Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 15, 2020
Crews Make Headway on $370M I-5 Project
The Nor Cal Paving JV (Granite Construction Inc. and Teichert Construction) has made steady and solid progress over the past 18 months on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $370 million Interstate 5 (I-5) Corridor Enhancement Project in Sacramento County that covers 1.1 miles south of the Elk Grove Boulevard Overcrossing to the American River Bridge, an initiative that is rehabilitating the road and improving traffic flow by relieving congestion on the busy highway in the northern part of the State....
The Washington Post - Thu December 10, 2020
Work on Virginia's I-66 Toll Lanes Still Two Years from Completion
The coronavirus pandemic brought challenges to the widening of Virginia's Interstate 66 but also helped to accelerate it. Lower traffic counts over the summer helped to keep the massive toll lane project through the heart of northern Virginia on schedule....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 10, 2020
North Carolina's U.S. 158 Undergoes $89M Widening Project
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is overseeing an $89 million effort to widen 8.2 mi. of U.S. 158 from I-95/N.C. 46 in Roanoke Rapids to St. John Church Road west of Jackson. Most of the current two-lane road will be widened to a four-lane median-divided road....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 09, 2020
Indiana's Heavy Haul Corridor Under Way
In southern Indiana, work is continuing on a roughly $14.5 million project that will provide a continuous route for heavy-haul vehicles between River Ridge Commerce Center and the Port of Indiana at Jeffersonville....
North Dakota Department of Transportation - Tue December 08, 2020
NDDOT Wraps Up 193 Projects as 2020 Construction Season Comes to End
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) wraps up work on 193 road and bridge projects during the 2020 construction season, which is coming to a close around the state. "2020 was a tremendous year for the NDDOT and the state of North Dakota," said NDDOT Director Bill Panos....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 08, 2020
Shelly & Sands One Year From Completing Granville Project
Shelly & Sands Inc. crews started work on the Ohio Department of Transportation's $8,840,000 State Route 37/State Route 661 and State Route 16 interchange improvement project in the southern boundary of the village of Granville, Ohio, an initiative that began in June and should be completed in fall 2021....
CEG - Mon December 07, 2020
Georgia to Start Building Truck-Only Interstate Lanes in 2024
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)'s Interstate 75 Commercial Vehicle Lanes project, first announced in 2018, is set to get under way in 2024. The $1.8 billion plan will include building two, barrier-separated commercial truck-only lanes northbound along I-75 from the I-475/I-75 Interchange near Macon to the McDonough area....
Winston-Salem Journal - Mon December 07, 2020
Winston-Salem, N.C., Widening Project to Finally Start in 2021
The long-awaited widening of Meadowlark Drive on Winston-Salem, N.C.'s west side gets under way next year, with plans already made to keep the road open during those busy times when school is convening and letting out....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 02, 2020
Aggregate Industries-SWR Inc. Require 58 Blasting Events on Nevada's SR 160 Job
Construction crews from Aggregate Industries-SWR Inc. have just completed a $59 million highway widening project in Nevada that posed some tricky challenges, but is expected to make a critical rural stretch of State Route 160 significantly safer for the 8,600 vehicles that travel it daily....
The Robesonian - Wed December 02, 2020
NCDOT Has Not Abandoned Plans to Widen I-95 in Robeson County
Plans to widen Interstate 95 in Robeson County still are in motion, with all of them fully funded and construction scheduled to begin in 2022, said a spokesman of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)....
