Construction has begun on the $4-billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor megaproject, launching a cable-stayed interstate overhaul targeting one of America’s busiest freight bottlenecks.
It’s first things first for construction of the Interstate 69 Ohio River Crossing (I-69 ORX), a nearly $1.4-billion design-build project being built in three phases.
The Trumbull/Brayman joint venture has won a $769.9-million contract to build a new lock chamber at the Montgomery Locks and Dam along the Ohio River in Monaca, Pa., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Indiana and Kentucky could award $2.6 billion worth of design-build contracts by December for two cable-stay bridges across the Ohio River in downtown Louisville and in bistate suburbs.