Associated Press - Tue December 15, 2020
City Officials Decide That West Seattle Bridge Will Be Repaired, Not Replaced
SEATTLE (AP) Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said the city will repair, instead of replace, the West Seattle Bridge, a critical link between that community and the city. The city's most used bridge has been closed to traffic for eight months after the city found fast-spreading cracks in the structure....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 14, 2020
Knife River Executes Bridge Slides on I-84
The twin east-west bridges – 112 ft. long, two lanes each – at the Blacks Creek Interchange on I-84 in Ada County, Ida. (20 mi. east of Boise and built in 1963) reached the end of their lifespan and have been replaced – hence the Idaho Transportation Department's (ITD) $12.1 million project awarded to Knife River Corporation that had prefabricated two new bridges off-site that were eventually slid into place....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed December 09, 2020
MDOT Building Temporary M-30 Bridge Over Tobacco River
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will begin building a temporary M-30 bridge over the Tobacco River in Gladwin County following extensive damage to the corridor during May flooding. Totaling $4.3 million, the temporary bridge is expected to open to traffic in mid-February....
North Dakota Department of Transportation - Tue December 08, 2020
NDDOT Wraps Up 193 Projects as 2020 Construction Season Comes to End
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) wraps up work on 193 road and bridge projects during the 2020 construction season, which is coming to a close around the state. "2020 was a tremendous year for the NDDOT and the state of North Dakota," said NDDOT Director Bill Panos....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 03, 2020
Wagman Replaces Aging Capital Beltway Spans
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is in the process of replacing the I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway) bridges over MD 214 (Central Avenue) in Largo as part of its continuing effort to keep bridges safe and reduce congestion....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 03, 2020
Konkus Corporation Replaces Bridge Decks for N.J. I-78 Bridges
Konkus Corporation crews are pressing forward with the New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) $27.9 million I-78 Bridges over Route 202/Route 206 and Washington Valley Road project, which began in mid-December 2019 and should be finished by the end of 2022....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 03, 2020
Razing of More Than Century-Old Bridge Makes Way for New Span
Built between 1898 and 1900, the North Washington Street Bridge in Boston has been demolished and is being replaced by J.F. White Contracting Co. through a $177 million-plus contract that was awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)....
Florida Today - Wed December 02, 2020
New Florida Bridge to Give Better Access to Kennedy Space Center
A coalition of organizations continues to push forward with the replacement of the aging drawbridge at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), a project that offers a glimpse into a possible future when NASA and the Space Force merge their Florida Space Coast facilities to focus more on their core missions....
Cola Daily - Wed December 02, 2020
Bridge Through Columbia, S.C.'s Innovista Set to Finish in 2022
A new bridge is taking form in the Innovista region of downtown Columbia, S.C., after Richland County began construction earlier in the year. Innovista is designed to create a vibrant, mixed-use urban neighborhood in the capital city in an area that is made up of largely undeveloped land, parking lots and low-density industrial and commercial uses near the University of South Carolina (USC) campus....
ADOT - Wed December 02, 2020
Construction Crews Place Girders on I-17 Bridge Project
Progress is being made on the Arizona Department of Transportation's project to replace the old Interstate 17 bridge over Central Avenue south of downtown Phoenix. Cranes are being used to lift and place more than 20 steel girders to support the new southbound I-17 side of the bridge when it is completed....
