Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon February 10, 2020
Innovation, Speed Sets Standard in Paving Projects Across United States
During the last two weeks in August each year, the population of Williamsport, Pa., doubles as fans flock from across the country — many from outside the United States — to see the Little League World Series....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon February 10, 2020
I-95 in South Florida Undergoes Major Improvements
For more than a century, the east coast of South Florida has been an area of the country that attracts people worldwide for both vacations and year-round living — and that allure may never end. And what's not to like? Warm temperatures 12 months out of the year; wide, glistening beaches; and a range of lifestyles available for people of all ages are just a few attractions of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Palm Beach area....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 05, 2020
$143M Project Adds Lanes to Indiana's I-65
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is overseeing a $143 million project that will increase mobility throughout a section of the I-65 corridor. Between U.S. Highway 50 and S.R. 58 at Walesboro, work is ongoing to completely reconstruct and reconfigure I-65 as a six-lane concrete roadway....
David Eggert - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed February 05, 2020
Michigan OKs $3.5B in Road Bonding
LANSING, Mich. (AP) A state panel on Jan. 30 authorized borrowing $3.5 billion to roughly double spending on state road and bridge construction over five years, hours after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the plan in her State of the State speech....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 04, 2020
Beaver Excavating Set to Deliver $114M Findlay Project
Beaver Excavating Company is scheduled to deliver the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) $114 million Interstate 75 Widening and Reconstruction project in Hancock County through the city of Findlay this year....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon February 03, 2020
Reviving the Viaduct — South State Leads Key 15-Span Project in Philly
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is overseeing a nearly $90 million project that will rehabilitate the U.S. 1/Roosevelt Expressway viaduct in Philadelphia. The viaduct is located between the Broad Street and Wissahickon Avenue/Germantown Avenue exits in the Nicetown section of the city....
Tuscon DOT - Wed January 29, 2020
Broadway Road Construction Expected to Take 20 Months
Construction crews are set to begin a 20-month-long widening project on East Broadway from Euclid Avenue and Country Club Road. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Broadway Road Improvement Project took place, and now crews will work on widening a 2-mi....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2020
Crews Upgrade Link in One of Fastest-Growing Areas in U.S.
A $22 million highway project will upgrade one of Provo, Utah's oldest highways, tearing out failing asphalt, the original concrete still beneath it and excavating more than a dozen feet to replace utilities....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2020
DDI Will Be Erected on Interstate 35
Officials ceremonially shoveled dirt in Austin last July to launch the latest rendition of an interchange design called a "diverging diamond interchange." Commonly referred to as a DDI, the design is a relatively new wrinkle in highway architecture....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2020
Bang for the Buck: Bangerter Highway's $180M Facelift
Work is set to begin on a $180 million project to change three intersections on Utah's Bangerter Highway from signalized traffic controls to interchanges. Six projects on the highway have already been completed, including four last summer, at a cost of $222 million....
