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Miss. DOT worker aids arrest in copper theft from interstate lights
Last month, a Mississippi Department of Transportation employee saw a strange sight that eventually led to the arrest of a man stealing copper wire from light poles on Interstate 20 in Jackson. The worker saw a copper wire stretched across the interstate from a light pole and attached to the back of a small red […]
August 19, 2019
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Large sinkhole develops on I-20 in Texas
Eastbound Interstate 20 was closed in Van, Texas, after a large sinkhole was reported on Monday, KLTV reports. The Van Fire Department was called to the 545 mile marker of eastbound I-20 where motorists had reported seeing the large sinkhole. “We have not yet been given an estimated time to reopen the Interstate,” a representative […]
March 15, 2019
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S.C. outlines plans to improve from most highway deaths in U.S.
Noting that her state ranks the worst in highway fatalities, South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall plans to improve 100 miles of the state’s most dangerous roads each year. The project is part of her 2018 “State of SCDOT” report. She says the state’s top priorities will be rural road safety, resurfacing, bridges and […]
February 13, 2018
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Lane closures planned on I-26, I-126 in S.C. for tests
The South Carolina Department of Transportation will begin soil tests this month as part of its preparations for the Carolina Crossroads project, designed to reduce traffic congestion on the I-20/26/126 corridor in the Columbia area. The tests will involve nighttime single lane closures January 21-25 for parts of Interstates 126 and 26. The following sections […]
January 23, 2018
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Mississippi DOT opens I-20 railroad overpass replacing insufficient structure
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has opened a new railroad overpass on Interstate 20 west in Hinds County, replacing a low-sufficiency-rated bridge the department says had become a danger to motorists. T.L. Wallace Construction began the $12 million project in spring 2015. “The old bridge was built in 1953, and its construction had outgrown […]
December 12, 2016
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Georgia, S. Carolina to partner on $75 million I-20 bridge replacement projects
Georgia and South Carolina will partner to replace Interstate 20 bridges crossing the Savannah River and the Augusta Canal and to add lanes to the interstate at Exit 1 in South Carolina. The project is estimated at $75 million. The bridges would provide three travel lanes in each direction and a “refuge area” for vehicles. From […]
July 15, 2016
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Georgia DOT awards $246.5 million in road construction projects statewide
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) says it has awarded 27 contracts for statewide construction projects totaling over $246.5 million, according to a GDOT press release. The projects total $100 million more than last month and reflect the largest monthly contract investment since 2006. “These awarded contracts clearly demonstrate the benefits of suitable funding, and they are […]
May 16, 2016
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South Carolina DOT seeks public comment in highway improvement projects
The South Carolina Department of Transportation is seeking public comment through July 8 on several highway safety improvement projects and interstate widening projects. The Federal Safety Project Priority projects include 18 intersection improvement projects in 14 counties, 58 corridor/section improvement projects in 28 counties and 20 interstate improvement projects in 10 counties. The Federal Highway […]
July 3, 2015
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Truck hits, damages three bridge beams with an excavator
Oops—he did it again, and again and again. A driver carrying an oversize load hit three bridges on Texas’ Interstate 20 at the Crain Avenue overpass after a 34-year-old man from Sonora, Texas, hit them with an oversized load, the Odessa American reports. According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and in a criminal complaint filed […]
September 27, 2013
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