Tag: interstate 95

Roadbuilding

Ga. to get its first turbine interchange with I-16/I-95 rehab

GDOT says work the intersection of I-16/I-95 near Savannah, Ga., will start early in 2019 and include the state's first turbine interchange. Learn more here.

November 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Phase 1 of Pa. Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange opens

Phase 1 of the $450 million Penn. Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange project opens in Bucks County. Watch highlights from the ribbon-cutting ceremony here.

November 6, 2018

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Firefighters hose dead fish off I-40 in N.C. after Florence floodwaters recede

In the aftermath of hurricane Florence, the Penderlea fire department began to hose dead fish off North Carolina's I-40. Watch the video here on Equipment World.

September 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

DOTs in N.C., S.C. respond to hundreds of flooded roads, prepare for more flooding from Florence

See what efforts are being made to respond to flooding & prepare roads for more flooding in the wake of Hurricane Florence from North and South Caroline DOTs.

September 17, 2018

Safety

Firm fined $33k for trench deaths of two workers in Miami

OSHA reports Archer Western Construction's lack of safety precautions contributed to the deaths of two workers in a trench collapse in the middle of I-95N.

August 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Conn.’s West River Bridge fully open to traffic after completion of $141M project

The Interstate 95 West River Bridge between New Haven and West Haven, Connecticut, opened to traffic after the completion of a $141 million bridge replacement project.

June 14, 2018

Roadbuilding

R.I. begins collecting first tractor-trailer-only tolls; trucking associations plan legal challenge

The electronic toll systems will target tractor/truck tractors, pulling a trailer/trailers, deemed as Class 8 or above. Tolls will be added on other highways.

June 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Fla. DOT acquires $763 million for final phase of First Coast Expressway

Gov. Rick Scott, state lawmakers, and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials announced that they have acquired the $763 million needed for the third and final phase of the First Coast Expressway, which will connect Interstate 10 west of Jacksonville with Interstate 95, News4Jax reports. The final piece of the highway bypass will include a new, four-lane replacement bridge for the existing […]

April 18, 2018

Roadbuilding

CTDOT says ‘strategic widening’ of I-95 will reduce congestion, boost economy

A new Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) study, I-95 Strategies to Reduce Congestion, finds that, rather than taking private property to widen all of Interstate 95 to relieve congestion, the same results can be obtained with “limited, directional, and strategic widening” of portions of the interstate already held by CTDOT, the CT Mirror reports. This […]

March 5, 2018

Roadbuilding

I-95 N.J. undergoes redesignation to I-295

New signs are going up along Interstate 95 in New Jersey as part of a project to redesignate the highway to I-295. Sign installation began January 16 in Mercer County with new signs and mile markers beginning at the Route 1 interchange and extending south toward the Delaware River and back. The signs will remain […]

January 18, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work progresses on Scudder Falls Bridge improvement project in Del.

After several years of delay, work is progressing on the $500 million Scudder Falls Bridge improvement project with a completion date in late 2021, the Bucks County Courier Times reports. A new span is being built across the Delaware River next to the existing Interstate 95 bridge. In addition, a lane is being added in […]

January 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

$461 million in traffic-relief projects unveiled for Baltimore area

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced $461 million worth of transportation projects for the Baltimore region to provide traffic relief. The funding includes adding lanes to 27 miles of Interstates 695 and 95. The projects are: $151 million for inner and outer loops of I-695 from I-70 to MD 43, shifting the inside shoulder into […]

January 4, 2018