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Tag: Maine Department of Transportation
Roadbuilding
āFire in the hole!ā Watch MaineDOT explode old bridge piers
The MaineDOT took out the piers of the old bridge between Beals Island and Jonesport with explosives. Check out the video here on Equipment World.
November 16, 2020
Roadbuilding
AIT says its new composite girder will yield ā72-hour bridgeā
AIT Bridges has developed a new composite tub girder that could make it possible to replace a bridge within 72 hours, the Maine-based engineering firm says. The new AIT CT Girder can be used on about 80 percent of bridges in the United States, according to the company. AIT touts the tub girder as low-cost, [ā¦]
August 12, 2019
Roadbuilding
New composite girder system can build a bridge in 72 hours to last 100 years
The new composite girder systems can build bridges within a 72 hour timespan and are built to last for an entire century. Get more details on Equipment World.
August 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
UMaine center to find ways to extend life of transportation infrastructure
The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center's goal isĀ to save taxpayer dollars by extending the life of transportation infrastructure. Details here.
June 20, 2018
Roadbuilding
Rising traffic fatalities in Maine prompt new safety plan
Due to an increase in traffic fatalities, the Maine Department of Transportation has released a new Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The plan sets out focus areas, such as lane departure, speeding, impaired driving, and recommends strategies to address them. āMaineās traffic fatalities have been on the rise during the last three years after seeing improvement [ā¦]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Opening of Maineās Sarah Mildred Long Bridge delayed again
The projected opening of the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge has been postponed again, possibly until late December 2017. According to the Bangor Daily News, Maine Department of Transportation Press Secretary Ted Talbot said project administrators are working with its general contractor, Cianbro Corp., to identify what has caused the opening to be delayed several [ā¦]
December 8, 2017
Roadbuilding
Pre-cast concrete key to Sarah Mildred Long Bridge construction
Engineers believe the $158.5 million Sarah Mildred Long Bridge project, connecting Portsmouth, N.H., with Kittery, Maine, may be the first vertical-lift bridge to use precast-concrete segmental towers, the Engineering News-Record reports. Construction of the new bridge carrying U.S. Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River began in 2015. The bridge is slated to open by [ā¦]
December 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
Driver smashes into Maine I-95 overpass; DOT seeks culprit
A recent inspection of the Interstate 95 overpass in Augusta, Maine, revealed the structure had been heavily damaged by a large vehicle, and the stateās department of transportation wants help finding the culprit. Sometime between September 1 and October 3, the driver of a vehicle with a heavy payload or a piece of heavy equipment [ā¦]
November 14, 2017
Roadbuilding
Maine to borrow $105 million for transportation projects
Maine voters approved the issuance of $105 million worth of bonds in the November 7 election to pay for roads and bridges. The borrowing will match about $137 million in federal and other funding. The bulk of the money would be for secondary roads and bridges, and about $20 million would go toward rail, aviation, [ā¦]
November 9, 2017
Roadbuilding
96-year-old Maine-Canada bridge closed to large commercial vehicles
Commercial vehicles weighing over 5 tons have been banned from crossing the Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge between Maine and Canada. That includes tractor trailers, box trucks, buses and fire trucks. The Maine Department of Transportation reports that a recent inspection āfound significantly more steel deterioration on the floor beams and stringers than expected.ā MDOT says the [ā¦]
November 2, 2017
Roadbuilding
Crews use river tides to lift, lower new center span of Maine-N.H. bridge
Bridge builders got some help from the tides to install the 3-million-pound center lift span for the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, which connects Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On October 17, the span was floated in on barges across the Piscataqua River. Then on October 18, the rising tide lifted the span above [ā¦]
October 19, 2017
Roadbuilding
Bids sought for ADA pedestrian ramps in Maine
The Maine Department of Transportation is accepting sealed bids to build and upgrade pedestrian ramps at pedestrian crossings in the town of Machias. Existing ramps are being upgraded and new ones built to comply with Americans with Disability Act requirements. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. at the project [ā¦]
September 7, 2017
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