Kerry Clines (EQW)RoadbuildingFrance opens world’s first solar highway in Normandy as part of larger 4-year deploymentFrance has opened the world’s first “solar highway,” a half-mile-long “Wattway” covered with 30,000 square feet of resin-coated solar panels that is connected to the local power grid, according to a report from Phys.org The country’s Environment Minister Segolene Royal was present at the highway’s opening. The solar road will provide power to the street lights of Tourouvre in Normandy. […]December 28, 2016RoadbuildingNewport News (Va.) receives $3.6 million in state, federal funding for transportation projectsNewport News recently received $3.6 million in state and federal funding for five different transportation-related projects, the Daily Press reports. Projects include a bridge replacement at Lake Maury, traffic signal improvements, a sidewalk/crosswalk/lighting project for Washington Ave. and work at the Warwick Boulevard/Harpersville Road intersection. The $1.24 million grant for the bridge replacement project, which is scheduled to […]December 27, 2016RoadbuildingHalf of century-old Conn. bridge will open to two-lane traffic while other half is rebuiltTwo-lane traffic is expected to resume on the East Center Street bridge over Wharton Brook in Connecticut by the end of December 2016. Myrecordjournal.com reports that crews are replacing one half of the bridge at a time, so traffic is restricted to one lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays. By the end of […]December 26, 2016Construction EquipmentThe heavy equipment behind moving and erecting the 2016 Capitol Christmas treeAn 80-foot Englemann spruce Christmas tree is the latest “People’s Tree”. Now adorned with thousands of lights and some 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho, the tree made a 4,000-mile, three-week journey from the Payette National Forest in Idaho to the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) lit […]December 23, 2016RoadbuildingBridge replacement time-lapse covers demolition, gives great view of deck placementThe video below shows time-lapse footage of the demolition and reconstruction of the 140-year-old Station Road Bridge in Hucknall, Nottingham, England, which passes over a railway. The project was done as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan. The especially interesting thing about this video is the view from the piece of equipment used to move the […]December 23, 2016RoadbuildingFlorida bridge opens after 3 years of constructionAfter three years of construction and a weekend of being closed for re-striping, Florida’s new Flagler Memorial Bridge between Palm Beach and West Palm Beach opened one lane in each direction on Monday, CBS12.com reports. The project cost taxpayers approximately $105 million dollars. Some businesses were negatively impacted during the years of construction, and some eventually closed, but for […]December 22, 2016RoadbuildingMichigan DOT completes reconstruction, reopens Broad Street bridgeThe Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced that reconstruction of the Broad Street (M-57) bridge over the Shiawassee River in Chesaning has been completed and all lanes are now open to two-way traffic. The $5.8 million project included culvert work at Bear Creek and the replacement of a culvert at the East Branch of Deer Creek. At 9 […]December 21, 2016RoadbuildingIllinois DOT invests in drones to help with assortment of jobsThe Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) paid approximately $9,000 for a pair of new drones that it plans to use for an assortment of jobs, the Illinois News Network reports. “It could do (tasks) ranging from surveying work, maybe getting into some 3D imaging, to maybe looking at highway work zones,” IDOT spokesman Brian Williamsen told […]December 20, 2016RoadbuildingDesign-build credited with on-time status of NYC’s Kosciuszko Bridge replacementReplacement of the Kosciuszko Bridge, a $550 million project in the Queens borough of New York City, is reportedly on time and on budget, with the first of two of the bridge’s cable-stayed spans expected to open in the spring of 2017, Crain’s New York Business reports. The bridge’s on-time status is attributed to the design-build process which allowed engineering […]December 19, 2016RoadbuildingOhio high school engineering students get up-close look at bridge reconstruction projectEngineering students at Kings (Ohio) High School were provided with an opportunity visit the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, which is undergoing reconstruction, the Journal-News reports. The students learned about the project team and about the steps involved in bridge construction — from installing various foundations to support the bridge to pouring individual bridge segments and using post-tension tendons to hold the bridge […]December 16, 2016Previous PagePage 71 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
