Author: Sarah McLellan

SPS hosts The Moles New England Students’ Day

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On October 24, 2025, SPS hosted The Moles New England Students’ Day at the Newton-Weston Bridge Bundle. The day began at Wentworth Institute of Technology with opening remarks by Pat Rooney and John McNamara of The Moles, President Mike Thompson of Wentworth Institute of Technology, MassDOT Highway Administrator & Undersecretary of Transportation Jonathan Gulliver, SPS Sr. Vice President of Business Development and Alternative Delivery Timothy McLaughlin, and Project Executives Bill Czerepak and Justin Ponting of the SPS-Walsh JV. Students had the opportunity to walk the site and attend stations hosted by SPS, Walsh, MassDOT, Gill Engineering, TetraTech, GeoEngineers, GTR, GZA, and Hub Foundation. Topics included MSE walls, traffic control, cofferdams, pile driving, micropiles, MBTA superstructure replacement, and more. Students also attended a career fair at Wenworth Institute of Technology.

Video credit: Savanna Media NE

 

Southampton Rail Yard Facility Groundbreaking: November 2025

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The Railroad Construction Company – SPS New England Joint Venture (RCC-SPS JV) is honored to help bring Amtrak vision to life through construction of the Southampton Rail Yard Facility, an 860 ft. long maintenance facility designed to support the new Airo trainsets with daily inspections, service and cleaning. This project is one of more than 20 rail yard upgrades planned to strengthen Amtrak’s operations and improve the customer and employee experience.

New Bedford I-95 and Route 18 Interchange Project Update: November 2025

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In late August, the DWW-SPS JV implemented our Phase 1 Temporary Traffic Control Plan on I-195 in New Bedford. The traffic control plan shifted the two lanes of traffic on I-195 Eastbound and Westbound into the right shoulder, and temporary barrier was installed to provide a work zone in the median. The DWW SPS JV has spent the last two months reconstructing the median on I-195 to create a crossover that moves the two lanes of I-195 Westbound Traffic onto I-195 Eastbound. This crossover is anticipated to be completed in November, and demolition of the I-195 Westbound bridge will follow.

Additionally, the I-195 Eastbound Ramps to Route 18 were closed to vehicular traffic on September 8th. Demolition I-195 Eastbound Off Ramp to Route 18 SB is underway and nearly complete at this time.

Newton-Weston I-90/I-95 Interchange – Rapid Replacement Weekends

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This summer, the SPS-Walsh JV Team at the Newton/Weston I-90/I-95 Bridge Bundle project successfully completed a rapid bridge replacement of the Mass Pike (I-90) over MBTA Railroad.

The rapid bridge replacement was completed over two (2) separate 55-hour weekend shutdowns which included reducing I-90 traffic down to one (1) single lane each direction and full closure of the MBTA Railroad.

The scope of work included complete demolition of existing bridge superstructure, backwall concrete repairs, installation of precast bridge units, placement of rapid-setting concrete batched by on-site volumetric mobile mix trucks, milling, and paving of roadway approaches.

Both weekend bridge replacements were completed ahead of schedule with early opening of I-90 to all travel lanes prior to the 5AM Monday morning rush hour and no impacts to the return of Commuter Rail service.

This video by Savanna Media documents the process and the planning that went into the two rapid replacement weekends.

Farm Avenue Bridge over I-95 Project Update: November 2025

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SPS Maintenance crews began substructure concrete repairs this week at the Farm Avenue Bridge over I-95 in Peabody. This work is part of an ongoing multi-bridge preservation contract. The superstructure repairs were completed in 2025, and the substructure repairs are scheduled to continue into 2026, with final completion expected next year.