Working on a customized trestle in the middle of a stream, crews recently installed in Oahu, Hawaii, what officials say may be the deepest 10-ft-dia cast-in-drilled-hole pile (CIDH) in foundation history.
Crews are focusing on punch-list items and fiber-reinforced wrapping of bridge columns following a fast-track overpass replacement made possible by long-standing relationships between subcontractors and suppliers and a contracting company’s history of similar feats, according to project team members.
Hoping to alleviate chronic problems with congestion, aging infrastructure and damage from Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Transit is moving forward with a five-year, $17-billion capital plan and a first-time 10-year strategic plan—despite a $6-billion funding gap and lost revenue due to the pandemic.
The $1.3-billion Council Bluffs Interstate System Program is approximately two-thirds of the way toward achieving its goal of modernizing the highway system serving metropolitan Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Neb.
The financially beleaguered North Carolina Dept. of Transportation could see its current $1.5-billion road-building budget cut by nearly one-third under a bill passed June 25 by the state legislature.
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