Federal Highway Administration - Thu September 12, 2019
Maine Gets $25M in CHBP Grants for Vital Bridge Work
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the recipients of $225 million in Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) grant funding. Awarded to 20 projects in 18 states, the grants will fund a variety of bridge improvements including replacement and rehabilitation....
RIDOT - Thu September 12, 2019
I-95 Oxford Street Bridge Update: Crews Continue Bridge Deck Replacement
RIDOT is replacing the deck of the Oxford Street Bridge, which carries I-95 over Oxford Street between Exit 18 (Thurbers Avenue) and the I-195 interchange. As part of this $10.8 million project, RIDOT will implement a series of temporary traffic patterns with lane splits so all areas of the bridge deck can be replaced....
Office of Gov. Doug Ducey - Wed September 11, 2019
Arizona Receives Federal Grant
PHOENIX – The Governor's Office and the Arizona Department of Transportation announced that Arizona has won a highly competitive $90 million federal highway grant to help expand and improve Interstate 17 north of Phoenix, including a flex lanes system between Black Canyon City and the Sunset Point Rest Area....
TxDOT - Tue September 10, 2019
Texas Transportation Commission Clears the Way for Major I-35 Improvements in Travis County
The Texas Transportation Commission approved the 2020 Unified Transportation Program (UTP), which includes funding for the I-35 Capital Express North and South projects. The Capital Express program is made up of three, stand-alone projects — North, Central, and South....
TxDOT - Tue September 10, 2019
Last Major Phase of U.S. 290 Program Begins
The last major phase of the U.S. 290 Program continues as crews work to complete the new SH 6/FM 1960 bridge. As part of this project, the current SH 6 bridge over Hempstead Road and the railroad tracks will be demolished....
TxDOT - Tue September 10, 2019
U.S. 82 Expands by 17.8 mi. in Red River County
Texas Department of Transportation officials announced that work to expand and improve U.S. 82 in Red River County is slated to begin. Contractor RK Hall LLC was granted 367 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $14.2 million....
TxDOT - Tue September 10, 2019
Construction Slated for $86.1 Million Project for SL 224/U.S. 59 Project in Nacogdoches County
Work is scheduled to begin on the $86.1 million construction project on SL 224/U.S. 59 that is designed to construct a four-lane direct connector from SH 7 West to 1.2 mi. south of Spradley Street. The work will include grading, subgrade treatments, concrete paving, asphalt, bridge structures including bridge pilings, utilities, illumination, signage and pavement markings....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 10, 2019
Rapid Growth in North Texas Leads to Added Lanes on I-20
Spurred by fast growth in northern Texas, crews are adding frontage lanes to I-20 in Grand Prairie, Texas. The new lanes will be wider frontage roads. Cost of the project is set at $54 million. The project includes construction of new frontage roads and ramps, reconstruction and reconfiguration of the intersections at Robinson Road and Carrier Parkway, reconstruction and reconfiguration of a section of Westchase Drive south of I-20, construction of U-turns at Carrier Parkway and Belt Line Road and construction of sidewalks along I-20 frontage roads and a section of Robinson Road and Carrier Parkway....
Ferrovial - Tue September 10, 2019
$910 M Project Extends North Tarrant Express
Ferrovial, through a consortium led by its toll road subsidiary Cintra Infraestructuras, is building and operating a new extension (segment 3C) to the North Tarrant Express in Texas, worth $910 million....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon September 09, 2019
VDOT Set to Embark on Its Largest Project Ever
The I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) in southeastern Virginia is at the beginning of an expansion project to help ease congestion in the area. The project, which comes with a price tag numbering in the billions, is the Virginia Department of Transportation's largest in history....
