FDOT - Mon November 23, 2020
FDOT Targets March for Reopening of Damaged Pensacola Bay Bridge
As demolition progresses on the storm-damaged Pensacola Bay Bridge, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is preparing to begin driving piles — concrete posts that are driven into the ground to act as a leg or support for the new bridge — during the first week of December....
Louisiana DOTD - Mon November 23, 2020
Louisiana DOTD Provides Updates on Two Big Interstate 10 Projects
Road work got under way in mid-November on one large Interstate 10 widening project in western Louisiana, while adjacent to New Orleans, another hefty interchange project is progressing, according to updates from the state's Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)....
GDOT - Thu November 19, 2020
Georgia DOT Begins Work on New I-85 Widening in Jackson County
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) on Nov. 17 announced the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Interstate 85 Phase 2 widening project in Jackson County. Work has already commenced to expand I-85 from two to three lanes in both directions east of Braselton from Georgia State Road 53 to just north of U.S....
WaterWorld Magazine - Thu November 19, 2020
EPA Loans $265M for Water Infrastructure to Georgia County
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and EPA Southeast Regional Administrator Mary Walker have announced a $265 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to DeKalb County, Ga., for upgrades to its aging wastewater collection and treatment system....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 19, 2020
Middletown Combines Two Projects Into One With Single Prime Contractor
Phase II work is under way on the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Arrigoni Bridge project. The $46 million undertaking in Middletown/Portland is the result of a 2010 safety report, which found deficiencies in the structure's two main arch spans....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 19, 2020
D.C. Takes On Its Largest-Ever Project
In Washington, D.C., work continues on a $453 million undertaking to replace a popular bridge named for a revered abolitionist. The New Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge project, which includes reconstruction of the Suitland Parkway/I-295 interchange, is the largest public infrastructure effort in the District Department of Transportation's (DDOT) history....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 18, 2020
Austin Bridge & Road Battles Record Rain on U.S. 82
Austin Bridge & Road LP (ABR) has overcome serious challenges to push forward on the Texas Department of Transportation's highway widening project that covers 20 mi. of highway in Fannin County in order to complete the $71.5 million project in July 2021....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 17, 2020
Leaving a Legacy: Crews Replace Astoria's Waterfront Bridges
Construction crews from Legacy Contracting Inc. have completed the city of Astoria, Ore.'s $10 million Waterfront Bridges project. Crews completed the remaining elements of the complex initiative that replaced aging bridge infrastructure going back more than 100 years....
Caltrans - Tue November 17, 2020
Projects in Golden State Making Significant Progress
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1) has passed a major timeline milestone, one-fifth of the way through a promised 10-year transformation of California's transportation network....
Caltrans - Tue November 17, 2020
Caltrans Awards Granite $257 Million: SR 99 Rehabilitation
Granite announced recently that it has been selected by California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) as the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) for the $257 million State Route 99 rehabilitation from El Dorado Street to Clinton Ave project in Fresno....
