Idaho Transportation Department - Tue July 31, 2018
Idaho Receives Notice of $90M INFRA Grant for Its I-84 Widening Project
An area of major need in Idaho may receive a vital shot of federal money, as federal officials shortlisted $90.24 million in grant funds to help ease congestion on Interstate 84 in the Treasure Valley between the Karcher Interchange and Franklin Boulevard....
Oregon Department of Transportation - Tue July 31, 2018
U.S. 97 Improvement Project Begins Oregon
Crews from the Roy Houck Construction Company, under contract to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), have begun work on a major U.S. 97 improvement project between Sunriver and the intersection with OR31 south of La Pine....
Washington State Department of Transportation - Tue July 31, 2018
Bridge Strike Restricts Danekas Road Bridge to One Lane
Drivers of heavy vehicles who use the Danekas Road bridge to cross over Interstate 90 east of Ritzville will need to find an alternate route. Washington State Department of Transportation engineers reduced the bridge to one lane following damage from a bridge strike on July 10....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue July 31, 2018
ITD Can Move Forward With Cloverdale Overpass Project
The Idaho Transportation Board passed a resolution enabling ITD staff to design and construct a replacement bridge on Cloverdale Road over Interstate 84. The resolution dedicates $6 million to 8 million for this project....
Associated Press - Tue July 31, 2018
Officials Approve Railroad's Plan for Second Bridge
SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) Idaho officials have approved BNSF Railway's application for a permit to build a second railroad bridge in northern Idaho across Lake Pend Oreille and Sand Creek in Sandpoint....
Washington State Department of Transportation - Tue July 31, 2018
WSDOT Update: SR 99 Tunnel Systems Testing Continues
Getting the tunnel ready for drivers is a big task. Contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners must install and test thousands of components and 90 interconnected systems that are needed to safely operate the SR 99 tunnel....
Associated Press - Tue July 31, 2018
Sound Transit Plans to Award Rail Contracts by Fall
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) The Seattle-area public transit agency is expecting to award major construction contracts by the fall to extend the light rail to northern suburban cities. The Daily Herald reports Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff told the agency's board last month that awarding the contracts by this fall should keep the Lynnwood Link project on schedule to open in mid-2024....
Caterpillar - Mon July 30, 2018
Caterpillar Delivers 50,000th Cat Articulated Truck
In a year of multiple significant milestones for Cat mining and infrastructure trucks, Caterpillar announced delivery of its 50,000th articulated truck from its Peterlee, U.K., manufacturing facility. Since the start of Cat branded articulated truck manufacturing in 1985, Caterpillar has become an industry leader of the articulated truck design....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 30, 2018
Krome Avenue Project Approaches Completion
Odebrecht Construction USA is less than two months away from completing the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) $59 million project to widen and improve a segment of State Road (SR) 977/Krome Avenue from SR 94/SW 88 Street/Kendall Drive to north of SR 90/SW 8 Street/Tamiami Trail in western Miami-Dade County....
terex - Fri July 27, 2018
All Terrain Meets Crawlers
The Minnesota Highway 24 Bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Clearwater may not seem special at the surface. It serves a mere average daily vehicle count of just over 16,000 and dissects two towns that barely share a population of more than 2,000 people....
