Daily Standard - Mon March 22, 2021
State Officials Postpone $40M Project in Davis County
The Utah state transportation department is postponing $40 million worth of construction work on Interstate 15 in Davis County in order to pay for a project just down the road that will cost more than three times that amount....
Decatur Daily - Mon March 22, 2021
Alabama Hopes New Overpass Will Improve Safety Near Decatur
Construction of the $18.4 million Alabama Highway 20 overpass — meant to create a "New Decatur" in southern Limestone County and improve safety — officially began March 15, despite pending legal challenges....
CEG - Mon March 22, 2021
U.S. 501 Makeover in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Begins to Take Shape
Three projects in South Carolina from Conway to Myrtle Beach could change the way U.S. Highway 501 looks and functions over the course of the next three years. The latest construction to widen U.S. 501 began in February at Gardner Lacy Road, according to Pete Poore with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)....
Tennesee DOT - Mon March 22, 2021
TDOT Breaks Ground on $61M Jefferson Pike Project in Smyrna
A new widening project began March 12 in Smyrna, Tenn., following a groundbreaking ceremony that included Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Commissioner Clay Bright. Bright was joined by other state and local officials at the Rutherford County site, southeast of Nashville, where construction got under way on the expansion of Jefferson Pike (Tennessee State Road 266)....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu March 18, 2021
VIDEO: Diverging Diamond Interchange Begins to Shine in Tennessee
In the United States, the use of diverging diamond interchanges (DDI) is becoming increasingly popular among state transportation departments to improve the flow of vehicle traffic where busy non-freeways intersect with interstates and other freeways....
AASHTO - Tue March 16, 2021
Wisconsin DOT Grants Support $300M Komatsu Campus
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is providing two Transportation Economic Assistance or TEA grants worth a combined $1.7 million for road and railroad projects supporting a $300 million manufacturing and headquarters facility Komatsu Mining Corp....
Indiana Department of Transportation - Tue March 16, 2021
Feds Grant $100M for Rural Indiana Work
The Indiana Department of Transportation announced Feb. 22 that $100.8 million in federal transportation funding is being awarded to 54 cities, towns and counties in rural portions of Indiana to invest in local road and bridge improvements as well as sidewalk and trail projects....
Portland Press Herald - Tue March 16, 2021
Maine Turnpike's $28M Rebuild of Key Portland Interchange Kicks Off
The Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA) is starting construction on one of its most expensive transportation projects in years, a $28 million rebuild of the Exit 45 interchange. The heavily traveled turnpike exit facilitates the movement of traffic in and around the congested Maine Mall in South Portland....
CEG - Tue March 09, 2021
Building Set For 2024 On First Four GA 316 Projects in Oconee County
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024 on four of nine intersection projects in Oconee County, Georgia, that are part of a massive effort to transform Georgia State Road 316 into what the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is calling "a freeway-style corridor."Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell said he received notice of the preliminary schedule for the nine Oconee County intersection projects in December....
Caltrans - Tue March 09, 2021
Caltrans Begins Recovery of Big Sur Highway Collapse
Caltrans announced that major emergency repairs of Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast at Rat Creek have begun and that it estimates it will reopen the famed roadway early this summer. Debris flow from the Dolan Fire burn scar washed out a 150-ft....
