Kerry Clines (EQW)RoadbuildingShip hits Tacony-Palmyra Bridge causing 5 hour closureA ship hit part of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River at approximately 10:15 Wednesday night, April 4, 2018, causing the closure of the bridge for more than five hours, NJ.com reports. According to a spokeswoman for the Burlington County Bridge Commission, the bridge was in the open position when the ship made contact […]April 12, 2018RoadbuildingWork on $60 million Champ Clark Bridge over Miss. River progressingAccording to WGEM.com, all the underwater work for eight drilled shafts on the new $60 million Champ Clark Bridge has been completed and crews are now focusing on the concrete substructure. The next phase of construction will be the piers in the water. The bridge spans the Mississippi River along U.S. 54 and connects the […]April 11, 2018RoadbuildingNew smart memory alloy designed to replace rebar in bridges as earthquake reinforcementResearchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan have developed smart memory alloys for use in concrete bridges in earthquake-prone areas that they say are safer and more cost-effective than steel rebar. “Conventional steel rebar reinforcements have been used for years in building structurally sound bridges,” said Shahria Alam, associate professor of engineering and […]April 6, 2018RoadbuildingMass. officials approve $205 million North Washington Street Bridge replacement projectThe 100-year-old North Washington Street Bridge that spans Charles River between Charlestown and Boston’s North End is set to get a facelift. Massachusetts officials have approved a $205 million project to replace the rusty truss bridge, the The Boston Globe reports, launching a grueling five-year period of lane closures and construction that will ultimately install […]March 30, 2018RoadbuildingFive Cabinet members push infrastructure before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation CommitteeThe Trump administration sent five Cabinet secretaries — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry — to a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on March 13 to talk up its infrastructure proposals, but they didn’t seem to be enough to get […]March 28, 2018RoadbuildingHales Sand & Gravel wins 2 NAPA ‘Quality’ paving awardsHales Sand & Gravel, a Staker Parson company, won two National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) Quality in Construction Awards for asphalt pavement. One award was for working safely in rough weather to successfully produce a smooth, high quality pavement using cold-in-place recycling on U.S. 50 in Millard County, Utah. The company also won an award […]March 28, 2018RoadbuildingNew Autobahn-tested bridge ‘transition zones’ could replace expansion jointsExpansion joints are an important part of bridges that prevent the pavement from cracking when it expands in hot weather and contracts in cold weather, but they require a lot of maintenance. However, Daily Commercial News reports that researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed a system that features a transition zone a […]March 23, 2018RoadbuildingPittsburgh shifts money to streets after harsh winter causes abundance of potholesThe Pittsburgh City Council agreed to shift more than $720,000 to the streets budget as a result of the 3,700 reported potholes caused by the freeze-thaw cycles this winter, bringing the city’s resurfacing budget to nearly $16.8 million. The funds will repave approximately 67 miles, according to estimates from chief operations officer Guy Costa, with […]March 23, 2018RoadbuildingPHOTOS: Hales Sand & Gravel receives UAPA award for SR-99 paving projectStaker Parson announced that its Hales Sand & Gravel operation received the Utah Asphalt Pavement Association‘s (UAPA) Large Project of the Year Award for the SR-99 Fillmore Main Street project in Millard County. The SR-99 Fillmore Main Street project corrected a drainage problem on the roadway with the installation of a new storm drain system, […]March 22, 2018RoadbuildingAd campaign calls on Congress to act on transportation infrastructure funding packageThe Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition developed a new ad campaign that urges Congress and the Trump administration to act now to develop and pass a robust transportation infrastructure funding package and provide a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund, according to a release from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). 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