Tag: New Hampshire

Dealers

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

Roadbuilding

143-year-old N.H. covered bridge to be renovated

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation is undertaking a nine-week renovation of the Honeymoon Bridge, a 143-year-old covered bridge in Jackson that was built by Charles Austin Broughton and his son Frank, the Boston Globe reports. The renovation will close the bridge from approximately March 25 through May 23 while the wood deck is replaced, […]

March 12, 2019

Roadbuilding

FHWA grants go to 7 states to test innovative infrastructure funding

The Federal Highway Administration has given millions in grants to several states to test new and innovative ways to finance highway and bridge projects.

February 26, 2019

Construction Equipment

As North American demand for tiltrotators grows, early adopters tout their versatility

Tiltrotators are well-known in Europe and are making headway in North American. See what contractors are saying about tiltrotators on Equipment World.

January 24, 2019

Roadbuilding

Car enters I-93 work zone, injures construction worker

A local New Hampshire news station reported a car traveling north on I-93 crashed through barrels and into a construction zone. Details on Equipment World.

November 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

Struck twice this year, 142-year-old N.H. covered bridge closed for repairs

A 142-year-old bridge in Jackson, New Hampshire is being repaired after being closed to traffic since July 2018. Get more details here on Equipment World.

September 5, 2018

Roadbuilding

Is your state red, yellow or green in new traffic-safety law ratings?

Six states and the District of Columbia earned good ratings and 13 states received poor ratings in a recent report gauging the number of traffic safety laws a state has enacted. The rest were deemed yellow, for caution. The 2018 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws rates all the states and the District of Columbia […]

January 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

Failing to remove snow, ice from vehicles against the law in some states

It can be a hassle to clean snow and ice off your car, but failing to do so can be deadly. New Hampshire state police in early December received about 20 reports of snow and ice coming loose from cars, trucks and tractor-trailers and striking other vehicles and, in some cases, shattering windshields, reports the […]

January 1, 2018

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 […]

December 5, 2017

Dealers

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

Roadbuilding

Tolls could go up for N.H. turnpike drivers

Tolls could rise on New Hampshire’s turnpike system under a proposal being considered to accelerate bridge and road work on the tollways. Tolls would rise 50 cents in Hampton, Hooksett and Bedford, and 25 cents in Dover, Rochester and Hampton Side Tolls, according to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Drivers with E-ZPasses would see […]

November 30, 2017

Dealers

Topcon expands Solutions Store concept to Pacific Northwest

Topcon has expanded its Solutions Store concept to two more locations, in Portland, Oregon, and Kent, Washington. PPI Group, a 90-year-old architectural, engineering and construction firm, will become the latest positioning distributor, under the name PPI Group, Topcon Solutions Store. PPI will run both Pacific Northwest stores. That gives Topcon’s stores 13 North American locations, […]

November 29, 2017