Design firm announced for new I-55 Memphis bridge
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) announced today that a design firm has been selected for the I-55 bridge replacement project at Memphis. It is engineering firm Parsons Transportation Group. The group, which is a subsidiary of publicly traded Parsons Corp., has an office in Memphis.
The bridge, replacing the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge, was announced earlier this summer. It is a joint project between ARDOT and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). The project is being called "America's River Crossing" and has an estimated cost of $800 million. This includes a $394 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, with the remaining cost split between ARDOT and TDOT.