Kerry Clines (EQW)RoadbuildingErie County (NY) wraps up 2016 program to patch and resurface rural roadsErie County, New York, recently wrapped up its 2016 rural road repair program, consisting of patching and resurfacing 172 miles of gravel roads in Aurora, Clarence, East Concord, and Hamburg, The Buffalo News reports. County crews used more than 12,000 tons of patch to repair potholes, and then covered the road surface with an oil and chip process that used […]September 2, 2016RoadbuildingArches National Park on tap for road work in 2017Arches National Park will get some much needed road work starting in early 2017, with most of the work taking place between March and October. According to Deseret News, the major road construction project will have crews resurfacing, restoring and rehabilitating 26 miles of roads and pullouts in the park, and will require that Devils Garden campground be […]September 1, 2016RoadbuildingExcavators eat away one bridge, cranes build another in CDOT replacement time-lapseThe fascinating video below, filmed by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), might be our new favorite construction time-lapse. From several different angles, the video shows how Manafort Construction Co. demolished and replaced the Lindley Street bridge on the southbound side of Route 8/25. The CtPost reports that the video shows design/build construction that allowed […]August 31, 2016RoadbuildingIndiana DOT builds temporary bridges during I-69 bridge replacement projectThe Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is warning drivers to expect lane shifts on Interstate 69 as it proceeds with a bridge replacement project. ABC 21 reports that contractors plan to install two temporary bridges ahead of the bridge replacement—one at Flat Creek and the other at Eight Mile Creek. The interstate will have lane restrictions in both directions between lane […]August 30, 2016RoadbuildingNebraska’s Lancaster Co. struggles to maintain 53 rural bridgesThe bridge engineer’s department in Lancaster County, Nebraska, maintains 53 rural bridges that are more than 50 years old. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the bridges are built with timber support beams and obsolete foundations, and that most were built too short for the streams they span. The county’s bridge engineer, Chad Packard, told the news agency that his office […]August 29, 2016RoadbuildingMichigan’s Oakland County launches cost-sharing pilot program to fund more road repairsA Michigan county has approved the first phase of funding for a new pilot program aimed at boosting city and village road projects through a new cost-sharing structure. The Oakland Press reports that the program will focus on roads not eligible for funding in the county’s current tri-party system, where communities share a third of the […]August 26, 2016RoadbuildingColorado motorist targets work zone flagger, causes injuriesA Colorado man was arrested last week after threatening a flagger inside a Longmont work zone with his vehicle. According to a report from the Times-Call, at 8 a.m. August 17, the Longmont police department responded to the report of an injury at the site in the area of Emery Drive and Emery Way. Workers at […]August 25, 2016RoadbuildingN. Carolina DOT awards contract to replace 7 bridges in Bladen, Cumberland, Robeson countiesThe North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced that it awarded a $5.4 million contract to Smith-Rowe LLC of Mount Airy to replace the following seven bridges in Bladen, Cumberland, and Robeson counties: N.C. 53 over Ellis Creek in Bladen County Mercer Mill Road over Hammonds Creek in Bladen County Hollow Bridge Road between Beaver Dam Road and Mink […]August 24, 2016RoadbuildingPennDOT’s 4-year project to replace 7 bridges over I-676 on scheduleThe Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) $64.8 million project to rebuild bridges over Interstate 676 in Philadelphia is right on schedule, according to PennDOT’s Assistant Press Secretary Gene Blaum, Pennoni Associates’ designer Jim Pezzotti, and Urban Engineers’ construction manager Dave Palmer in speaking with the Philadelphia (Phillymag). PennDOT began the four-year, two-part project a little […]August 23, 2016RoadbuildingS. Carolina DOT to replace 2 bridges spanning Pinewood LakeThere are changes in store for drivers who commute on Garners Ferry Road (Route 378) between Sumter and Columbia, South Carolina, WLTX 19 reports. According to Jason Fulmer with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, two bridges on the route that cross over Pinewood Lake have reached the end of their life spans and are being […]August 22, 2016Previous PagePage 79 of 91Next PageTop StoriesOff-Road TrucksDeere Previews Autonomous Haul Truck: One Truck, Two Operation ModesThe bolt-on autonomy system would let contractors switch their articulated dump trucks between manual and autonomous operation. 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