Kerry Clines (EQW)RoadbuildingTennessee DOT announces dynamic message sign contest winnersThe Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently held a dynamic message sign contest, and the winners were announced Monday according to a department press release. The top five messages include the following: “Do your duty. Seatbelt your booty!” “Use your blinking blinker!” “Be kind. Don’t ride my behind.” “In a hurry? Shoulda left early. Slow down!” “We’ve […]March 17, 2017RoadbuildingArizona DOT to install state’s first prefabricated bridgeThe Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will install the state’s first prefabricated bridge on old Route 66 (Oatman Highway) over Sacramento Wash in northwestern Arizona, KTAR News reports. The 110-foot-long bridge will be transported in sections from Phoenix, where it is being manufactured, to the bridge site in Mohave County. The support structure is already in place, and bridge […]March 15, 2017RoadbuildingFederal inspectors close 100 bridges in MississippiOn Friday, Sen. Willie Simmons (D-Cleveland), chairman of the Mississippi Senate Highways and Transportation Committee, announced that over the course of last week federal inspectors had closed more than 100 bridges on local roads in the state, The Clarion Ledger reports. This came on the heels of Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves announcing the death of a bill […]March 14, 2017RoadbuildingWSDOT building world’s first flexible bridgeThe Washington State Department of Transportation is building an offramp from Highway 99 to South Dearborn Street in Seattle that has a flexible column designed to sustain so little damage in an earthquake that that it can be used immediately afterwards. The Seattle Times reports that it will be the first bridge in the world with […]March 13, 2017RoadbuildingTwo-bridge, $1.9 million PennDOT replacement project includes 108-year-old spanThe Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) began work on a $1.9 million project to replace two structurally deficient bridges in Berks County on March 6, 2017, The Mercury News reports. Crews will replace the Weavertown Road Bridge over Monocacy Creek in Amity Township, and will replace the superstructure (beams and deck) on Scarlets Mill Bridge over Hay Creek […]March 7, 2017RoadbuildingAcrete is a new concrete made from fly ash engineered to be lighter, strongerJinhong Zhang, an associate professor of mining and geological engineering at the University of Arizona’s (UA) College of Engineering, has developed a substitute for concrete, according to a university press release. The new material is made almost completely from fly ash and is said to be lighter, stronger and less expensive to produce than concrete. “Once the […]March 6, 2017RoadbuildingCalifornia universities working to develop longer-lasting highwaysThe recent wet weather in the Bay Area has caused potholes and damage to many of California’s roads. The East Bay Times reports that, on March 1 emergency repairs were completed on a pothole that had developed in one of the northbound lanes of Interstate 680 in Fremont Feb. 28, noting that was just one of the […]March 3, 2017RoadbuildingCaltrans begins emergency repairs on I-15 collapse that sent 50 vehicles into floodwatersThe California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has approved a $3 million project to repair a section of Interstate 15 at Cajon Pass where 200 feet of a southbound lane collapsed Feb. 17 during a severe storm. Caltrans says a dry creek bed running beside the interstate overflowed and washed out the rock slope protection below the roadbed, […]March 2, 2017RoadbuildingARTBA ranks Nevada bridges #1 in the nationThe American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recently-released analysis of bridges in the United States shows that only 1.6 percent of Nevada’s approximately 2,000 public bridges are considered structurally deficient, once again making Nevada the top ranking state in the nation, the Carson Valley Times reports. The Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) bridge inspection and rehabilitation program has […]March 1, 2017RoadbuildingPennDOT plans to replace 20 structurally deficient bridges in Lancaster County in 2017A report released by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) on Feb. 15 lists Pennsylvania as second among the states with structurally deficient bridges. In effort to bring that number down, PennDOT is planning to replace 20 bridges in Lancaster County in 2017 at an average cost of $1.59 million apiece, Lancaster Online reports. “We’ve been chipping away […]February 28, 2017Previous PagePage 66 of 91Next PageTop StoriesPickups2027 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD, 3500 HD Get More HP With New Diesel, Gas V8sThe new engines deliver the most-ever power and torque for Silverado HD, which also gets electric power steering and eBoost braking.BulldozersConstruction’s Mighty Bull Stands the Test of Time — Dozer Buyer’s Guide 2026Mini 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 V8
