Ohio, Kentucky tap Walsh Kokosing JV for $3.6B Blease Spence Bridge task

Ohio, Kentucky tap Walsh Kokosing JV for $3.6B Blease Spence Bridge task

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Jacobs and AECOM will pitch in with style and engineering on the venture, which hasactually endedupbeing a sign of the nation’s facilities push.

Published Aug. 7, 2023

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A rendering shows the redesigned Brent Spence Bridge and companion crossing in Cincinnati.

A joint endeavor of Walsh Kokosing won the $3.6 billion award for the task. Jacobs will kick in on style and engineering. Courtesy of Walsh Construction

Award: Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project
Value: $3.6 billion
Location:  Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky
Clients:  Ohio DOT and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Ohio and Kentucky haveactually granted the progressive design-build agreement for the $3.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project to a joint endeavor of Chicago-based Walsh Construction and Westerville, Ohio-based Kokosing Construction, according to a July 27 news release.

The specialists will fixup the existing double-deck bridge, which brings Interstates 71 and 75 and links Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, and develop a brand-new buddy bridge to its instant west. The job intends to enhance around 8 miles of both interstates through Kentucky and Ohio, according to the release.

Approximately $3.1 billion will be invested on the design-build part of the task. The staying $500 million is assigned for enhancements on a two-mile stretch of the I-75 passage north of Linn Avenue in Cincinnati, consistingof a brand-new interchange for the Western Hills viaduct. 

The agreement addresses 6 of the passage’s 8 overall miles, consistingof 5 miles of Interstate 71/75 in Kentucky and one mile of Interstate 75 in Ohio. 

Primary objectives consistof enhancing security and traffic circulation, fixing geometric shortages, and keeping connections to secret local and nationwide transport passages, according to the specialists.

In addition to Walsh and Kokosing, Dallas-based Jacobs Solutions will likewise p

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