Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 05, 2024
I-95 Bridge Work Begins in Rhode Island
Only weeks after the Rhode Island Congressional delegation announced news of a $251 million federal grant to fund the new I-95 15 bridges project, work is already under way. "We are doing the first bridge of 15," said RIDOT spokesman Charles St....
ARTBA - Wed September 04, 2024
Slow, Steady Progress Repairing America's Bridges, According to Latest Federal Government Data
Nearly 221,800 U.S. bridges need major repair or replacement, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of recently released federal government data shows. Placed end-to-end, these structures span over 6,100 mi., or the equivalent of every mile of urban and rural interstate in California, Florida and Illinois....
Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate & Louisiana DOTD - Wed September 04, 2024
Work on the Caddo Lake Highway Bridge in Mooringsport, La., Nearing Completion
More than a year of detours will soon be in the rearview mirror of motorists traveling over the Caddo Lake Bridge on Louisiana Highway 1 in the community of Mooringsport, northwest of Shreveport. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced Aug....
CEG - Tue September 03, 2024
VTrans Discusses Options to Replace Bridge Deck On Vermont Highway 16 in Glover
On Aug. 22, officials in the small, northern Vermont town of Glover learned from the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) about its proposal to replace a bridge road deck that carries vehicle traffic along state Highway 16 through the Orleans County community....
Connecticut Post & CTDOT - Tue September 03, 2024
Crews Move Swiftly to Replace I-95 Overpass Destroyed by Fiery Truck Crash in Norwalk, Conn.
Construction on the $20 million Fairfield Avenue overpass spanning Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Conn., is taking shape, the Connecticut Post (CTPost) in Bridgeport reported Aug. 29. The replacement project was needed as the result of severe damage to the old structure due to its being struck by an oil tanker truck last spring, which caused a fiery crash that led to the bridge's demolition....
The Associated Press & Baltimore Banner - Tue September 03, 2024
Maryland Officials Award Kiewit Infrastructure $73M to Build First Phase of New Key Bridge
Maryland transportation leaders approved a contract Aug. 29 for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after the 1.6-mi-long steel span collapsed into the Patapsco River under the impact of a massive container ship that lost power and crashed into one of its supporting columns....
CEG - Thu August 29, 2024
PennDOT to Start Massive Road Project in Bellefonte, Replace Small Bridge in Erie County
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will start construction on the long-awaited $259 million high-speed interchange project between Interstate 80 and I-99 near Bellefonte on Sept.4....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 29, 2024
T.L. Wallace Begins Work On Mississippi's Pearl River Bridge
In Marion County, Mississippi, construction crews are replacing two aging bridges over the Pearl River on U.S. 98. Work on the $57.7 million project began in January 2024. "The U.S. 98 eastbound bridge over the Pearl River was built in the 1930s and is rather narrow," explained Jordan Whittington, Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) District 7 construction engineer....
MaineDOT & Mainebiz - Wed August 28, 2024
Damaged Covered Bridge in Maine to Close Until Spring; UM Law School Expanding in Portland
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) expects Babb's Bridge, a 48-year-old covered bridge between the towns of Gorham and Windham, to remain closed to vehicle traffic until the second quarter of 2025 after an overweight dump truck fell through the structure's deck on Aug....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu August 22, 2024
Cianbro-Middlesex Leads WALK Bridge TIME-2 Project in Norwalk
As construction work continues on the WALK bridge, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) launched the TIME-2 project that involves the rebuild or renovation of four additional bridges on or near the Metro-North Railroad (MNR) New Haven Line (NHL) in East Norwalk....
