Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu November 07, 2024
Raising I-95 in North Carolina's Coastal Plain
One small town getting hit by a pair of destructive floods in three years by powerful hurricanes is almost assuredly going to lead to expensive engineering countermeasures. That certainly has been the case the last few years in Lumberton, N.C., where Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018 each caused 1,000-year-floods along the city's Lumber River and inundated sections of Interstate 95, the United States' primary freeway on the East Coast, leading to its partial closure in the Tarheel State's Coastal Plain....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 06, 2024
VIDEO: $4.7B Gordie Howe International Bridge Project Nears Completion
Against a stunning backdrop, tireless crews working on the Gordie Howe International Bridge marked a crucial milestone on the multi-year project, which is now in its final phase. "On the morning of June 14, 2024, the final two edge girders were placed on the bridge deck over the Detroit River," said Heather Grondin, chief relations officer of Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA)....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 29, 2024
Connecting Arkansas: Highway Widening Near Little Rock
A major roadway widening in the heart of Jacksonville, Ark., will address traffic congestion, as well as high crash rates on Highway 67/167 and associated interchanges and frontage roads, when it's completed in late 2027....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Wed October 23, 2024
$1B Sports Complex Coming to Kansas City
Price Brothers Management Company-developed AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk in Overland Park, Kan., will open Oct. 26. The multipurpose sports complex will anchor a larger retail, living, dining and entertainment venue....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu October 17, 2024
Cianbro Leads Ticonic Bridge Replacement Project in Maine
The replacement of the Ticonic Bridge, which carries Bridge Street (Routes 137 and 201) over the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow, Maine, is under way. The $52.85 million project, which received a $25 million BUILD grant from the U.S....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 17, 2024
PennDOT Preserves McKees Rocks Bridge
A project to preserve a Pittsburgh, Pa., bridge will be complete by next summer, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The $40.8 million McKees Rocks Bridge Preservation project is fully funded by the state....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 15, 2024
Central Texas 183 North Mobility Project Continues
Construction crews in Texas continue their work on the $612 million 183 North Mobility Project, a corridor encompassing U.S. 183 between S.H. 45 and MoPac, one of the most congested roadways in Texas. "Our goal is to manage that congestion and provide a reliable route for transit and emergency response," said Mike Sexton, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority director of engineering....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 10, 2024
Work Begins on New Digs for Alabama Lawmakers
A long overdue project in Montgomery, Ala., is beginning to take shape. Work has begun on a $325 million effort that will provide state lawmakers with a new space that better suits their needs. "We've been making the best of this time-worn building for 40 years," said Patrick Harris, secretary of the Alabama Senate....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed October 09, 2024
KCI, MoDOT Work to Improve I-55 Near St. Louis
Interstate 55 is the backbone of interstate travel in the Midwest. It roughly parallels the Mississippi River and connects New Orleans, Memphis and St. Louis before heading across the Illinois farmlands terminating in Chicago....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 08, 2024
ODOT's I-75 Rehabilitation Currently On Time, Budget
Crews in Moraine, Ohio, are working to meet a mid-2025 completion date, as they carry out a $51 million roadway rehabilitation. The I-75 reconstruction project, stretching from 06.86 straight line mile marker (SLM) to 09.57 SLM, replaces existing pavement and pavement markings, and includes minor bridge repairs....
