The Interstate 495 (I-495) at Interstate 90 (I-90) interchange in Massachusetts is one of the state's busiest roadway junctions. Currently, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MASSDOT) is in a five-year project to revamp the area including Mass Pike and Interstate 495 interchanges. First responders and local business advocates are excited for the potential benefits, as this $400 million project is the largest in the state and will replace all the ramps on the interchange, ... Read more
RFK Bridge Gets a Face Lift
Editor: Alan Zimmerman
Building a bridge always starts with a solid foundation. The Robert F. Kennedy bridge, formerly known as the Triborough (aka Triboro) Bridge, is a viaduct structure connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx across the Harlem River. Approaching its 88th anniversary from being opened, it is receiving some new renovations. Work is currently being completed on the top of the bridge that focuses on widening the bike and pedestrian walkway ... Read more
Wren Works Marine Division is Making Waves
Duluth Coastal Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project
Edited by Debbie Reaney
Sinkholes at seawalls, also known as earth subsidences, are a common phenomenon occurring wherever seawalls encounter forces of moving water, such as tides, waves, or boat and ship traffic. Additionally, they may occur where older seawalls or seawall caps have deteriorated, allowing water to move behind the seawall and attack backfill and infill. ... Read more
Beaumont Wharf Expansion on the Horizon
Edited by Debbie Reaney
The City of Beaumont, TX celebrated breaking ground at Riverfront Park, more than five years after Hurricane Harvey devastated the area in 2017 shuttering the facility. This $17 million restoration project will include rebuilding the park's pavilions, picnic tables, lighted benches, boat docking area, and walking paths. Approximately 90 miles east of Houston and 60 miles west of Loui ... Read more
I-495/ I-90 Improvements Project
Edited by Alan Zimmerman
As Massachusetts continues to grow, it is not surprising that the I-495 and I-90 interchange needs to be renovated to improve the flow of traffic and commuters' safety. With heavy traffic volume and sharp turns, the area can create a recipe for disaster. On an average day, I-495 carries approximately 110,000 vehicles and I-90 will carry 100,000 vehicles. This important interchange connecting the highways is used by nea ... Read more
ICE®'s IP-3 Working on a Postage Stamp
"Hydro with Pants"
Editor: Debbie Reaney
The City of Keene, NH is responsible for maintaining 42 bridges in the area, including 33 vehicular bridges and 9 bicycle/pedestrian bridges. These bridges provide critical transportation links throughout the city and are important thoroughfares for many area residents. Ranging in age from new to 100-years-old, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) inspects these bridge ... Read more
The Path to Four Lakes Revival
ICE® ZR Hammer Driving Hope Following Dam Failures
Editor: Debbie Reaney
Several lakes in mid-Michigan vanished after four dams on the Tittabawassee River faced catastrophic failures in May 2020. During severe flooding, the nearly 100-year-old Edenville Dam breached, causing floodwaters to quickly overflow the river. Other dams of four manufactured lakes connected to the river, including the Sanford Dam (the ... Read more
Driven Pile is Creating a Better Tomorrow
METRO Green Line Extension, SWLRT (Southwest Light Rail Project)
METRO Green Line Extension, known to some as SWLRT (Southwest Light Rail Project), is an investment into the future of Minnesota's growing economy. This Extension not only supplies a connection between cities, but it enables the sprawling workforce further access to jobs from across Minnesota, building local economies, and enabling reliable transportation for thousa ... Read more
Modernizing Water Infrastructure
Fish Curtain on the Connecticut
Editor: Allison Braswell
An aging 1938 pump station on the Connecticut River is nearing the end of its useful life, including the three river crossing pipes that carry wastewater from the pump station to the appropriate wastewater treatment facility. Because of the sewage system's poor state, there have been instances of rainwater forcing sewage to overflow into the river and complaints of substandard drinkin ... Read more
Big, Little Bridge at Springbrook Golf Course
Editor: Allison Braswell
A 50-year-old golf course in Naperville, IL is undergoing major renovations. One of the several tasks on their list was to replace the concrete bridge that collapsed in a creek on Hole #9 of the course, raising both safety and logistic concerns. Copenhaver Construction was selected to build the foundation for a new, steel golf cart bridge over the creek bed. Now completed, the new 60' (ft)-long bridge has a capaci ... Read more
