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First Phase of U.S. 30 Upgrade Moves Forward By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Walsh Construction Performs Bridge Slide…12
ALL Crane Sells Its First Kobelco Crane…14
Renovations to Modernize Wrigley Field…38
Table of Contents ................4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................31-35 Recycling Section ........51-67 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................75-81 Business Calendar ............85 Auction Section ............87-93 Advertisers Index ..............94
The Nebraska Department of Transportation, via the Build Nebraska Act, is spending close to $170 million to convert roughly 26 mi. of U.S. Highway 30 (U.S. 30) between Schuyler and Fremont in Dodge and Colfax County from a two-lane road into a four-lane expressway on new alignment that in places is 1.5 to 2 mi. north of the existing U.S. 30 alignment. The project is being constructed in three phases —Schuyler to Rogers, Rogers to North Bend and North Bend to Fremont. The Hawkins Construction Company is working on the first phase and prior to the winter shutdown, the company had completed half of the project ahead of schedule. “The project will provide a safer, more efficient roadway and accommodate existing and future traffic volumes,” said Jeni Campana, Nebraska DOT’s spokesperson. “It also improves regional connectivity for the traveling public and commercial traffic, and fulfills legislative mandates for
The Nebraska Department of Transportation, via the Build Nebraska Act, is spending close to $170 million to convert roughly 26 mi. of U.S. Highway 30 (U.S. 30) between Schuyler and Fremont in Dodge and Colfax County from a two-lane road into a four-lane expressway.
expressway construction and satisfies the 1988 Nebraska Highway Needs Study by completing the Columbus to Fremont Expressway.” According to the project web page, U.S. 30 is a key piece in the northeast Nebraska roadway system and connects key urban centers, with Fremont and Columbus being the 6th and 10th largest cities
in the state. U.S. 30 is part of Nebraska’s Priority Commercial System that carries higher traffic volumes, especially commercial vehicles. The work began roughly at 2.45 mi. east of Schuyler and will extend east, ending approximately a half mi. west of the U.S. 30 /U.S. Highway 77 interchange, just north of Fremont.
Once built, the new expressway will have surfaced shoulders and a 40-ft. depressed grassed median; new drainage structures, including culverts and bridges as needed; and will involve grading along the entire project length, which involves the reconstruction of connecting county roads, intersections and private driveways. see DOT page 50
Treasure-Hunters Turn to Cat for Digging Needs Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Oak Island is a dream for buriedtreasure hunters, tantalizing them with links to 14th-century explorers, 17thcentury gold coins and mysterious coded messages. For nearly 200 years, the island has drawn treasure-seekers. Among them are two Michigan brothers, Rick and Marty Lagina, who a decade ago invested in the mile-long piece of land off the coast of Nova
Scotia and began to paw through its soil. In 2014, the History Channel joined them, documenting their search in a reality TV show called “The Curse of Oak Island.” All of this is pertinent to the world of heavy machinery because, in the show’s third season, the brothers decided they needed some big machines to get to the bottom of the mystery. That’s when Caterpillar construction equipment rumbled on stage. see TREASURE page 70
Caterpillar equipment is delivered to Oak Island.