CEG - Wed January 22, 2025
VIDEO: Helicopter Flexes Muscles at Birmingham, Ala. Airport; AFC Launches Bridge Program
Like a scene out of a movie, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) in Alabama conducted an equipment replacement operation Jan. 15 that involved a heavy-duty helicopter lifting, transporting and lowering cooling towers in various locations....
CEG - Wed January 22, 2025
NCDOT's Plan to Reopen Storm-Damaged Interstate 40 By Jan. 1 Hit Snag
Since Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina in late September, the response from the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has been relentless. Agency crews have worked hundreds of thousands of hours to help North Carolina's mountainous region recover from the most destructive storm in state history....
CEG Staff - Tue January 21, 2025
Construction Starts On New I-40 Interchange in Kingman, Arizona
Construction is under way on a new Interstate 40 interchange in Kingman, Ariz., ktar.com reported. The Rancho Santa Fe Parkway interchange will be about 4 mi. east of the existing Route 66 interchange at Andy Devine Avenue and is designed to improve accessibility around the Kingman Airport....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue January 21, 2025
Loop 303 Extension Among ADOT's 2025 Phoenix Freeway Plans
The Arizona Department of Transportation is looking ahead to starting, continuing or completing construction on several Phoenix-area freeway projects in 2025. Topping ADOT's list of new construction projects is an extension of Loop 303 from Van Buren Street south to Maricopa County Highway 85 (MC 85) in the Goodyear area....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 21, 2025
Caltrans SR 2 Emergency Highway Repairs Proceed
Aside from stressing residents, the winter and spring storms the past two years (not to mention the wildfires around Los Angeles) have really tested the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), which faces damaged roads and related infrastructure around the state....
FDOT & WESH-TV - Mon January 20, 2025
FDOT Speeds Construction Plans to Counter Traffic Congestion On I-4 Via Bold New Initiative
Some relief could soon come for drivers constantly dealing with traffic on Interstate 4 near Walt Disney World and Champions Gate southwest of Orlando. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) plans to ease congestion on the interstate, with work slated to begin at some point soon on a series of projects....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Mon January 20, 2025
Pittsburgh's $1.5B Airport Terminal Project Likely to Open This Fall
The construction at Pittsburgh's $1.5 billion new airport terminal is nearing the finish line after years of development, as the facility's officials voiced confidence Jan. 16 that they will reach their longstanding goal of opening before the end of the year....
S&B USA - Mon January 20, 2025
Long Bridge Rail Partners Awarded Long Bridge South Project
Long Bridge Rail Partners (LBRP) — a joint venture of Trumbull Corp.; Fay, S&B USA Construction (Fay); and Wagman Heavy Civil Inc. — announced their selection by the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) as the design-build contractor for a key component of the Long Bridge Project to provide increased capacity for passenger rail over the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va....
Burlington Free Press & VTrans - Thu January 16, 2025
Federal Funds Totaling $25.8M Slated to Replace Readsboro Bridge in Southern Vermont
Vermont will receive $25.8 million in federal funding to help replace the Readsboro Bridge, which spans the Deerfield River in the small rural town of Readsboro, the Burlington Free Press reported Jan....
MaineDOT & WCSH-TV - Thu January 16, 2025
MaineDOT Prevails in Federal Court Decision On Frank J. Wood Bridge Replacement
A federal appeals court in Boston has affirmed a lower court's decision supporting the Maine Department of Transportation's planned replacement of the Frank J. Wood Bridge over the Androscoggin River connecting the towns of Brunswick and Topsham, MaineDOT announced in a Jan....
