Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 16, 2024
J.D. Eckman Leads U.S. 422 Project in Pennsylvania
Motorists traveling from Valley Forge to Reading, Pa., on U.S. 422 should notice a difference when a current project under way is completed. The $83 million project will completely replace 1.7 mi. of freeway that was built in the 1950s and two bridges between Evergreen Road at the Sanatoga interchange and Porter Road....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 15, 2024
Webber Working to Complete $300M Texas Interchange Project
The Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) $301 million Irving Interchange Project, which began in late 2020, is months away from completion as crews from Webber LLC are racing to deliver the major highway upgrade to improve traffic flow and safety for motorists....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 09, 2024
Crews Complete Covington, Georgia Community Project
Fortune-Johnson General Contractors began construction of the $53 million RENDER Covington apartment complex in 2022 in the city of Covington for Crescent Communities, which converted a 20-acre green field into a community consisting of seven three-story garden-style apartment buildings with 315 units in total....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 09, 2024
North Causeway Bridge Offers Innovation, Congestion Relief for Fort Pierce, Fla., Motorists
Built in 1963, the drawbridge in Fort Pierce, Fla., is structurally deficient. Vecellio & Grogan of Beckley, W.V., is building the new North Causeway Bridge, which incorporates innovations that will benefit pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and boaters....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 08, 2024
Missouri's $284M Chester Bridge Under Construction
For 80 years, Missouri's Chester Bridge has allowed motorists to drive both east and west across the Mississippi River. Although it's still considered safe for travel, the structure has become less functional for modern vehicles and needs to be replaced....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu May 02, 2024
Reconstruction of Frank J. Wood Bridge in Maine Under Way
The Maine Department of Transportation has begun onsite construction to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge. The bridge carries Route 201 over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. The lead contractor on this project is Reed & Reed of Woolwich, Maine, and H.B....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 02, 2024
Buffalo Looks to Improve, Protect Ralph Wilson Park
The confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Erie produces stunning views and great water access at the former La Salle Park in Buffalo, now named Ralph Wilson Park. Unfortunately, powerful storms in the past have lashed the waterfront causing damage and flooding....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 01, 2024
Two Firms Give Burned Highway New Life
A severe blaze beneath a section of the I-10 in downtown Los Angeles late last year closed one of the city's busiest highways for several days, but herculean efforts by two general contractors and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) engineering and emergency teams allowed the road to reopen weeks in advance of a much longer anticipated delay....
Seattle DOT - Wed May 01, 2024
Construction Progresses On Reversible Ramp in Seattle
The Walsh Group is making steady progress on the Washington Department of Transportation's SR 520 I-5 Express Lanes Connection Project. Currently, construction crews are rebuilding and realigning the ramps to southbound I-5, northbound I-5 and Roanoke Street to make room for a reversible ramp connecting SR 520 to the I-5 express lanes....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 25, 2024
Blalock Crews Build TDOT's $67M Newport Bypass
Currently under construction by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), a $67 million project will provide drivers with a safe, more efficient route for SR 35 to pass through Newport, Tenn., avoiding downtown traffic....
