Utah Department of Transportation - Tue December 18, 2018
Four New Bangerter Interchanges Near Completion
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) announced that major construction is complete on four new interchanges along Bangerter Highway, and a project to build the next three interchanges at 6200 South, 10400 South and 12600 South, will begin in 2020....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 17, 2018
Bridge Expansion Tests Crews' Ingenuity
A $409.6 million bridge and highway project under way in Chesapeake, Va., constitutes the largest design-build contract awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to date. The work involves improvements and expanded capacity along nearly 9 mi....
Lane Construction - Mon December 17, 2018
Lane Construction Earns $260M N.C. Highway Contract
The Lane Construction Corporation, the United States subsidiary of Salini Impregilo Group, has won a $260 million highway contract in North Carolina to make final improvements to the I-77/I-40 Interchange in Iredell County....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 13, 2018
GDOT Restores Depression-Era Culverts With Its Own Workers
Often, when the infrastructure deficit is mentioned, what comes to mind immediately is roads and bridges built in the 1960s or under the Eisenhower administration's efforts to establish the Interstate Highway System....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 12, 2018
Crews Race Time in R.R. Bridge Rebuild
This fall, Fay, an i+iconUSA Company, managed the design-build replacement of the Flat Rock River Bridge in Columbus, Ind., completing the project in only 50 hours, well in advance of a 96-hour outage deadline....
ODOT - Tue December 11, 2018
Officials Open Cleveland Opportunity Corridor Section 2
The second phase of a project bringing job opportunities to a portion of Cleveland referred to as the "Forgotten Triangle" has opened. Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), city of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA), The Great Lakes Construction Company, stakeholders and community members gathered Nov....
Volvo - Tue December 11, 2018
Paving the Way for Vital Infrastructure with Volvo
The transport infrastructure needs in economically emerging regions of the Asia-Pacific are so significant that roads are being built at an unprecedented rate. According to the Asian Development Bank, the Asia-Pacific alone requires an investment of $1.7 trillion a year over the next decade in order to keep up with economic growth and tackle poverty and climate change....
Mon December 10, 2018
Officials Ask Coast Guard to End Opening of Portal Bridge During Rush Hour
Following a series of malfunctions of the 100-year-old Portal Bridge, which has created horrendous delays for tens of thousands of commuters, U.S. Sen.Bob Menendez, Sen. Cory Booker and Gov. Phil Murphy called on the head of the United States Coast Guard to immediately cease openings of the bridge for maritime traffic during rush hours....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 10, 2018
NJTA Enters Next Phase to Maintain South Jersey Roads
Since 2013, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) has been working on a series of projects to eliminate structural deficiencies, address substandard geometry and maintain coastal evacuation capabilities of the structures carrying Garden State Parkway (GSP) traffic over Great Egg Harbor Bay (GEH) and Drag Channel (DC)....
PennDOT - Thu December 06, 2018
Ohiopyle Multimodal Gateway Job Begins
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined PennDOT regional, park and local officials to break ground on the Ohiopyle Intermodal Gateway project....
