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)....
WLBT-TV - Thu March 23, 2023
Mississippi DOT Plans Rehab of Freeways Through Jackson Later This Spring
For years, the daily drive to work on Interstate 20 or I-55 for Jackson, Miss.-area residents has most likely included hitting several dips, bumps and jumps on the roadways. But in early March, according to Michael Flood of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), the daily commute around and through the capital city will begin to get a lot smoother....
Delta Democrat-Times - Tue March 08, 2022
U.S. Highway 82/Greenville Bypass in Mississippi Begins Construction
As the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Highway 82/Greenville Bypass progressed Feb. 28 in east-central Mississippi, state Central District Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons shared a distinct memory....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 17, 2022
Mississippi DOT Puts SPMT to Work for First Time On Bridge Replacement Project in Jackson
Crews in Jackson, Miss., are nearing completion on a bridge replacement project that made use of a self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) lifting frame for the first time in Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) history....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 09, 2021
Rain Lets Up for Excavation on MDOT's SR19 Expansion
In Mississippi, motorists traveling Meridian to Philadelphia will benefit from a $36 million widening project scheduled to be completed in 2023. The expansion of State Route 19 in Neshoba County from Philadelphia to Tucker will improve safety and overall conditions for commuters, as well as local and commercial traffic....
Northside Sun - Tue August 24, 2021
Mississippi to Complete I-20 Bridge Replacement, I-55 Junction in 2022
Mississippi is planning to complete two big highway projects in Rankin County — the $253 million expansion and overhaul of 7.5 miles of U.S. Highway 49, and the $42 million replacement of the bridges at the junction of Interstates 20 and 55 in the state capital city of Jackson — during the summer of 2022....
