Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 12, 2020
All Hands on Deck — Crews Make Steady Progress on Sweetwater River Bridge
Steady progress is the byword for the ongoing upgrade and rehabilitation of the Sweetwater River Bridge in Chula Vista, a $25.7 million project (total cost) along the I-805 in the South Bay area of San Diego County that is a joint-project between the California Department of Transportation and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)....
Virginia Gazette - Thu August 06, 2020
York County Highway, Bridge Work Benefited from Less Spring Traffic
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) provided details Aug. 3 on the progress of the Interstate 64 Widening Segment III Project in York County and the VA Route 134 Bridge Replacement Project at the border of York County and Hampton....
IACMI – The Composites Institute - Wed August 05, 2020
Composite Bridge Offers Low-Cost Solution for Rural Tennessee County
A damaged, decades-old concrete bridge just off a narrow, curvy rural road in north central Tennessee's Morgan County will soon come down, and a low-cost, low-maintenance, technologically advanced composites bridge deck system with a 100-year lifespan will take its place....
CEG - Wed August 05, 2020
Stevens Towing Supports South Carolina Bridge Construction Project
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is constructing a new high-level fixed-span bridge on U.S. Highway 21 over the Harbor River in Beaufort County and is removing the existing swing-span bridge, which is more than 78 years old....
Gadsden Times - Mon August 03, 2020
Road, Bridge Upgrades on Route 68 Under Way in Eastern Alabama
Motorists who regularly must travel on Alabama Route 68 between Sand Rock and Leesburg will benefit from a construction/upgrade now in progress. Summer work on the road project began in June. The highway site between the two communities is situated on a north-south line in Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama, just west of the Georgia state line....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu July 30, 2020
Ritacco Workin' on the Railroad … Bridge in Jersey
Crews from Ritacco Construction Inc. (RCI) started work on the $24.8 million Route 3 Bridge over Conrail and New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) railroad replacement project last April 1, a three-year initiative that is taking place in the township of North Bergen (Hudson County)....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 30, 2020
ABC Technique Proves to Be as Easy as 1-2-3
Modular, prefabricated bridge designs have proven to be a critical component of accelerated bridge construction (ABC). The FHWA favors the ABC bridge construction technique especially in the design of highway bridges that feature varied spans, skew angles and construction materials....
WTKR-TV - Wed July 29, 2020
VDOT Hopes to Begin Major Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project in August
Construction crews have been busy prepping the South Island of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT), and the roads leading to it, for the largest transportation project in the history of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 29, 2020
SPS New England On Track in Haverhill
SPS New England Inc. started work on the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT) $102 million I-495 Haverhill Bridge Replacement Project that is replacing and widening existing north-south bridges spanning the Merrimack River in Haverhill....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 29, 2020
Webber Puts Its Signature on Irving Bridge
Webber LLC will deliver the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) $39.5 million Signature Bridge project, a 500-ft. long north-south structure that spans State Highway 114 in the city of Irving that will connect the old Texas Stadium, the former home of the Dallas Cowboys (south side) with a large development area – 78 acres – on the north side....
