CEG - Thu January 02, 2020
Rhode Island to Receive an Additional $50M for Bridge Upgrades
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and ranking member of the panel's Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee, announced that Rhode Island will benefit from an additional $50 million for bridge improvement and repair projects....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu January 02, 2020
SPS New England Leads Vital N.H., Maine Infrastructure Project
The Piscataqua River Bridge, a through arch bridge that crosses the Piscataqua River and connects Portsmouth, N.H., with Kittery, Maine, is being renovated. Work on the bridge began in June and will be finished in May 2022....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 30, 2019
TxDOT Continues Work to Improve Safety Along MoPac
In Austin, Texas, work continues on a $53.5 million project that will enhance safety for motorists, decrease wait times at intersections and reduce overall travel time. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is constructing improvements along Loop 1 (MoPac) near the Slaughter Lane and La Crosse Avenue intersections....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 26, 2019
Raising a Bridge That's Set Too Low for Traffic
Its proper name is the North Carolina Railroad Overpass (NCRR) or the Gregson Street Bridge, but locals in Durham just called it the "can opener," a moniker that grew from its impact on trucks and RVs too tall to fit beneath the 11-ft., 8-inch structure....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 23, 2019
Work Enters the 'Last Mile' on New England Thruway
Construction crews are in the midst of a $135 million infrastructure project that will complete reconstruction of the final mile of a section of the New England Thruway (I-95) that carries traffic from New York City to the Connecticut border....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu December 19, 2019
Vermont's J.A. McDonald Crews Nears Halfway on Main Street
J.A. McDonald of Lyndon Center, Vt., has completed about half of the reconstruction work on Main Street in Waterbury, a $21 million job that it started in April and is scheduled for completion in June 2021....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed December 18, 2019
Atlantic Street Bridge Completion Caps Multi-Year Project in Stamford
The completion of the Stamford Atlantic Street bridge is the culmination of a multi-year project that began with the widening of Atlantic Street that was followed by the reconstruction of the Atlantic Street bridge, which requires only Metro North Railroad (MNR) track work for completion....
MASS.GOV - Thu December 19, 2019
Massachusetts Among States to Get Big Investment for Infrastructure
Massachusetts and 11 other states across the Northeast and the District of Columbia announced the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) draft agreement would generate $1.4 billion to $7 billion per year regionally for transportation-related investments and about $500 million per year in Massachusetts to enhance transit system infrastructure, reduce roadway congestion and deliver more resilient, efficient transportation programs....
WSDOT - Tue December 17, 2019
Dense Soil Conditions Delay Bridge Opening
Since mid-June, the Washington State Department of Transportation closed a portion of State Route 506 near Vader to replace the aging and failing Lacamas Creek Bridge in Lewis County. While drilling foundations for the replacement structure, WSDOT's contractors, Farline Bridge Inc., discovered dense soil conditions, which will delay the reopening of the highway....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
New Design of U.S. 95 Corridor Coming Soon to Idaho
Several roads at the southern end of the Garwood-to-Sagle U.S. 95 corridor north of Couer D'Alene, Idaho, are being reconfigured as part of a multi-year project to improve traffic flow and safety. The intersection with ID 53 junction near Hayden, Idaho, will be replaced with a unique interchange, while the intersection at Garwood Road will be replaced with an overpass, leaving Lancaster Road as the last signal on U.S....
