Kerry Clines (EQW)RoadbuildingHistoric Mont. bridge damaged by overweight tractor trailerThe 120-year-old Dearborn River High Bridge southwest of Augusta, Montana, was closed until further notice after it was damaged by a tractor trailer, the Independence Record reports. The 251-foot bridge, which carries Secondary Highway 434 across the North Fork of the Dearborn River, was constructed in 1897 at a cost of $9,000. The decking and railing […]December 20, 2017RoadbuildingConcrete burned in Calif. fires being recycled as road baseA steady stream of dump trucks has been delivering loads of burned concrete to the Stony Point Rock Quarry west of Cotati, California, The Press Democrat reports. The concrete, which comes from the foundations and driveways of homes that were destroyed by the fires in Sonoma County, will be crushed and recycled to build new […]December 19, 2017RoadbuildingI-15 toll lane construction in Calif. set for Jan.In early 2018, construction is set to begin on a $470 million toll lane project on the 15 Freeway, from the Temescal Valley to Jurupa Valley in California, which will add two toll lanes in each direction and widen 11 bridges on a 14.6-mile section of Interstate, The Press-Enterprise reports. The Riverside County Transportation Commission held a […]December 18, 2017RoadbuildingASCE offers study on causes of bridge failures between 1989 and 2000A new technical paper, Analysis of Recent Bridge Failures in the United States, written by Kumalasari Wardhana and Fabian C. Hadipriono, P.E., F.ASCE, is now available at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Library. Data from more than 500 bridge failures in the United States occurring between 1989 and 2000 were studied and analyzed. The bridges ranged […]December 15, 2017RoadbuildingCalif. studying ways to charge drivers by the mileShortly after enacting its new gas tax hike, California transportation officials performed a study, the California Road Charge Pilot Program report, studying ways to charge drivers based on mileage rather than the amount of fuel they use, The Sacramento Bee reports. The report included results from a road charge experiment where more than 5,000 volunteer drivers […]December 14, 2017Roadbuilding“Topping out” ceremony celebrates completion of towers for new Port of Long Beach bridgeOn December 5, state, local and federal officials joined construction crews for a “topping out” ceremony to celebrate the completion of the two 515-foot-tall towers for the new Port of Long Beach bridge, Port of Long Beach reports. The towers will be the centerpieces of California’s first cable-stayed bridge for vehicular traffic, which will be […]December 13, 2017RoadbuildingArlington Memorial Bridge to receive $227 million for repairsThe National Park Service (NPS) announced the approval of a $227 million project to repair and rehabilitate the 85-year-old Arlington Memorial Bridge. According to The Washington Post, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and members of the District and Virginia congressional delegation issued a press release stating that the contract secures funding to repair the aging bridge, which was determined […]December 11, 2017RoadbuildingOpening of Maine’s Sarah Mildred Long Bridge delayed againThe 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 […]December 8, 2017RoadbuildingTxDOT breaks ground on I-69/I-610 West Loop InterchangeOn November 28 the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held a groundbreaking ceremony for reconstruction of the I-69/I-610 West Loop Interchange project, The Houston Chronicle reports. In attendance were Texas Transportation Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr.; U.S. Congressman John Culberson; Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; State Rep. Sarah Davis; TxDOT Houston District Engineer Quincy Allen; and other […]December 7, 2017RoadbuildingResidents blame flats on highway department’s choice in gravelSome people in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, are complaining about the material being used on local roads, claiming it’s puncturing their tires, cbcnews.com reports. “We’re probably getting 40 tires a month with these rocks in them,” Dustin McCulley, who has owned Endurance Automo tive in Dawson City since 2004, told the news agency, adding that […]December 6, 2017Previous PagePage 47 of 91Next PageTop StoriesBulldozersConstruction’s Mighty Bull Stands the Test of Time — Dozer Buyer’s Guide 2026Here are the latest and most popular models from Case, Caterpillar, Develon, Dressta, Hyundai, John Deere, Komatsu and Liebherr.Mini ExcavatorsXCMG Releases 2 New Mini Excavators for North American MarketGraders/Scrapers“The Lightest 30-Yard Scraper on the Market” — K-Tec's New 1230Pickups2027 GMC Sierra 1500 Completely Redesigned, Gets GM's New 481-HP V8Compact Track LoadersMeet Cat’s New Dirt-Pushing 253 Compact Track Loader
