Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 03, 2024
Progress Continues On $250M Columbus LOT Project
Currently more than two-thirds complete, Columbus, Ohio's Lower Olentangy Tunnel project (LOT) is designed to minimize the amount of sewage that overflows into the Olentangy River during flooding. The $250 million undertaking includes a main tunnel of approximately 17,000 ft....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 11, 2024
VDOT Oversees $3.9B Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Project
With more than 1,300 construction professionals working on a daily basis, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) expansion project continues reaching milestones as it inches toward a 2025 finish line. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is overseeing the $3.9 billion effort, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the nation....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 02, 2023
Fay Leads Its Largest-Ever Project
A Beaver County, Pa., project involving the complete replacement of the mainline bridge over the Beaver River is well under way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The contract was awarded to Fay, S&B USA Construction....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 17, 2022
Digging It … Joint Venture Constructs New $3.8B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
As the largest highway construction effort in the Commonwealth of Virginia's history, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project will increase capacity, ease major congestion and enhance travel time reliability when complete....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 01, 2020
Indiana's Midwest Mole: 'Legacy to the Future'
For nearly 40 years, Midwest Mole Inc. has forged a reputation as a premiere specialty underground contractor providing boring, tunneling and directional drilling throughout the Midwest, more recently expanding its territory to the east coast, as well as to other cities throughout the country as opportunities develop....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 01, 2020
$2B DigIndy Project Improves Water Quality in Indianapolis
Constructed 250-ft. beneath the city, a 28-mi. long stretch of 18-ft. diameter deep rock tunnels will dramatically reduce the threat to public health and the environment in Indianapolis, Ind. The DigIndy project is part of a $2 billion effort to reduce combined sewer overflows into area waterways....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon September 09, 2019
VDOT Set to Embark on Its Largest Project Ever
The I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) in southeastern Virginia is at the beginning of an expansion project to help ease congestion in the area. The project, which comes with a price tag numbering in the billions, is the Virginia Department of Transportation's largest in history....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon August 19, 2019
Crews Prep for Virginia's New $756M Tunnel
Although boring won't begin until early next year, construction crews in Cape Charles, Va., are making significant progress on the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel (PTST) project. At a cost of $756 million, a new two-lane tunnel will be built under Thimble Shoal Channel....
Washington State DOT - Thu January 03, 2019
New Year's Resolution: Plan for Alaskan Way Viaduct Closure and Beyond
The start of the new year signals dramatic changes ahead for Seattle drivers and commuters. On Jan. 11, 2019, the Alaskan Way Viaduct permanently closes to start three weeks of work needed to open the new State Route 99 tunnel....
Virginia Department of Transportation - Tue September 04, 2018
Bored-Tunnel Method Picked for Hampton Roads
As a milestone in the procurement process for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion project, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has announced the project will move forward with the bored-tunnel construction method to deliver the next connection across the Hampton Roads harbor....
