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Road workers uncover dozens of unmarked graves

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:32:05 +0000

JACKSON — Workers building a road at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have found 66 unidentified graves. Officials with the medical center say a construction crew found the unmarked human remains over a period from November through March. The graves were found four to five feet below the surface as workers dug down to [...]

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Right-of-way acquisition to begin for new connector road

Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:26:33 +0000

JACKSON COUNTY — Jackson County and the state will begin buying right of way before the end of the year for a new road that will parallel Interstate 10 and connect a popular shopping area in Harrison County with West Jackson County. The Sun Herald reports the Jackson County Board of Supervisors voted for Neel-Schaffer [...]

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Officials unveil multi-million-dollar plan to enhance highway

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:28:04 +0000

EAST MISSISSIPPI — State transportation officials expect to spend about $2 million on improvements to Mississippi Highway 182. The Commercial Dispatch reports Starkville city engineer Edward Kemp told local officials work would include overlaying the road’s surface within city limits, developing landscape islands, improving sidewalk access and re-pouring driveways. Kemp said bid advertisements are expected [...]

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Heavy rains erode bluffs; crews to begin repairs

Associated Press — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:45:42 +0000

WARREN COUNTY — Work has begun in Warren County to shore up the hillsides along parts of U.S. Highway 80 that eroded during January’s heavy rain. State transportation officials tell the Vicksburg Post earthen bluffs at U.S. 80 and Rancho Road were set back farther to limit the impact of further mudslides. Mississippi Department of [...]

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Roadbuilder starts work on Pine Belt interstate project

MBJ Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:19:58 +0000

LAUREL — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has begun a Jones County interchange improvement project at the Interstate 59-16th Avenue/Exit 95 interchange. The $1.18-million project was awarded to Dunn Roadbuilders of Laurel. The project will include the installation of a traffic signal and redesign of traffic flow at the interchange. When the project is [...]

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Supervisors give firm more time on bridge work

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:32:37 +0000

CHATAWA — Pike County supervisors have agreed to give the contractor more time to complete work on the replacement of a bridge in the Chatawa community. The Enterprise-Journal reports contractor T.L. Wallace will have until May 17. The original deadline was April 2 but officials said recent rains hampered work on the project. The supervisors [...]

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Second phase of drawbridge project to get underway next month

MBJ Staff — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:21:48 +0000

BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) will soon begin work on the rehabilitation of the Interstate 110 Drawbridge in Biloxi, according to Southern Transportation Commissioner Tom King. The $8.2-million project, awarded to PCL Civil Constructors of Tampa, Fla., is the second and final phase of the renovation project. In 2011, MDOT completed a [...]

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MDOT planning extra lanes for Coast highway

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:15:37 +0000

JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is in the initial stages of a planned widening of U.S. Highway 90 to six lanes from Ocean Springs to Gautier. MDOT engineer Kelly Castleberry told The Mississippi Press surveyors have begun surveying the roughly 11 mile stretch of U.S. 90 — the only area of U.S. [...]

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Last phase of Highway 6 project nearing completion

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:07:01 +0000

LEE COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation says work on the final phase of the four-laning of Highway 6 in Lee County is in its final phase. The last section remaining to be completed will run from Highway 342 in Pontotoc to Highway 45 in Tupelo. WTVA TV reports the $26-million project was awarded [...]

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Bridge repair project finished ahead of schedule

MBJ Staff — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:52:22 +0000

RANKIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued an update on the Airport Road bridge in Rankin County, and the news is good. Earlier this week, crews began making repairs on the Airport Road bridge over the westbound lanes of I-20. Work on this project was expected to continue for one week, [...]

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