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Features - August 2005

Marquette Interchange

Milwaukee's Famed Crossing Faces the Future
Milwaukee's Marquette Interchange, the connection between Interstate 94 and Interstate 43 in the city's downtown area, is getting a much-needed redesign and reconstruction. Full Story >>


Southern Illinois Project

Dam the Ohio River!
he epic $1.4 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam began in southern Illinois in November 1992, and this summer crews are preparing to start assembling the $564 million dam, which should be complete in 2013.
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Borman Expressway

Reconstruction Brings Highway Up to Speed
It has been more than 50 years since crews dug into the peat bogs of northwest Indiana to create Interstate 80/94, the 13-mi. stretch of highway between the Indiana-Illinois state line and Interstate 65.
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Robert Kingery Expressway


$430M Redo Addresses Safety, Mobility, Road Quality
The four-year Robert Kingery Expressway reconstruction is on track for an early 2007 finish.
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$171 Million Job


Ends 'Deep Tunnel' 1st Phase
The $171.2 million Little Calumet Leg Tunnel is expected to be complete in March, and it will mark the end of the first phase of the Chicago area's $3.1 billion Deep Tunnel project.
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Top 2005 Specialty Contractors


Billings Hold Steady;Commodity Costs Stabilize
It's mostly a steady ride for the Midwest's 2005 Top Specialty Contractors."Compared with a year ago, it (the market) is essentially the same," said Tripp Ahern, president and CEO of Fond du Lac, Wis.-based J.F. Ahern Co., a mechanical and fire protection contractor.
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