CT Post - Mon May 20, 2024
Two Old Bridges Carrying U.S. 1 Across Conn./N.Y. Border Slated to Be Replaced in 2026
With a new timeline in place to fix flooding problems along a river near the Connecticut-New York border, officials are now concentrating on making it safer for people walking in the area. Funding has been secured to replace two bridges on the lower end of the Byram River, while the bridge design contract was expected to be awarded in May, said James D'Ambrosio, a spokesperson of the New York District of the U.S....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Mon May 20, 2024
USACE Making Repairing Flood Damage at N.Y.'s U.S. Military Academy at West Point
A severe thunderstorm last summer dumped 8 in. of rain in just a few hours in New York's Hudson Valley north of New York City, triggering historic flooding that resulted in landslides, flooded homes and washed-out roads....
Skanska - Mon May 20, 2024
Skanska Awarded $24M Contract for Supplemental Track Improvements to MBTA's Red Line
Skanska, a global construction and development firm, announced that it has been awarded a $24 million contract by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to provide supplemental track improvements to the MBTA Red Line during six 24/7 track outages scheduled in 2024....
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....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 16, 2024
Buckley, PennDOT Restore I-95 to Usefulness in Philly
When disaster strikes, some walk away. Others step forward. The Pennsylvania construction industry stepped forward when disaster struck on June 11 last year. A tanker truck overturned on I-95 just north of downtown Philadelphia....
AL.com - Wed May 15, 2024
Huntsville, Ala., Will Apply for Funds to Improve Downtown Safety
The Huntsville, Ala., City Council voted to apply for two U.S. Department of Transportation grants totaling more than $21 million that will focus on safety and traffic congestion on two busy roadways in the downtown area....
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....
UDOT - Wed May 15, 2024
Utah Reveals Its Most Impactful Projects for 2024
Construction on Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) projects are starting to ramp up as the weather turns warmer and summer approaches. Local general contractors working for UDOT will be working on 209 projects this year, with a value of $2.74 billion over the life of the projects....
The Associated Press - Tue May 14, 2024
Demolition Crews Bring Down Largest Span of Baltimore's Collapsed Key Bridge
Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives May 13 to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down into the Patapsco River below....
ADOT - Tue May 14, 2024
Arizona Construction Crews Restoring Access to SR 88
Arizona Department of Transportation crews are removing vegetation, grading the roadway and repairing drainage culverts to prepare for a project that will restore limited access to a stretch of State Route 88 (Apache Trail) that has been closed since severe flooding in 2019....
