CEG - Fri November 26, 2021
Vermont Gets More Than $9M in Federal Grant Funds for I-89 Pedestrian Bridge
Federal money has been awarded to South Burlington, Vt., for the construction of a pedestrian bridge near a busy intersection of Interstate 89 in the city. The state's two United States' senators, Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, along with Congressman Peter Welch and South Burlington officials, announced Nov....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed November 24, 2021
Picturesque Virginia Valley Site of I-81 Bridge Replacement Project
In one of the South's more scenic mountain valleys, construction crews have been at work for two years to build replacement bridges on Interstate 81 in southwest Virginia's Smyth County. The projected $28.9 million effort involves substituting two half-century-old freeway bridges that cross over Virginia Route 11, the Norfolk Southern Railroad line and the Middle Fork of the Holston River with new, wider spans....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 24, 2021
Construction Progressing On Savannah I-20 Bridge Project
Superior Construction Co. Inc. expects to complete the $82.5 million I-20 @ Savannah River Bridge Replacements project for the Georgia Department of Georgia Transportation (GDOT) and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in the winter of 2022....
Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue November 23, 2021
VIDEO: Walsh Puts Merchant's Bridge Back On Track
In 2018, Walsh Construction, one of the largest contractors in the United States, began a $172 million project to rehabilitate the historic Merchant's Bridge — the oldest rail structure over the Mississippi River....
GDOT - Mon November 22, 2021
Bridge Replacements Near Savannah Part of GDOT's Recent Contract Awards
A $65.5 million design-build project to replace two bridges on Georgia Highway 25 over the Savannah and Middle rivers in Chatham County highlight recent Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announcements that include contract awards in September for 20 other projects valued at approximately $132.5 million....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 18, 2021
WF Delauter & Son Leads Two-Bridge Project in Frederick
A federally funded Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project is currently under way to improve Gas House Pike at Linganore Creek in Frederick, Md. The work is being done for the Frederick County Department of Engineering and Construction Management....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 18, 2021
Tioga Takes On Span Over the Salmon River
Crews from Tioga Construction began a $17.5 million New York State Department of Transportation's (NYSDOT) project to demolish and replace the Route 34B bridge over the Salmon River, which carries traffic in and out of the city of Ithaca, home to the famed Cornell University....
CEG - Tue November 16, 2021
New Jersey Starts Work on New $107.5M Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge
Officials with Monmouth County, N.J., in cooperation with two state agencies and the federal government, broke ground in early November for the construction of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge S-32 Replacement Project, the Atlantic Highlands Herald reported....
Parkersburg News and Sentinel - Tue November 16, 2021
Ohio River Bridge in Parkersburg, W.V., to Get $50M Rehab in March
A $50 million rehabilitation of the tolled Memorial Bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Parkersburg, W.V., to Belpre, Ohio, is on track to begin next March, with nighttime closures no longer part of the plan....
Oregon DOT - Tue November 16, 2021
H.P. Civil Begins $45M Oregon Seismic Resiliency Project
An Oregon Department of Transportation contractor began work on Oct. 4 to help strengthen the Interstate 5 Exit 58, north Grants Pass bridges. H.P. Civil, of Stayton, Ore., will reinforce the 60-year-old structures so they'll better withstand a major earthquake....
