Tag: Maine

AIT says its new composite girder will yield ‘72-hour bridge’

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, […]

August 12, 2019

Report ranks five states as having worst infrastructure in U.S.

The 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers report card states that the United States needs to spend approximately $4.5 trillion over the next five years to fix the country’s roads, bridges, dams, and other infrastructure, CNBC reports. However, some states are in much worse shape than others. The following five states are considered to be the […]

July 26, 2019

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Nortrax adds Hitachi forestry products in eastern Canada

Hitachi forestry products to be offered alongside Nortrax's John Deere equipment lineup. Details about Nortrax's equipment expansion here on Equipment World.

June 11, 2019

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Maine to receive additional highway improvement funding through FHWA

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, chairman of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that Maine will receive an additional $8,652,967 from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Highway Administration to improve its highway infrastructure, WAGM reports. “Strengthening our transportation infrastructure is a critical issue not only in Maine, but also nationwide,” Sen. Collins said, according […]

May 8, 2018

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Kobelco adds Correlli and Frank Martin Sons to dealer network

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has added Correlli, out of Dundalk, Maryland, and Frank Martin Sons, located in Fort Kent Mills, Maine, to its dealer network. Both dealerships will provide professional sales, rentals, parts and service support for Kobelco excavators. Correlli, dedicated to serving the landscaping, commercial property and residential construction industries, will offer compact Kobelco […]

January 22, 2018

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Freightliner helps deliver Wreaths Across America to honor vets

Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington, Maine, is better known as the man behind Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to remembering and honoring veterans during the holidays. In 1992, the wreath company donated remembrance wreaths that were placed on the graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.. […]

December 22, 2017

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 […]

December 5, 2017

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New England Manitowoc crane dealer marks 60th year

Shawmut Equipment is celebrating its 60th anniversary of selling and renting cranes, serving as one of Manitowoc Cranes’ leading distributors. Shawmut was founded in 1957 in Connecticut by George O’Connell as a crane distributor for Connecticut and western Massachusetts. It represents all Manitowoc crane brands: Manitowoc, Grove, National and Potain. It became one of Grove’s […]

December 4, 2017

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 state’s 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 […]

November 14, 2017

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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, […]

November 9, 2017

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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 “found significantly more steel deterioration on the floor beams and stringers than expected.” MDOT says the […]

November 2, 2017

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 […]

October 19, 2017

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