08/01/2022
City of Chesapeake TV, 'Peake Life, High Rise Bridge Opens to Traffic
High Rise Bridge Project Director Mike Presiozo went on scene of the project to speak with Mike Barnett with the City of Chesapeake to provide a project update.
08/01/2022
High Rise Bridge Project Director Mike Presiozo went on scene of the project to speak with Mike Barnett with the City of Chesapeake to provide a project update.
11/17/2021
Here is an update on the I-64 High Rise Bridge Widening Project being managed by the Virginia Department of Transportation. Stay up to date on the project by visiting 64HighRise.org
02/22/2021
The I-64 Southside and High Rise Bridge project is widening nearly 9 miles of highway in Chesapeake by adding one Express Lane in each direction. The project is well underway. Here’s Mike Prezioso from the project team with the latest. Visit www.64HighRise.org for more.
06/18/2020
Chesapeake Television: Perhaps one of the biggest and most anticipated projects currently under construction in the City is the High Rise Bridge I-64 Widening Project. The VDOT project is widening nearly 9 miles of I-64 and is adding a brand new fixed span bridge to carry one direction of traffic.
10/16/2019
The Virginia Department of Transportation continues its work on the I-64 Southside High Rise Bridge Widening Project. Learn all about the project and sign up for project updates by visiting www.64HighRise.org
03/08/2019
Construction progresses on the I-64 High Rise Bridge and Southside Widening Project. Click here to watch an interview with Project Director Mike Prezioso on WCTV-Chesapeake Television, WC-TV is the local cable TV station for the City of Chesapeake.
01/04/2019
A major highway expansion in Chesapeake will ease traffic congestion and benefit the local economy by 2021, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Construction is just getting started on the Interstate 64 Southside/High Rise Bridge project. It includes building a new bridge and widening almost 9 miles of interstate from four to six lanes between Bowers Hill and just past the I-464 interchange.
“Big picture-wise, the two main priorities are to reduce congestion and provide travel choices for people,” said Dave Forster, a spokesman for VDOT’s Hampton Roads District.
12/17/2017
A $409.6 million bridge and highway project under way in Chesapeake, Va., constitutes the largest design-build contract awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to date.
The work involves improvements and expanded capacity along nearly 9 mi. of I-64 and the creation of a new fixed-span bridge with 100-ft. vertical clearance.
09/27/2018
Construction is underway on the High Rise Bridge Project! Click here to watch an interview with Project Director Mike Prezioso on WCTV-Chesapeake Television, WC-TV is the local cable TV station for the City of Chesapeake.
05/11/2018
The High Rise Bridge Project is officially underway. This heavily traveled section of Interstate 64 is getting a much needed expansion for today’s traffic demands.
01/12/2018
CHESAPEAKE – Governor Terry McAuliffe today broke ground on the I-64 Southside Widening and High Rise Bridge Project, the largest design-build project to date for the Virginia Department of Transportation with a contract worth nearly $410 million.
High Rise Bridge Groundbreaking 1-12-2018 from Seventh Point Ad on Vimeo.
10/24/2017
SUFFOLK – The Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded a $409.6 million contract Tuesday to Granite/Parsons/Corman, Joint Venture of Tarrytown, NY, to widen about 8 miles of Interstate 64 and construct a new High Rise Bridge adjacent to the existing span in the Hampton Roads District. The award is the largest design-build contract in Virginia Department of Transportation history.
