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May 25 2024 Vol. XXX • No. 11
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Crews Place Arch On Peoria’s McClugage Bridge
Ohio, Kentucky Receive Environmental OK for BSBC Project...8
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Remanufacturing Can Reduce Cost, Downtime, Carbon Footprint...12
The bridge is two separate bridges with the northern cantilever bridge carrying westbound traffic and the southern structure carrying eastbound traffic.
A $167 million bridge that may have earned a place in the history books when it was moved into place on the Illinois River is set to open in less than a year. The new eastbound bridge of the tandem
By Lori Tobias
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Miller-Bradford & Risberg Hosts Aggregate Days in Hatley, Wis. ...29
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-43 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55-61 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-73 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-87 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
McClugage Bridge in Peoria, Ill., is expected to open to traffic in the fall of 2024 after five years and an estimated 900,000 hours of work. The bridge is two separate bridges with the northern cantilever bridge carrying westbound traffic and the southern structure carrying eastbound traffic.
Work began on the eastbound bridge, originally opened in 1948, in 2019. Today it carries about 20,000 eastbound vehicles a day U.S. 150 over the Illinois River. “The existing eastbound bridge is structurally see MCCLUGAGE page 80
If You’re Building It, They Will Come Jobseekers Leveraging Career Market for In-Demand Skilled Trades By Lucy Perry
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CEG CORRESPONDENT
The construction industry remains wide open and inviting for just about anyone seriously considering a rewarding career opportunity. The jobs are plentiful and employers are hot to hire committed workers. In fact, contractors are working hard to come up with new and inventive Electricians are in ways to attract and retain young demand on practically skilled workers not only in the every building construcfield but in the office. That’s tion project, but these encouraging news for those trade workers are key to charging station and charting a career path. see JOBS page 82
transmission line installs and maintenance.