred and ninety-two. That's the number of concrete girders installed on two Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway bridges spanning the Salt River between Broadway Road and Southern Avenue in the southwest Valley....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
Value Engineering Increases Value, Reduces Delivery Time
The Arizona Department of Transportation's original plan for improving the Interstate 17 bridges at Willard Springs Road south of Flagstaff called for replacing the decks in both directions over two summers, ending well into 2019....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
Organizations Protect Native Cactus Before U.S. 60 Project
To prepare for a project replacing the Pinto Creek Bridge on U.S. 60 east of the Valley, biologists from the Arizona Department of Transportation and partner organizations spent several days working to protect a native cactus, in some cases rappelling down the canyon walls to do so....
AASHTO - Mon November 05, 2018
DOT: No Connection Between Pedestrian Bridge Collapse, Grant Award Process
A 20-page report issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Oct. 29 determined that there was "no evidence" connecting the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or TIGER grant approval process and the March 15th collapse of a pedestrian bridge under construction at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., on March 15, as "decisions on the bridge's design and construction were made after the grant was selected."That bridge collapse resulted in six fatalities and eight injuries....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 31, 2018
KDOT Places High Hopes on Viaduct Reconstruction
The Kansas Department of Transportation is spending $65 million to replace the aging and deteriorating westbound section of the Lewis and Clark Viaduct on Interstate 70, which links Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon October 29, 2018
Coordination Crucial for Accelerated Bridge Construction
Infrastructure and Industrial Constructors USA, which is branded as i+iconUSA, was awarded two new accelerated bridge contracts in Pennsylvania. These include the Pulaski-New Bedford Bridge in Lawrence County and Port Authority North Braddock Avenue Bridge Replacement in Allegheny County....
Associated Press - Mon October 29, 2018
Money Doubts Delay Work on Century-Old Jersey Rail Bridge
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Preliminary work continues on a key choke point on the rail corridor into New York as a funding dispute delays the start of full construction. Workers were scheduled to put up a 200-ft....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 25, 2018
Vermont's $60M North Hero-Grand Isle Bridge Project Under Way
Contractors are working to finish a temporary drawbridge linking two islands on Lake Champlain with a race through the winter to have the new bridge fully functioning in time for the first seasonal opening of the bridge May 15....
