A new $44.2 million high-rise bridge on Heckscher Drive over Sisters Creek on the St. Johns River opens to traffic Monday, ending a little more than two years of construction. The new bridge features two 12-foot travel lanes, 10-foot shoulders and six-foot sidewalks on both sides of the bridge. The new bridge replaces a 1950s…
Transportation construction partners held a mini construction career days event at Camp Blanding recently to acquaint the Florida Youth ChalleNGe Academy cadets with career opportunities. More people continue to make Florida home and there is a continued increase in visitors to Florida. An ongoing need exists for qualified construction workers to help build safe and efficient roadway…
A $2.53 billion list of improvements over the next five years (2016-2021) in Northeast Florida was highlighted at a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) public hearing Tuesday (October 6) in Jacksonville. The meeting in Jacksonville addressed the work program around the Jacksonville urban area for Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns Counties. An informal public meeting to…
The Overland Bridge replacement project on Interstate 95, downtown Jacksonville, is a complex project – for design and construction as well as other factors. Sometimes when it rains it pours, as was the case Tuesday afternoon during rush-hour traffic and in recent days when stormy weather erupts. Our contractor and crews are aware that spots…
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