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MDOT $1B Modernization Work Under Way
Alta Equipment at Gordie Howe Groundbreaking...8
Road Resurfacing Simplified...12
The majority of the bridge work is being done by day, but some night work is required for demolition and steel beam placement.
By Irwin Rapoport
As part of the advance work for the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) approximately $1 billion plus Interstate 94 Modernization Project in Detroit, a number of bridges are being demolished and replaced between now and the anticipated start of the project in 2022. Started at the beginning of March 2017, C.A. Hull Co. Inc. began replacing the Chene Street and Gratiot Avenue bridges and demolishing three pedestrian bridges as part of the Advanced Bridges Phase 1 program. The $24 million contract is scheduled to be completed by Nov. 15, 2018. “The I-94 Modernization Project is undergoing changes to the original design to ensure that the project merges expectations of stakeholders, with safety requirements of the FHWA,” states the project web page. “In the CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Growth of John Deere...18
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meantime, MDOT is rebuilding several bridges that are in very poor condition. This Advanced Bridges work does not impact proposed modifications.” Thus far the Chene Bridge (two lanes in each direction, plus a turning lane) has been torn down, with work on the substructure of the new 180ft. long bridge ongoing, while the northbound side of the Gratiot bridge (three lanes in each direction, plus a turning lane) has been torn down and should be completed in late July. Both bridges cross six lanes of I-94. “We want to maintain traffic on Gratiot,” said Bonnie Yu, MDOT’s construction engineer for the work. “When the new portion [northbound side] is built, we’ll demolish the old portion [southbound side] and then rebuild it.” see MODERN page 32
Iowa-Based Orbit Screens Prevent Explosions By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
One day around 2005, as Brad Schnittjer remembers it, he was conducting a fairly routine field day demonstration with one of his screening plants at a dairy farm in Virginia when a man approached him asking several intriguing questions.
The results of that day pointed Orbit Screens Inc. in a surprising direction — one that serves as a deep source of pride for Schnittjer, the company’s founder and president. His small screen-plant manufacturing facility in tiny Delhi, Iowa, 40 miles west of Dubuque, now has a large reputation for building a simple, but versatile, machine with often see ORBIT page 31