Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 10, 2024
HP Civil Crews Answer Emergency Call in Oregon
Construction crews in Tillamook, Ore., raced against the winter weather to build a new bridge in less than two weeks after torrential downpours washed out a critical traffic corridor linking northern coast communities....
The Associated Press & GDOT - Wed January 10, 2024
GDOT Awards $189M Contract to Raise Savannah Bridge So Large Ships Can Pass Underneath
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) said Jan. 3 that it had chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah`s towering Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge so that today's larger cargo ships traveling up and down the Savannah River can pass underneath and reach one of the nation's busiest seaports....
Osceola County, Fla. & Florida Politics - Wed January 10, 2024
Florida County Begins $103M Road Upgrade; USACE to Start Beach Project Near Jacksonville
Just after the new year, construction began on a $103 million project widening and improvement project along Simpson Road, east of Kissimmee in Central Florida, to boost the traffic corridor's capacity and increase safety....
WSDOT - Wed January 10, 2024
Rotschy Inc. Crews Will Continue Washington State SR 14 Project in Spring
Winter is coming and the State Route 14 auxiliary lane project will be taking a pause — but rest assured, road construction work on SR 14 in Clark County between Southeast 164th Avenue and Interstate 205 will be back in action next spring....
TxDOT - Tue January 09, 2024
Infrastructure Upgrades On Highways Save Texans $3B
Commuters across Texas reaped time and cost savings valued at more than $3 billion, thanks to transportation improvements and pandemic-related trends that made their drives quicker than just a few years ago, according to a new report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 09, 2024
New Texas Transportation Commission Approvals Will Put Contractors to Work
With increasing budgets for transportation and infrastructure projects, the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) continues to issue new announcements for construction projects to expand and upgrade the state's transportation infrastructures which is being expanded as more and more people and businesses flock to Texas....
TxDOT - Tue January 09, 2024
TxDOT Designates Second South Padre Island Causeway Project as State Roadway
The second South Padre Island causeway project is moving forward in development as the Texas Transportation Commission added the future roadway, SH 104, to the state highway system. The designation opens additional funding sources to accelerate development and construction of the new bridge and roadway, to be built between FM 106 and Park Road 100 on South Padre Island....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon January 08, 2024
Portion of North Carolina's I-42 Reaches Last Year of Work
A relatively short but critical bypass of U.S. Highway 70 around the small community of Havelock, in southeastern North Carolina, is now in its last year of construction after the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) commissioned the project in 2019....
CT Insider - Mon January 08, 2024
CTDOT Beginning $500M Effort to Improve Three-Highway Interchange in Meriden
State transportation officials have quietly ramped up work on a nearly $500 million project designed to overhaul one of central Connecticut's most congested and headache-inducing highway corridors, CT Insider reported....
New Hope Free Press & DRJTBC - Tue January 02, 2024
Rehabilitation Work Begins On Pa.-N.J. Toll-Supported Bridge Over Delaware River
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) announced Dec. 27 that the contractor for the upcoming rehabilitation project at the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge was poised to begin work-site mobilization and set-up activities on Jan....
