Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Tue June 08, 2021
Mountain Parkway Progress Continues
Progress continues on the Mountain Parkway Expansion this spring, with completion of the 8.2-mi. Morgan County segment in sight. Asphalt plants have reopened for the year and paving is under way on the new westbound lanes of the Mountain Parkway in Morgan County....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 26, 2021
O'Rourke Completes Turfway Park Grandstand Demo
The revamp of the Turfway Park horse racing track in Florence, Ky., began on April 23, 2020, when O'Rourke Wrecking Company Inc. crews began the demolition of the race track's grandstand, a multi-million-dollar job that was completed last August....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 25, 2021
Facebook Decides Color of New Spottsville Bridge
University of Kentucky sports fans will soon have colorful evidence of their team loyalty when a new bridge sprouts on the landscape sporting the team colors of blue and white. Work began on the $32 million Spottsville Bridge, known officially as the Richard W....
GIE+EXPO - Wed May 12, 2021
Registration Opens for GIE+EXPO 2021 as October Event Returns in Person
Registration is open, and plans are under way for GIE+EXPO to bring the industry back together in person this October. Both attendees and exhibitors have indicated they are eager to participate in the annual trade show, which is set for Oct....
Associated Press - Tue February 16, 2021
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dedicates $110M to Kentucky Lock, Dam Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will dedicate $110 million to the Kentucky Lock and Dam project this year, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said. Congress authorized the improvement project in 1996 and when completed, the larger lock will essentially eliminate delays, which are among the longest in the country, McConnell said in a statement....
AASHTO/Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Wed February 03, 2021
VIDEO: KYTC Highlights Brent Spence Bridge Repair Effort
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recently released a time-lapse video recounting the six-week emergency repair effort to re-open the Brent Spence Bridge. The KYTC closed the bridge following a truck crash and fire on Nov....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 20, 2021
Kentucky Blasts Into 2021 With $180M Project
A $180 million, multi-component Kentucky interstate project is expected to improve safety, relieve congestion in three heavily traveled freight corridors and address several of the state's most significant transportation needs when it is completed in 2023....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue December 22, 2020
Erb Equipment's Dick Christ Retires After 52 Years of Service
While the world bids adieu to 2020, Dick Christ, store manager of Erb Equipment in Owensboro, Ky., will be spending his first moments as a retired man. Christ is calling it a career on Dec. 31 after nearly 53 years in the heavy equipment business....
Associated Press - Tue December 22, 2020
PCI Awards University of Kentucky $100,000 Grant for Concrete Program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The University of Kentucky has been awarded a $100,000 grant for a four-year program focused on precast concrete education by the PCI Foundation. Marty McIntyre, executive director of the Chicago-based foundation, said out of the record number of applicants this year, The College of Design's School of Architecture, based in Lexington, passed a rigorous review process for the grantPrecast concrete, used in construction, is a building material prepared, cast and cured off-site, usually in a controlled factory environment, using reusable molds....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Tue November 24, 2020
Kentucky Taps Ohio Contractor to Fix Fire-Damaged Span
In the early morning hours of Nov. 11, a truck accident on the Brent Spence Bridge, which spans the Ohio River from northern Kentucky to downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, led to a fire and shutdown of the twin-decked structure....
