Tag: county bridges

Roadbuilding

New York State DOT completes construction on 2 county bridges

Work on two New York county bridges, one on Route 9H over Taghkanic Creek and one on the famous Route 66 over Claverack Creek, wrapped up Nov. 16, the Register-Star reports. New York State Department of Transportation’s Gina DiSarro said there might still be some slight delays on the bridges while the construction crews cleaned up, […]

November 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Penn. county will use P3 to replace 33 structurally deficient bridges

Pennsylvania transportation officials will be watching Northampton County for the next few years as it begins a program to replace or repair more than a fourth of its bridges. The Morning Call reports that the county’s General Purpose Authority will award a Private-Public Partnership (P3) contract to replace 33 structurally deficient bridges in record time, while locking in the county’s costs. […]

September 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rush County, Ind., to use new weight-load technology to test integrity of small bridges

Mark Bacon is a corn farmer and county commissioner in Rush County, Ind.,where nearly three dozen bridges are closed or severely restricted with weight limits, and another two dozen are considered structurally deficient, TheHeraldBulletin.com reports. This causes heavy vehicles, such as school buses and farm equipment, to take long detours to cross some creeks. Bacon and […]

April 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

NACo report finds county transportation project funding ‘increasingly inadequate’

A report released Monday by the National Association of Counties (NACo) finds that “federal and state funding for county transportation projects is increasingly inadequate.” The report, “The Road Ahead: County Transportation Funding and Financing,” which focuses on county-owned roads and bridges, notes that counties build and maintain 45 percent of public roads and 230,690 bridges […]

February 25, 2014