Tag: Interstate 69

Roadbuilding

Mich. DOT conducts bridge inspections on I-69

The Michigan DOT says the Bay Region has more than 1,200 bridges and the all need annual inspections before bad problems develop. More on Equipment World.

May 9, 2019

Roadbuilding

Environmental statement released for planned I-69 in Ind.

The Indiana Department of Transportation has released the environmental statement for the final section of Interstate 69 between Indianapolis and Martinsville. The future Section 6 will improve safety and travel times, as well as increase economic activity in the area, the INDOT says. The environmental statement recommends a path for the 26-mile highway section following […]

February 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT builds temporary bridges during I-69 bridge replacement project

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is warning drivers to expect lane shifts on Interstate 69 as it proceeds with a bridge replacement project. ABC 21 reports that contractors plan to install two temporary bridges ahead of the bridge replacement—one at Flat Creek and the other at Eight Mile Creek. The interstate will have lane restrictions in both directions between lane […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

U.S. Army to test driverless, connected vehicle tech on I-69 in Michigan

A convoy of U.S. Army vehicles will be cruising Michigan’s Interstate 69 in late June to test technology being developed for driverless and connected vehicles, The Times Herald reports. The convoy will test vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure radio communications, which is the type of computerized communication that would be used in an autonomous vehicle. “This is the first time […]

May 31, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA redesignates 40 miles of Kentucky’s Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway as I-69

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has redesignated 39.9 miles of the Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway in Kentucky as Interstate 69 after major work to improve traffic flow. It is the newest section of interstate in the country. “This latest addition to the national interstate system is the newest ladder of opportunity for residents of rural […]

November 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Two workers killed in Indiana interstate construction zone

Two highway construction workers died Friday morning in a work zone crash on Interstate 69 in Indiana, WANE reports. According to the report, the contractors were cleaning up their work zone in a southbound lane when the driver of a pickup truck struck the two men. The workers were employed by Rieth-Riley Construction — not […]

May 9, 2014