Ohio Department of Transportation

US$2.8 billion is planned for Ohio bridge and road works.

A new Kentucky-Ohio bridge link is being planned.

Long planned Ohio Turnpike upgrade works are now commencing.

Construction is about to start on the first public-private partnership highway project in the US state of Ohio. The Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway, near the city of Portsmouth, will cost nearly US$228 million and is scheduled for completion in 2019, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The Portsmouth Gateway Group will build the 25.8km, four-lane limited access highway from U.S. Route 23 north of Lucasville to U.S. Route 52 near Sciotoville. An ODOT statement said tha

A prominent PPP project is planned by The Portsmouth Gateway Group in Ohio. This will be the US state’s first ever PPP project as well as being the largest single construction job ever handled by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). According to the Portsmouth Gateway Group, the PPP project will cost in the region of US$429 million to construct. The 25.6km Portsmouth Bypass will feature four lanes in either direction and will be a limited access highway that will between US23 north of Lucasville to

A request from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US to provide road salt to local communities in need has received no bids from salt companies. ODOT asked salt companies to bid on 9,071tonnes increments of salt to be delivered to seven strategic locations during three rounds. The aim was to receive at least 136,077tonnes of road salt that ODOT could provide to local communities where some supplies are depleted. The agency planned to charge nothing for the road salt and instead was asking

The US state of Ohio plans to invest US$120 million in repairing and replacing over 200 county and city-owned bridges over the next three years. The funds are being made available through the state’s efforts at overhauling highway funding by reducing overhead costs and improving efficiency at the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). Work is expected to begin on the first 40 bridges next year. ODOT will work with local officials to identify the remaining bridges to repair or replace in the following yea

The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC) has approved funding for 10 projects worth a combined US$930 million located in northern Ohio, each within 20 miles of the Turnpike. The projects will be funded using bond proceeds that were the result of Governor Kasich’s Ohio Jobs and Transportation Plan. OTIC conducted a special meeting on 9 September 2013 to hear Turnpike staff analysis of the 12 Transportation Review Advisory Committee (TRAC) projects that were presented to the Commission by th

New data from the US state of Ohio reveals worryingly high levels of highway construction work zone deaths. Fatalities in the state’s highway work zones doubled in the period from 2009-2011, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The figures are the most recent available and include both motorists and construction workers. Meanwhile, ODOT is piloting a new program aimed at reducing vehicle crashes and making construction work zones safer. “ODOT tries to do all we can to e

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently became the only US state department of transportation to receive the American Public Works Association (APWA) Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award for 2013. “Our people do great things every day and it’s nice to be recognized for the superior level of service we are providing to our customers – the motoring public,” said ODOT director Jerry Wray. “Motorists are less tolerant of failure in snow and ice control than in any other highway function. Unles