Bridges Path Cleared for $4.5B Brent Spence Bridge Project as Costs Mount No date has yet been set, but a spring 2026 groundbreaking is expected Annemarie Mannion April 10, 2026 No Comments Groundbreaking is expected this spring for the $1.5-billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project connecting Ohio and Kentucky over the Ohio River. Read More
Safety Ohio Contractor Offers $100K Reward for Information After Fatal Work Zone Crash Kokosing Construction employee, age 25, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run Feb. 28 while working on I-70 near Columbus Emell D. Adolphus March 25, 2026 No Comments A 25-year-old employee of Kokosing Construction was killed in a hit-and-run crash last month in Columbus.Read More
Roads Asphalt Companies Pay $30M to Resolve False Testing Allegations in Ohio U.S. Attorney in the state contended that Kokosing Materials and Barrett Paving Materials submitted false asphalt test results to the state Dept. of Transportation Annemarie Mannion March 13, 2026 No Comments What are Job Mix Formulas—and why did alleged falsified asphalt tests cost two companies $30 million? Read More
Bridges Cable-Stayed Design Selected for Brent Spence Companion Bridge Between Ohio and Kentucky Annemarie Mannion June 20, 2025 No Comments The cost of the $3.6-billion bridge project will be reviewed and potentially updated this fall. Read More
Transportation Ohio DOT Completes Cincinnati I-471 Bridge Repairs Early James Leggate February 10, 2025 No Comments The southbound Daniel Carter Beard Bridge reopened exactly 100 days after its approach was damaged by a fire.Read More
Transportation Ohio DOT Outlines Plan to Repair Cincinnati I-471 Bridge Damaged by Fire James Leggate November 27, 2024 No Comments Repairs to the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge's southbound approach could be completed by early March.Read More
Transportation Fire Under Cincinnati I-471 Bridge Approach Damages Beams, Deck James Leggate November 8, 2024 No Comments The southbound side of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge is temporarily closed as crews prepare to make emergency repairs.Read More
Bridges Walsh-Kokosing JV Wins $3.1B Ohio-Kentucky Bridge Contract James Leggate July 27, 2023 No Comments The Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project plan calls for construction of a new bridge carrying Interstates 71 and 75.Read More
Construction Projects Ohio Earmarks $390M for Traffic Projects Annemarie Mannion February 23, 2023 No Comments Contractors interested in bidding on projects will want to take note of which projects are approved and what stage they are in. Read More
Transportation $3.1-Million Repair Wrapping Up on Fire-Damaged Cincinnati to Kentucky Bridge The Brent Spence Bridge has been closed since Nov. 11 due to a fiery truck crash Jim Parsons December 21, 2020 No Comments Kokosing nears end of six-week, expedited bridge repair of the main thoroughfare between Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.Read More