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® April 2 2025 Vol. XXXVII • No. 7
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Mississippi Replaces Bridges Over Yazoo River
Crews Begin Replacing N.C.’s $450M Alligator River Bridge...8
C.W. Matthews Holds Third Annual Asphalt Construction Rodeo...12 In western Mississippi, crews are replacing three bridges on State Route 16/149 over the Yazoo River Floodway Channels.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
NTEA Presents Annual Work Truck Week 2025 in Indianapolis...36
In western Mississippi, crews are replacing three bridges on State Route 16/149 over the Yazoo River Floodway Channels. The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is overseeing the $27.9 million effort.
“All three bridges were approaching the minimum structure evaluation tolerance from our bridge inspection, with one posted for 23 tons gross for emergency vehicles,” said Joel Bellipanni, MDOT District 3 project engineer. “Each bridge was built in 1959 and had come to a point where it was no longer feasible to maintain them.”
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The channel and the levee system surrounding it were constructed to help alleviate the Yazoo River flood water. It runs from the Yazoo River to the Big Sunflower River. So far, the contractor has completed Bridges A and C and is setting the structural steel for Bridge B. “These bridges are more than 60 years old and see YAZOO page 48
Bird’s Eye View of the Highway Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-35
Drones Have Become Cost-Effective, Critical Tool for Monitoring Job Sites Before, During, After Construction
Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-38
By Lucy Perry
Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-57
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-77 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are more commonplace tools on the job site as they are growing more sophisticated in technology and application. UAVs have proven to be a critical tool over the past couple of years in assessing site conditions before and during construction. After the project is completed, these devices are valued for monitoring pavement and structural conditions. Savings, safety, mobility and reliability are incentives for their growing use. see DRONES page 28
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