Modjeski and Masters Wins Third Contract from NCDOT

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RALEIGH, N.C. – Modjeski and Masters has been selected for the Structures Management Unit Support – Limited Services Contract with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Under this contract, Modjeski and Masters will perform bridge design, bridge preservation design, working drawing reviews, vessel collision and fender design, structure utility attachment design, load ratings and structural, electrical and mechanical design, inspection and rehabilitation of movable bridges on an as needed basis for NCDOT’s bridge program. This selection marks the third contract win this year for Modjeski and Masters from the NCDOT including its fourth consecutive Movable Bridge On-Call contract and an … Read more

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World’s Longest Cross-Sea Bridge Nears Completion

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BEIJING, China – Construction on the main portion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge’s The Cross Harbor Tunnel has been completed. It is the world’s longest, deepest-buried tunnel in the seabed, and the most comprehensive, technically difficult immersed tube tunnel. The bridge will have a traffic permit at the end of 2017. After an official ceremony, reporters, along with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge builder, traveled the tunnel in a battery car. Along the open-air tunnel, the battery car traveled up to 15 km per hour, from west of the artificial island entrance to the east of the island exit, about 20 minutes. … Read more

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Modjeski and Masters Selected for Work on Blue Water Bridge in Michigan

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MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Modjeski and Masters has been seletcted as prime consultant by the Michigan Department of Transportation for the anchor link and gusset plate replacement on the first Blue Water Bridge. This project selection continues Modjeski and Masters’ long-term relationship with MDOT on the Blue Water Bridge, a relationship that dates back to the mid-1930s when the firm’s co-founder, Ralph Modjeski, designed the first Blue Water Bridge. It has continued since then with Modjeski and Masters providing services including the complete rehabilitation of the first Blue Water Bridge (westbound), and the design of the second Blue Water Bridge (eastbound). … Read more

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Lewis and Clark Bridge, East End Crossing Open to Traffic

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The East End Crossing recently opened to traffic, marking the completion of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project. Indiana Lt. Governor and Governor-elect Eric Holcomb announced the newly named Lewis and Clark Bridge by executive order of Vice President-elect Governor Mike Pence at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the Indiana approach of the new bridge. Following the ribbon cutting, Holcomb and other speakers were loaded into two Ford vehicles built at the nearby Kentucky Truck Plant in East Louisville to ceremonially cross the bridge for the first time. Project officials followed state leaders in Transit Authority of River City buses. … Read more

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Skanska Builds New Pensacola Bay Bridge

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Skanska has signed a contract with the Florida Department of Transportation to construct the Pensacola Bay Bridge in Florida. The contract is worth $399 million. The Design-Build contract is to replace the existing bridge over Pensacola Bay with two new, three-lane bridges, connecting the cities of Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. Each new bridge will have a length of just over three miles. The total project length is 3.7 miles, including the roadway approaches on each end of the bridges. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter 2016 and the project is slated for completion in August 2020.

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