Inch by inch and survey by survey, the Rourke Bridge project site work is taking place. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation released an update on the nearly 1,300-foot-long bridge that will ...

STOCKHOLM, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Skanska has signed a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the design and replacement of the Rourke Bridge in Lowell, Massachusetts, ...

Four decades after a temporary solution was built to bridge sections of Lowell and provide access to Route 3 and I-495 for motorists in surrounding communities, a groundbreaking on Aug. 13 signified ...

LOWELL — It’s not an official groundbreaking, but preliminary site work has started on the Rourke Bridge replacement project. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced a construction ...

EARLIER THIS month marked the start of construction on a four-lane permanent bridge to replace the current two-lane Rourke Bridge, almost 70 years after the project was first proposed. State Sen. Ed ...

Designed for a 75-year service life, the replacement of the Rourke Bridge north of Boston will be built as a seven-span structure with seven steel-plate girders per span. Skanska announced June 11 a ...

The Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation’s board of directors approved an approximately $18.5-billion, five-year capital investment plan, including $1.09 billion for the long-anticipated Cape Cod ...