USACE & WESA Radio - Wed August 27, 2025
Pa.'s Montgomery Locks Getting a $1.6B Upgrade
Big machines and bigger innovations are hard at work upgrading one of the smallest locks on the Ohio River. The Pittsburgh District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is going big — literally — at Montgomery Locks and dam in Monaca, Pa., northwest of Pittsburgh, where one of the region's most ambitious infrastructure projects is under way: a nearly $1.6 billion project to build a new primary lock chamber in place of one roughly half its size....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon August 25, 2025
NYC Launches $44 Million Phase of Grand Concourse Upgrades to Major Bronx Corridor
The NYC Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced the start of phase five of the reconstruction of Grand Concourse, a $44 million project from East Fordham Road to East 198th Street that will rebuild the street from end to end with safety features, improved pedestrian access and additional enhancements such as bike lanes, bollards, wider medians and better street lighting....
Vermont Public - Mon August 18, 2025
Historic Property on River Island Near Montpelier, Vt. Returns to Floodplain
Approximately 2 mi. upstream from Montpelier, Vt. sandwiched between U.S. Highway 2, a railroad, and the Winooski River, is a mostly undeveloped island of fields and trees. Close to the road, though, a 19th-century Greek Revival house and a barn connected by an ell stood for many years until recently, when the connecting wing was deconstructed, along with the house's roof, Vermont Public reported Aug....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 12, 2025
Iowa DOT Responds to Growth in Des Moines
In the rapidly growing west end of Des Moines, a $94 million, three-phase construction project is expected to increase traffic flow and increase safety. The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) is adding another diverging diamond interchange to a rapidly growing list of updated interchanges in the state, expected to number seven in the upcoming years....
Ohio DOT - Mon August 11, 2025
Construction Begins On $274M U.S. 33 Expansion Project
State and local leaders, Kokosing Construction representatives and others joined the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) on June 16 to officially mark the start of construction on a U.S. 33 expansion project in Athens and Meigs Counties....
WSPA-TV & City of Greenville - Thu August 07, 2025
Pedestrian Bridge for Popular Greenville, S.C. Trail Reaches Building Phase
Construction began Aug. 5, 2025, on a new pedestrian bridge in the upstate South Carolina city of Greenville, long known for its emphasis on building parks and trails in several locales, including the heart of its downtown....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed August 06, 2025
PennDOT, Contractors Get Ready to Slide New Commercial Street Bridge Into Place in Pittsburgh
Drivers exiting the Pennsylvania Turnpike and heading into Pittsburgh most likely will be using I-376 to get there. The highway travels through a wooded area and then enters the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, a twin-bore opening stretching nearly a mile long....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon August 04, 2025
Granite Nears I-10 Reconstruction Completion in Ariz.
Granite Construction Co. is well on its way to delivering the Arizona Department of Transportation's (ADOT) $171 million Interstate 10 Reconstruction between Ruthrauff and Ina roads project by December 2025....
Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers - Mon August 04, 2025
Utah Infrastructure Receives 'C+' in 2025 ASCE Report
The Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2025 Report Card for Utah's Infrastructure on May 29, 2025, assigning 12 categories of infrastructure a cumulative grade of ‘C+', which is unchanged from the last report card in 2020....
StreetsblogMASS & MassDOT - Mon August 04, 2025
MassDOT to Demolish Major Century-Old Bridge in Haverhill
A quarter-billion dollar effort to replace the Basiliere Bridge across the Merrimack River in downtown Haverhill, Mass., with a new span was approved on July 30, 2025, by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) board of directors....
