http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/38272968/highway-57-bridge-construction-on-schedule Highway 57 bridge construction on schedule Thursday, May 24th 2018, 4:25 pm CDTThursday, May 24th 2018, 5:52 pm CDT By Mike Lacy, Reporter Connect mlacy@wlox.com Construction on the new Highway 57 bridge should be finished by June 2019. (Photo source: WLOX) JACKSON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) – Stephen Trochesset spends a lot of time on […]
MDOT making infrastructure improvements in Pine Belt Wednesday, March 14th 2018, 5:27 pm CDTWednesday, March 14th 2018, 6:57 pm CDT By WDAM Staff State Route 57 Bridge over the Red Creek in Jackson County is just one of many bridges undergoing improvements this spring. (Photo Source: WDAM) PINE BELT (WDAM) – The journey across the […]
A crew from Tanner Construction of Laurel tears down the 80-year-old bridge at Williamsville which was closed last October. The bridge, behind Canal Place Shopping Center, was closed when County Engineer Marty Crowder, during a routine inspection, deemed it unsafe. The $1.2 milion bridge replacement project is expected to be completed in five months. The […]
It’s one of those things you don’t realize you miss until it’s gone. The Williamsville Bridge has been closed since October when a county engineer deemed it unsafe during a routine inspection. Mayor James Young closed it immediately. “That bridge carries a lot of traffic,” says Mayor Young. The 2012 Neshoba County Bridge Inventory estimated […]
BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Transportation said several phases of the Interstate 269 construction project are more than halfway complete. Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert said construction on the more than $640 million interstate project began in 2011 and is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2015.I-269 in Mississippi is composed […]
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — The $23 million first phase of the U.S. 90-Industrial Road flyover project is coming to a close, MDOT area engineer Gabe Faggard said today, and the $13.6 million second phase is set to begin mid-March. The large road project — funded through local, state and grant funds — connects Miss. 63 to […]
Work is nearing completion on a $12 million project to extend Mississippi 590 from U.S. 11 to Mississippi 29 in Jones County. The highway extension project, awarded to Tanner Construction Co., adds a new route from Mississippi 590 to Mississippi 29. The roadway, located behind Jones County Junior College, provides a new entrance into the […]
Officials from the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Jones County Junior College and the City of Ellisville gathered to celebrate a new highway Monday. The 29 Bypass that is scheduled to open next week connects Hwy. 590 to Hwy. 29. Ellisville based company, Tanner Construction began the $12 million project in October 2011. MDOT officials say the 2.5 mile long […]