Tag: Florida Highway Patrol

Roadbuilding

Bridge on Fla.-Ga. Line collapses, leads to two crashes

A two-lane bridge span on Hutchinson Ferry Road northwest of Tallahassee, Fla., near the Florida-Georgia Line, collapsed before daylight on Wednesday morning, August 21, WFLA Channel 8 News reports. The bridge collapsed and fell into the river below. According to the news agency, two vehicles that could not see that the bridge had collapsed crashed […]

September 5, 2019

Roadbuilding

FDOT tests wrong-way driver detection system on Howard Frankland Bridge

The Florida Department of Transportation is testing its wrong-way driver detection system on Howard Frankland Bridge in hopes of saving lives. Details here.

June 11, 2019

Roadbuilding

Fla. resumes toll collection after being suspended for Irma evacuees

Most toll road collections in Florida will resume at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 21, the Florida Department of Transportation says. The state had suspended tolls Sept. 5 throughout the state to aid Hurricane Irma evacuations and those evacuees’ return to the state. Tolls, however, will remain suspended on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike, south of […]

September 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Fla. continues toll-road suspensions as Irma evacuees return

All road-toll collections in Florida remain suspended following Hurricane Irma, as evacuees make their way home. Gov. Rick Scott directed the Florida Department of Transportation to suspend the tolls ahead of the storm so residents could access hurricane supplies and evacuate faster. Now, the same measure is being implemented to allow for safe return. The […]

September 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Florida suspends road tolls, construction ahead of Hurricane Irma

All toll roads in Florida have been suspended in preparation for Hurricane Irma. Gov. Rick Scott directed the Florida Department of Transportation to suspend the tolls so people can access hurricane supplies and evacuate faster, if necessary. “They will be suspended for the duration of the storm’s impacts to Florida,” Scott said of the tolls. […]

September 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Florida road construction worker killed by sweeper truck

On Friday, May 13, a 69-year-old road construction worker was killed when he was run over by a sweeper truck on a job site on Florida 207 in Hastings, The Florida Times-Union reports. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the victim as Everett Leslie Rolfe of Holly Hill. According to the report, the sweeper truck was cleaning the left lane after it […]

May 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Worker killed after being hit by dump truck on Florida’s I-4 Ultimate project

A highway worker in Florida died Feb. 23 after he was struck by a dump truck in the Interstate 4 construction zone. According to the Orlando Sentinel, SGL Constructors employee Marvin Franklin was working on the $2.3 billion project in Orlando and standing behind a parked dump truck filled with dirt. The dump truck was parked on the […]

March 1, 2016