Top highway official kicks off events to improve minority contracting for transportation projects; dates of additional events announced

Phoenix - new Construction on I-10 and Estrella Expressway, Aug. 24-25. The two projects, estimated to cost more than $3 billion, will build 16 miles of new six-lane freeway from I-10 to State Route 60 and 12 miles of six-lane freeway through Glendale, Peoria and El Mirage from the Estrella Expressway to Grand Avenue.

Brooklyn and Queens - Kosciuszko Bridge Replacement, in October. Estimated at $670 million, this project will widen a 1.1-mile segment of the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway and rebuild two structures to replace the existing bridge.

Louisville and New Albany, Ind. - Ohio River Bridges, Nov. 9-10, 2010. These projects, estimated at more than $4 billion, will build two new bridges – one in downtown Louisville and another on the east side of the city connecting the Gene Snyder Freeway in Louisville, Ky., to the Lee Hamilton Highway in New Albany, Ind. In addition, the existing interchange, where I-64, I-65 and I-70 converge in downtown Louisville, will be rebuilt.

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