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Roadbuilding
Release of TRB report on future of interstate system invites live/webcast feedback
The TRB will release to the public its report regarding actions needed to upgrade and restore the interstate highway system. Learn more about the event here.
December 4, 2018
Construction Equipment
Elliott celebrates 70 years of making truck aerial devices
As post-World War II America was building its electrical grid and interstate system, Richard Elliott of Omaha, Nebraska, introduced his truck-mounted telescoping aerial work platform and crane. Starting in 1948, he would build just one machine at a time, mounted on a conventional truck chassis. He would drive them across the United States stopping in [ā¦]
February 23, 2018
Roadbuilding
Road revenue gap worries transportation officials
Despite vehicle miles traveled reaching a record high, collections for the federal Highway Trust Fund have been flat for the last 10 months of the current fiscal year, according to the AASHTO Journal of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The fund, which is composed of federal gas taxes and taxes on [ā¦]
September 13, 2017
Roadbuilding
Wisconsin governor approves $15 million for improvements on I-43
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker approved a $15 million rehabilitation project to improve a section ofĀ Interstate 43 in Manitowoc County. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the project is set to get underway March 28 and wrap up by November. Greenville, Wisconsin contractor NE Asphalt Inc. is the contractor on the project. The project is [ā¦]
March 24, 2016
Roadbuilding
Plane makes emergency landing on Miami Interstate
Some drivers makingĀ their morning commute Thursday alongĀ Miamiās Interstate 595 were joined on the road by a plane inĀ an emergency landing. According to CBS Miami, the pilot of a small plane had been rerouted from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and was on hisĀ way back above Miami at around 9 a.m. when the plane ran out [ā¦]
September 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Arizona DOT begins testing wrong-way detection devices in hopes of curbing freeway crashes
Following several crashes in following wrong-way drivers, Arizona is looking to crack down on the situation by installing new detection devices along highways. The Arizona Department of Transportation beganĀ testing the system at three locations on freeways around the Phoenix area, according to the Casa Grande Dispatch. It works with a series of radarĀ and camera sensors [ā¦]
August 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
U.S. 41 in eastern Wisconsin becomes Interstate 41
A portion of U.S. Highway 41 that runs from just south of the Wisconsin/Illinois border to Green Bay has officially been designated Interstate 41. Roughly 3,000 I-41 signs will be added to the highway through November 2015 to signify the change. āThe Interstate designation is the culmination of years of hard work by federal, state, [ā¦]
April 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
āSweet Home Alabamaā welcomes travelers
ā¦Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so blue. Sweet home Alabama, Lord, Iām coming home to youā¦
July 21, 2014
Roadbuilding
AASHTO announces Faces of Transportation photo contest winners
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) announced Thursday that two photos of workers at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge won the Grand Prize and the Peopleās Choice Award in the associationās Faces of Transportation photo contest. A judge selected the Grand Prize winner. California Department of Transportation Engineer Martin Chandrawinata received [ā¦]
September 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
New tolls on old interstates? Almost unthinkable.
The issue of tolling existing interstates isnāt going away. Itās not popular and itās down in the āslim and noneā chances category in most analyses. But with highway funding hopelessly inadequate and no new source on the short-term horizon, this issue will linger. It will raise its head as MAP-21 winds down and heads into [ā¦]
July 16, 2013
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