WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge Making Progress

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge Making Progress: "'A lot of hard work going into the bridge,' said Kelly Castleberry, as he looked toward the massive construction project.

He's the engineer in charge of overseeing all that work. Castleberry feels good about meeting the November 13th deadline but makes no promises beyond that."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Miss. Gulf Coast Marks Milestone In Katrina Recovery With Bridge Opening

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Miss. Gulf Coast Marks Milestone In Katrina Recovery With Bridge Opening: "Residents of Mississippi's Gulf Coast were celebrating a milestone in the region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina on Thursday with the opening of a two-mile bridge that replaces one destroyed by the storm more than 20 months ago."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Biloxi Bridge Clears Major Hurdle

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Biloxi Bridge Clears Major Hurdle: "State Transportation officials say to be able to open two lanes of the Biloxi bridge traffic in November, they must first complete three or four projects considered to be major challenges. Now MDOT officials are pleased to say, 'One down.'"

SunHerald.com : The missing link

SunHerald.com : The missing link: "BAY ST. LOUIS --
For the first time, the state Department of Transportation has officially committed to an opening date for the new two-mile bridge across the Bay of St. Louis."

The Sun Herald | 03/28/2007 | Bridging the gap

The Sun Herald | 03/28/2007 | Bridging the gap: "Drivers should be able to travel by bridge from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian in May, if construction on the U.S. 90 bridge stays on schedule. The bridge over Biloxi Bay may even open its first two lanes weeks early, in October."

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Bridge on schedule
Contractors will get $5M bonus if deadlines are met
By TOM WILEMON, tewilemon@sunherald.com
Building a bridge is no simple task. Consider this. So much concrete is being used in the new Biloxi Ocean Springs Bridge that the 86,000 cubic yards would be enough to pour a sidewalk from here to Greenville.