GDOT - Thu September 23, 2021
East-Central Georgia Getting Key Upgrade to U.S. Highway Corridor
Georgia's primary north-south road corridor in the eastern part of the state is U.S. Highway 1, which will mark 100 years as a numbered roadway in 2022. And, in many places along its 2,300-mi. route from South Florida to the Canadian border, U.S....
WSDOT - Tue September 21, 2021
Graham Contracting Will Upgrade I-405 Interchange
The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the award of a contract to start construction on the I-405/NE 132nd Street Interchange project. The contractor, Graham Contracting Ltd., submitted the apparent best value proposal of $50.4 million for this design-build project....
CEG - Thu September 16, 2021
Major Improvement Project Has Begun on Nearly 12.5 Mi. of VT Route 9
The 46.96 mi. of Vermont Route 9 from the Chesterfield, N.H., bridge west to the New York State border has been around in one form or another since the 1760s. VT 9 — officially the Molly Stark Trail through the entirety of its length in southern Vermont — is part of a key east-west route between Portland, Maine, and Albany, N.Y....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 15, 2021
Crews Install Largest Concrete Beams Manufactured in Midwest On Tri-State Tollway's $4B Project
Crews in Illinois are carefully choreographing the placement of the largest concrete beams ever manufactured in the Midwest, as they continue reconstructing the Central Tri-State Tollway. The task under way is anything but routine....
Office of Gov. Pritzker - Tue September 14, 2021
Ground Breaks On $216.8M I-57/74 Project
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation were joined Aug. 23 by local officials and community leaders to announce the start of construction on a new Interstate 57/74 interchange, one of the cornerstone projects of the governor's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 14, 2021
Ruhlin/Shelly and Sands JV Begins Largest Project in ODOT District 4's History
In Summit County, Ohio, work has begun on a $161 million project that will make significant improvements around the Akron Beltway. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing the work, the largest in District 4 history, which includes a mix of roadway improvements and bridge replacements on I-76, I-77 and Route 8 in Akron....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Tue September 14, 2021
ODOT Kicks Off Major Reconstruction of I-70 in Zanesville
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jack Marchbanks officially kicked off an $88 million project to reconstruct Interstate 70 through the city of Zanesville on July 20. In addition, the project will resurface I-70 from U.S....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu September 09, 2021
Construction Team Transforms Congested Freeway in Northern Virginia
Motorists navigating the bustling 495 beltway around Washington, D.C., know they are taking their chances when they exit onto I-66 that services the growing cities of northern Virginia. Bottlenecks and slowdowns are commonplace....
Sundt Construction - Wed September 08, 2021
Sundt Earns Project of Year Award for Work On I-80
Sundt Construction Inc. earned a prestigious award for its work on the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Interstate 80 (I-80) Westbound highway improvement project. The project was recognized as the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Utah Chapter's Highway Project of the Year....
Harbor Bridge Project - Tue September 07, 2021
Harbor Bridge Project Crews Have Productive Summer
The summer months were an incredibly productive time for construction progress around the South Interchange or future tie-in point for IH 37, SH 286 (Crosstown Expressway) and US 181. Despite initial rain delays, roadworks and structure crews met several goals to accomplish major upcoming traffic shifts, connector switches and demolition of existing ramps around the IH 37 and SH 286 Interchange....
