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The contractor of Maine Department of Transportation’s bridge replacement project in Yarmouth overcame the impact of the rise in steel prices during the Russia-Ukraine conflict by switching to ChromX rebar for the second half of
the project. “When the war in Ukraine started, steel prices started going up because Ukraine is one of the major suppliers of nickel,” said Andrew Kittredge, president of CPM Constructors, Freeport, Maine, the lead contractor on the project. “With this project being a four-year job, the see BRIDGES page 14
Road, Bridge Construction Season Has Begun Within Vt., N.H.’s Upper Valley As any New England motorist who has driven over the Connecticut River on Interstate 89 or tried to get from Thetford, Vt., to Lyme, N.H., can tell you, road construction season in the two states’ shared Upper Valley began its annual ramp up in May. In the interest of spending less time in traffic, the Valley News in West Lebanon, N.H., has provided a look at where roads and bridges are under con-
struction in the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire this summer. River Bridge Work Linking Both States Are Ongoing In a river valley, the biggest choke points are bridges, and three key ones are under construction this summer that connect the two New England states. In addition to the Lyme-Thetford
bridge, which is slated to be closed until October 2024, and the I-89 bridges over the Connecticut River, slated to be built through 2025, the Ledyard Bridge linking Hanover, Vt., and Norwich, N.H., also is under construction. A $2.8 million rehabilitation of the structure includes repaving and improving the expansion joints and deck membrane. It also will replace the see CONSTRUCTION page 16