WSDOT - Wed August 21, 2024
Grant Moves Washington-Oregon Bridge Projects Ahead
An important milestone in the effort to replace the Interstate Bridge between Oregon and Washington was recognized in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 8. Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt joined federal, state and local officials from both states at an event to celebrate the historic federal grant award recently announced for the Interstate Bridge Replacement program....
CEG - Tue August 20, 2024
Louisiana Ready to Proceed With Building $2.3B I-10/Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles
Construction to replace Louisiana's most notorious bridge on Interstate 10 could finally begin this year, ultimately clearing a national chokepoint for improved cross-country commerce. Republican Gov....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 20, 2024
Longview Bridge and Road Build Replaces Two Texarkana Spans
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently opened the new and long-awaited bridge on State Highway (SH) 8 that links Bowie and Cass counties in the Texarkana area. The $37.7 million, constructed by Longview Bridge and Road Ltd....
Tampa Bay Times - Mon August 19, 2024
Traffic Could Begin Moving Across Tampa Bay's Howard Frankland Bridge in Early 2025
Drivers could hop on the new $865.3 million Howard Frankland Bridge over Tampa Bay as early as this coming January or February. That is the word from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), which confirmed in mid-August that the last of the major construction phases is under way....
Link-Belt Cranes - Mon August 19, 2024
VIDEO: Link-Belt TCC-2500s Provide Solution to South Carolina Bridge Project
The Lane Construction Corporation is utilizing two Link-Belt 250-ton TCC-2500 telescopic crawler cranes to construct two bridges over the Wateree River in Kershaw County, S.C. The bridges will replace two preexisting overpasses along Interstate 20 as part of a South Carolina Department of Transportation bridge rehabilitation project....
CEG - Thu August 15, 2024
RIDOT Awards $625M Building Contract to Skanska-Led JV for 'I-95 15' Project in Providence
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) recently finalized a $625 million contract with the one and only bidder on a project to rebuild a total of 15 bridges along key stretches of Interstate 95 and Rhode Island Highway 10 in the Providence metro area....
Maryland Matters - Tue August 13, 2024
Maryland Continues Shifting From Removal of Key Bridge Debris to Rebuilding Process
In the months after the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., state and federal officials maintained a website that posted regular updates of the response to the catastrophe....
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation - Tue August 13, 2024
PennDOT Proposes to Replace Rail Bridge, Widen Roadway in Erie County Community
A plan to replace the bridge that carries the Canadian National/Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad over U.S. Highway 6N and widen the roadway in Erie County's Springfield Township is being proposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu August 08, 2024
Crews to Replace Span in Augusta, Maine
When a bridge goes from tight to right, people notice. Especially when that bridge is in the state capital. The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) decided to begin this transformation of the Western Avenue bridge located on U.S....
Hendersonville Times-News & EcustaTrail.org - Wed August 07, 2024
Six Steel Pedestrian Bridges Being Installed Along Ecusta Trail in Henderson County, N.C.
The initial phase of construction on the Ecusta Trail in western North Carolina is moving forward with the installation of six new bridges along what was once an old railroad bed. The first phase is scheduled to open in December, Henderson County Engineer Marcus Jones told the Hendersonville Times-News....
