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Report identifies areas of improvement for Utah’s roads and bridges

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 04, 2015

Despite getting a B+ grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the condition of its roads and bridges, Utah still needs improvements to prevent economic growth from being stifled, according to a report from The Road Improvement Program. In its ...

State/Local Government

Civil engineers give Utah roads and bridges “B+” grade

Posted by Chris Hill on Feb 26, 2015

In its “2015 Report Card for Utah’s Infrastructure” report, The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a B+ grade for the condition of roads and bridges there. Roughly 83 percent of Utah’s interstates are in good condition, with only 1 percent being ...

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South Dakota’s roads and bridges face significant deterioration in next decade if current funding levels hold

Posted by Chris Hill on Feb 26, 2015

South Dakota suffers from a list of transportation issues, including nationally ubiquitous deteriorated bridges and roads and low funding, in addition to rural traffic fatalities and crowded roads, according to a new report from The Road Improvement Program. In its report “South Dakota’s Top ...

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Deficient roads and bridges cost Iowa drivers an extra $2 billion each year

Posted by Chris Hill on Feb 19, 2015

Twenty-seven percent of Iowa’s major urban roads and highways are in poor condition, and 21 percent of the state’s bridges are structurally deficient, according to a report from The Road Improvement Program (TRIP). On Wednesday TRIP released “Iowa’s Top Transportation Challenges: Meeting the State’s ...

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More Maryland bridges found to be crumbling upon ordered inspections

Posted by Chris Hill on Feb 18, 2015

After inspecting nearly 70 bridges, Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) workers removed loose concrete from five bridges Feb. 14-15, according to a report by the news station WTOP. The actions follow a recent incident involving falling bridge debris striking a passing motorist’s vehicle in ...

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The 3 things needed right now to repair our nation’s bridges, according to 12 DOTs

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Feb 17, 2015

The nation’s infrastructure system can be likened to an economic circulatory system – giving us freedom, opportunity and mobility—and this should not be taken for granted, said former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves during a recent infrastructure conference. “We should never ...

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With Better Roads integration, Equipment World expands transportation coverage to road building, bridges, DOTs and more

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 17, 2015

For those who frequent this site, it's a change you have probably already noticed. But just in case you haven't, or in the case that you're new here, I did want to drop a quick note to highlight our recent integration ...

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Ohio worker’s death creates urgency on inspecting NJ bridges

Posted by Contributed on Jan 26, 2015

Aging infrastructure issues are well-known topics across the political landscape, as President Obama alluded to in his recent State of the Union address. Unfortunately, it takes a tragic incident such as the death of an Ohio construction worker in an overpass ...

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Design error causing Fort Lauderdale bridges to be built too high

Posted by Brian Ethridge on Jan 13, 2015

Two new bridges in Fort Lauderdale are currently being built too high due to a design error. In order to fix the error, the state may be forces to raise a portion of Las Olas Boulevard, according to the Sun Sentinel. State officials are ...

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Atlanta Bridgescape Competition has begun

Posted by Brian Ethridge on Jan 13, 2015

The Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Midtown Alliance have announced the Atlanta Bridgescape Competition. The design competition hopes to receive a broad range of proposals for conceptual designs to reconceive and enhance two existing Interstate bridges – one in Midtown at ...

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What causes the most damage to our nation’s bridges?

Posted by Tina Grady Barbaccia on Nov 25, 2014

We surveyed all 50 state Departments of Transportation (DOT) and the District of Columbia’s DOT for the Better Roads Annual Bridge Inventory. In doing so, we took a look at what causes the most damage to bridges. Here’s what the ...

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Report: Just 6 Percent of 2013 federal-aid funding went into new roads & bridges

Posted by Brian Ethridge on Nov 17, 2014

States used just under six percent of the contract authority received on construction projects to build new roads or bridges, according to a detailed breakdown of 2013 federal highway funding obligations by the Government Accountability Office. The largest portion of the federal-aid went into ...