Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon April 02, 2018
Rehabilitation Begins on Historic Pa. Bridge
The oldest bridge still in vehicular use in the United States is undergoing a rehabilitation to allow it to continue its work in the future. The U.S. 13 (Frankford Avenue) bridge runs over Pennypack Creek in Philadelphia, Pa....
Brian M. Fraley – FRALEY CONSTRUCTION MARKETING - Fri March 30, 2018
ECA Reins in 100 Years in Business After Three Generations
Equipment Corporation of America (ECA), a distributor of specialty foundation construction equipment, celebrated 100 years as a third-generation family-owned business in March 2018. During that time, it has morphed from a small purveyor of World War I surplus equipment to a large international dealer for the most advanced foundation equipment in the world....
Fri March 30, 2018
Pennsylvania Transportation Projects Benefit 22 Counties
Gov. Tom Wolf announced that 45 highway, bridge, bike and pedestrian, and ports and waterways projects will benefit communities in 22 counties through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Multimodal Transportation Fund....
Mon March 19, 2018
PennDOT Previews 2018 Southwest Region Construction
Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards highlighted transportation investments as PennDOT announced that roughly 146 highway and bridge projects are anticipated to begin or continue across the seven-county southwest region during this construction season....
Mark Scolforo - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri February 23, 2018
Trucker Killed by Falling Metal Conduit Inside Tunnel
A section of electrical conduit fell from the roof of a Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnel, crashed through a windshield of a truck and struck the driver in the head, killing him, police said. The truck driven by Howard Sexton III, 70, of Mickleton, N.J., continued on for a mile after being struck around 6 p.m....
AASHTO Journal - Mon February 12, 2018
Pennsylvania Turnpike to Widen, Rebuild a Section of I-476
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said it will begin a major project to completely rebuild and widen a heavily traveled seven-mile section of its Northeastern Extension (Interstate 476) in Montgomery County, which is located northwest of Philadelphia....
Mon February 05, 2018
Workers Replace Main Street Bridge Over Perkiomen Creek in Bucks County
The Wolf Administration announced on Jan. 22 that preliminary construction is under way on a project to replace the three-span bridge carrying Main Street over Perkiomen Creek in Sellersville, Pa. “This is a key transportation project for this region, one that has been a long time in the making,” Gov....
Mon February 05, 2018
J.J. Kane Holds January Auction in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
J.J. Kane Auctioneers held a sale Jan. 27 in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. The consolidated construction equipment and Utility fleet auction featured more than 150 pickup trucks, 19 dump trucks, 16 bucket trucks, approximately 15 trailers, several backhoes, truck-mounted cranes and more....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Mon February 05, 2018
Philly's 30th Street Station Plans $10B Makeover
Philadelphia's 30th Street Station is one of Pennsylvania's busiest intermodal stations serving Amtrak, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), and New Jersey Transit. Combined, the three agencies saw more than 11 million passenger trips at the station in 2013....
Thu February 01, 2018
Carroll Engineering Corporation Announces New Traffic, Transportation Department Manager
Carroll Engineering Corporation welcomed James (Jamie) A. Graham III as traffic and transportation department manager. Graham has 18 years of engineering and project management experience, specializing in all aspects of traffic engineering and roadway design. His experience includes all phases of project development from feasibility studies to final construction. Graham is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland and a licensed professional traffic operations engineer....
