Wed March 22, 2017
Delaware River Turnpike Bridge Reopens Ahead of Schedule
Officials from the PA Turnpike Commission (PTC) and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) announced that the jointly owned Delaware River Bridge is reopened to traffic as of March 9. The 1.25-mi.-long bridge, which carries traffic between the two states, first closed Jan....
Wed March 08, 2017
New Hampshire DOT to Ponder Future of Bridge to Vermont
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation is going to consider the future of a long-closed Connecticut River bridge that links North Walpole with the village of Bellows Falls, Vt. The move gives hope to some people on the Vermont side of the bridge who said its closure has hurt the community because traffic that once flowed through the village now travels on a bridge to the north that bypasses the heart of the community....
FOX 59 NEWS - Fri March 03, 2017
Crews to Start Work on $19.6 Million Indiana Bridge Construction
Drivers on the south side of Indianapolis should get used to construction on I-65 and I-465 over the coming months. The work is scheduled to begin Sunday night on a $19.6 million project to rebuild six bridges on I-65 over I-465 and Lick Creek....
Mon February 20, 2017
Bayonne Bridge Opens After Four Years of Construction
The Bayonne Bridge officially reopened Feb. 20, after years of construction to raise its deck. The bridge connects New Jersey to Staten Island. A $1.3 billion construction project beginning in 2013 raised the deck by 64 feet to allow bigger cargo ships to reach ports in the New York City area....
Chuck Harvey - Mon February 20, 2017
Crews Overcome Obstacles on Montana Bridge
Montana's $13.5 million Cabinet Gorge Replacement Project is progressing despite discovery of a huge boulder obstruction by workers drilling under the Columbia River that slowed foundation work on the bridge that will cross the Clark Fork of the river in Sanders County, Mont....
Chuck Harvey - Mon February 20, 2017
$54.5M Project Should Protect Highway 1 for 100 Years
Work is surging ahead on a $54.5 million Highway 1 Piedras Blancas realignment project to protect the highway from a rising sea level and erosion along the coast in San Luis Obispo County. The project area runs along Highway 1 from Point Piedras Blancas to Arroyo De La Cruz Bridge near San Simeon....
Wed February 15, 2017
$75.1 Million Bridge Comes Together Over Illinois River
The new, state-funded $75.1 million bridge that will carry Illinois 104 over the Illinois River at Meredosia is approximately 45 percent complete, but the most dramatic portion of the construction will begin this summer....
Wed February 15, 2017
Nearly 56,000 American Bridges on Structurally Deficient List, New Analysis of Federal Data Shows
The length of the nation's structurally deficient bridges if placed end-to-end would stretch 1,276 miles, half the distance from New York to Los Angeles, a new examination of federal government data shows....
Chad Livengood - Crains Detroit Business - Tue February 14, 2017
Trump, Trudeau Call for Construction of Major International Bridge
President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday voiced support for "expeditious" construction of the long-planned Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting southwest Detroit and Ontario....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed February 15, 2017
Virginia Bridge Project Extends Life by 50 Years
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is overseeing the rehabilitation of two bridges along Interstate 64 in the Lexington, Va., area. The bridges, which carry eastbound and westbound traffic over the Maury River and Kerrs Creek in Rockbridge County, were designed in 1969 and built in 1976....
