Bobby Atkinson (EQW)RoadbuildingFundraising site set up to help New Jersey DOT worker who was run over on the jobA website created to raise money for a New Jersey Department of Transportation worker who was injured on the job has raised well over $8,000 in just four days. Carmine Desomma, 28, was working with a NJDOT crew to remove litter and other debris from the roadway on an overpass when he was struck by a vehicle. […]August 12, 2015RoadbuildingOklahoma spring storms could cost the state $200 million in infrastructure damagesOklahoma’s stormy spring has been called a “once in 300-years flood,” and such significant weather carries an equally significant price tag. The total damage to the state’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure could end up costing upwards of $200 million, according to what the director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management told KOCO 5 News. […]August 11, 2015RoadbuildingWatch TDOT crews destroy and rebuild a bridge in only 58 hours in this project time-lapseThe Tennessee Department of Transportation built a bridge in less than 58 hours, and they’ve got the footage to prove it. TDOT released a time-lapse video of the first weekend of the Interstate 40 Fast Fix 8 bridge project in Nashville where workers were able to remove and replace the westbound bridge at breakneck pace. […]August 10, 2015RoadbuildingTwo North Carolina counties push to name part of highway for DOT worker who died in MarchTwo county commissions in North Carolina are pushing to honor a Department of Transportation worker who died on the job in March by naming a stretch of the highway he was killed on after him. According to The News and Observer, the Wayne County Commissioners passed a resolution to ask the NCDOT to reserve a […]August 10, 2015RoadbuildingNorth Carolina names new transportation secretaryNorth Carolina already has a new Department of Transportation chief, just a week after the former Secretary stepped down. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory announced on Thursday that Nick Tennyson would take over the position. Tennyson previously worked as the department’s Chief Deputy Secretary since 2013. “Nick Tennyson is the perfect choice to continue the momentum we […]August 7, 2015RoadbuildingPennDOT worker injured after being run over by a dump truck in work zoneA Pennsylvania Department of Transportation worker was hospitalized Tuesday after a dump truck ran over his legs in a construction zone in Hanover. The PennDOT employee was in a work zone on State Route 29 at around 2 p.m. when the dump truck ran him over and pinned him to the ground, according to the Wilkes Barre Times-Leader. The […]August 7, 2015RoadbuildingDrone footage shows progress from 4 angles at $1.27B Ohio River East End Crossing projectThe billion-dollar Ohio River Bridges Project is still more than a year from completion, but the team behind it sent up a drone to capture footage and give an update on the progress. The Ohio River Bridges project, which is under construction by the WVB East End Partners, will connect the east end of Louisville, Kentucky, to southern […]August 6, 2015RoadbuildingMan steals Minnesota DOT truck from work zone, leads police on a 14-mile chaseA 35-year-old man was arrested Monday for stealing a Minnesota Department of Transportation truck from a construction zone, but not before he took a 14-mile joyride with police in pursuit. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the man walked into the Highway 61 work zone and took a MnDOT inspector’s Ford F-150 early Monday. The Inver Grove Heights […]August 5, 2015Construction EquipmentKip Moore to headline Case Labor of Love music fest benefitting Wounded Warrior ProjectCase Construction Equipment is trading in machines for microphones Labor Day weekend as it plays host to a music festival in Wisconsin to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Case wants the Labor of Love Music Festival to not only entertain and raise money, but to also promote how important it is for veterans to get hired into […]August 5, 2015RoadbuildingRare design has crews working inside a tunnel to make bridge repairs in MichiganIn a drive over U.S. 131 Bridge in Michigan, it’d be easy to miss that bridge is in the middle of an extensive rehab project. There may be some traffic barrels along the side, but for a project that’s expected to solidify the bridge for five or more decades, there aren’t too many workers to be seen. 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