Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Mon June 23, 2025
Federal Highway Administration Offices in Ark., Miss. to Merge, Staffing Cuts Cited
Arkansas is sharing a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) office with Mississippi due to federal staffing cuts, the Arkansas Department of Transportation's chief of administration said June 18, 2025, during a state Highway Commission meeting....
Larry Bernstein – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed May 21, 2025
MDOT's SR 15 Expansion Ahead of Schedule
In the spring of 2012, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) scheduled a project in Union County in the northeastern part of the state. However, two other projects came up that the state determined were more necessary....
Mississippi Department of Transportation - Tue May 13, 2025
Mississippi DOT's Road Work in Full Swing at 15 Sites in State's Western Counties
Mississippi Transportation Commission Chair Willie Simmons recently announced updates to several state Department of Transportation (MDOT) projects in the state's western counties. "As we enter prime maintenance and construction season, we're pleased to provide the following updates on projects across western Mississippi," he said in a May 7, 2025 news release....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 26, 2025
Mississippi Replaces Bridges Over Yazoo River
In western Mississippi, crews are replacing three bridges on State Route 16/149 over the Yazoo River Floodway Channels. The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is overseeing the $27.9 million effort....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 12, 2025
Mississippi's Greenville Bypass Project Moves Forward
Expected to be completed by September 2025, the second phase of the U.S. 82 Greenville Bypass project is moving forward in western Mississippi ahead of schedule. The $79 million project runs from State Route 1 to the Mississippi River Bridge and provides cement stabilization and paving for approximately 7 mi....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 29, 2024
T.L. Wallace Begins Work On Mississippi's Pearl River Bridge
In Marion County, Mississippi, construction crews are replacing two aging bridges over the Pearl River on U.S. 98. Work on the $57.7 million project began in January 2024. "The U.S. 98 eastbound bridge over the Pearl River was built in the 1930s and is rather narrow," explained Jordan Whittington, Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) District 7 construction engineer....
Mississippi Department of Transportation - Wed March 06, 2024
MDOT Reports Several Central Mississippi Infrastructure Projects Making Headway
Willie Simmons, chair of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and an official with the state Department of Transportation (MDOT), has announced updates to several of the state agency's road and bridge projects across the state's central region....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 29, 2024
Neel-Schaffer Oversees Mississippi's Massive $212M Highway 57 Project
Construction crews in Jackson County, Mississippi, are working on a $212.6 million effort known as the Highway 57 project. Because of the sheer size of the undertaking, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is relying on the engineering company Neel-Schaffer Inc....
Mississippi Department of Transportation - Thu January 11, 2024
Several Highway Construction Projects Are Making Headway in Southern Mississippi
On his final day at the helm of the Mississippi Department of Transportation's Southern District, Commissioner Tom King announced the status of several ongoing MDOT construction projects in his part of the state....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 10, 2023
Mississippi's I-59 Receives $67M Makeover
A $66.75 million project to improve one of the worst concrete roadways in Mississippi is almost 50 percent complete and on schedule, said Scott White, district construction engineer with Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT)....
