Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 17, 2020
Simmerly Slough Bridge Receives Urgent Upgrade
MCM Construction Inc. is replacing the Simmerly Slough Bridge on State Route 70, north of the city of Marysville at a cost of nearly $84 million, as the bridge no longer meets current design and seismic safety standards....
The Camden Herald - Mon November 02, 2020
Drainage Project in Downtown Camden, Maine, to Conclude in 2021
A Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) project to improve drainage and sidewalks in downtown Camden is under way on the Public Landing and harbor walkway connecting to Main Street. The state agency has provided oversight of the infrastructure upgrades in the town, situated on Penobscot Bay....
MaineDOT - Thu November 12, 2020
Nine I-95 Bridges Being Rebuilt or Repaired in Hampden, Maine
An effort to rebuild and rehab a total of nine deteriorating bridges along four miles of Maine's portion of Interstate 95 currently is under way, with a completion set for late 2022. The Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, valued at $44.7 million, consists of four northbound/southbound bridge pairs at four different sites along Interstate 95 between Exit 174 and Exit 180 in Maine's mid-south near Bangor....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 12, 2020
DDI Construction at Camp Creek Parkway, I-285 in Fulton County
CMES Inc. constructed its first diverging diamond interchange (DDI) as part of the Georgia Department of Transportation's $13 million Camp Creek Parkway (SR 6) project at I-285 in the city of East Point (Fulton County), an initiative that began on July 6, 2018, to help reduce congestion and improve safety for motorists....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 11, 2020
Kansas' U.S. 169 Project Is Back On
Despite being identified as a number 1 priority, the U.S. 169 reconstruction project in Anderson County, Kan., was placed on delayed status in 2017. "Counties from the Oklahoma border all the way to Kansas City said this project was a priority," said Trisha Purdon, executive director of the Montgomery County Action Council....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 10, 2020
$29.8M I-70 Rehabilitation Progressing On Time, Budget
Construction crews are busy working on a $29.8 million rehabilitation project that includes repairing pavement and resurfacing Interstate 70 in Preble County, from the Indiana state line to the Montgomery County line in Ohio....
Augusta Chronicle - Mon November 09, 2020
Ga.'s Furys Ferry Road to Undergo $50M Widening Project in 2021
Drivers in Columbia County, Ga., could see construction begin in March to widen more of Furys Ferry Road. The $50 million construction project is expected to ease traffic congestion along one of the county's busiest corridors....
SaportaReport - Mon November 09, 2020
Ga. Continues Building Roads Even as Other States Cut Back
The pandemic has not slowed road construction in metro Atlanta, nor did it prompt Gwinnett County to delay the vote on a proposed 1 percent transit tax. That is not the case in many other states, where construction projects have either slowed or stopped....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 05, 2020
'Technology Corridor' Gets Critical Link
Work on the I-270 (Eisenhower Parkway) at Watkins Mill Interchange continues in Gaithersburg, Md., in Montgomery County. The $124 million major congestion relief project will improve one of Maryland's most heavily traveled roadways in the county, benefiting the tens of thousands of travelers who drive the I-270 corridor....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu November 05, 2020
Work to Rebuild Two I-89 Bridges Under Way
Work to rebuild two I-89 bridges over the Connecticut River in Lebanon, N.H., is under way in a job that will involve constructing one new bridge to replace the two existing bridges. R.S. Audley of Bow, N.H., is the contractor on the $43.8 million job that began in late August and will be completed in September 2025....
