Bobby Atkinson (EQW)RoadbuildingTwo dump trucks rear ended in same Kansas DOT work zone 2 days in a row (PHOTOS)A construction zone on Interstate 470 has been unlucky for Kansas Department of Transportation dump trucks this week. Two KDOT dump trucks were crashed into two days in a row. The latest of the coinciding collisions came on Wednesday afternoon when a KDOT dump truck with a large arrow display board and crash attenuator was rear […]July 27, 2015Roadbuilding‘Knee-high’ swarm of mayflies causes bridge in Iowa to closeIt took snow plows to clear an Iowa bridge of the unending swarm of mayflies that covered and eventually closed the bridge on July 18. Sabula Police Reserve Officer Stephen Thayer told WQAD that the bugs were piled knee-high in front of cars trying to pass by during the night. The plague-like swarm even caused two […]July 27, 2015RoadbuildingIndian reservation files lawsuit against FHWA, Arizona DOT over $1.9 billion highway extensionAn Indian reservation in Arizona has dropped a lawsuit on the Federal Highway Administration and the state’s Department of Transportation over a massive highway extension project through what the reservation calls sacred land. The Gila River Indian Community filed the lawsuit at the end of June to challenge the FHWA’s decision to approve the $1.7 billion Loop 202 […]July 27, 2015RoadbuildingPhotographer documents the art of American highway interchangesPhotographer Peter Andrew has travelled the globe taking aerial pictures of the highway interchanges transporting people all over the world, and the resulting photo essay was recently featured by Politico Magazine. The photographs show the interweaving art that infrastructure can create on the natural environment—from the grey highway standing out in the orange desert of Phoenix to the intricate […]July 24, 2015RoadbuildingPortion of I-10 in California will reopen Friday while crews continue to work on bridge collapseTraffic will resume on Interstate 10 on Friday, less than a week after the heavy rain caused serious damage to the highway and collapsed a bridge. The California Department of Transportation announced that traffic on the interstate at the Tex Wash Bridge about 50 miles west of the Arizona border would be reduced to two lanes […]July 23, 2015RoadbuildingFHWA announces winners of the 2015 Transportation Planning Excellence AwardsThe Federal Highway Administration recently honored eight transportation projects from across the country with the 2015 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards. The award, created by the FHWA and the Federal Transit Administration, is handed out every other year to show recognition to the “outstanding transportation planning practices.” The winners are chosen by a panel of experts based, in […]July 23, 2015RoadbuildingIs plastic the new pavement? Roads made of recycled ocean trash could be built in just weeksPlastic roads may seem more well suited for Hot Wheels, but a Dutch company is aiming to bring the toy track to the test track. VolkerWessels announced last week that it was working on plans to bring the world’s first plastic road to the Netherlands. The PlasticRoad project is still entirely conceptual, and the company is looking […]July 22, 2015RoadbuildingRiding high: Colorado town using marijuana tax funds to fix roadsWhile it was a Michigan lawmaker that advocated “pot for potholes” earlier this year, a town in Colorado is actually putting that slogan into action. Fox 21 News in Colorado Springs reported that Pueblo County brought in more revenue from marijuana taxes than had been anticipated, so the Board of Commissioners voted to divert the $50,000 surplus to funding a […]July 22, 2015RoadbuildingBig Bertha is set to start drilling again in November after extensive repairs, testingThe world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is now scheduled to get back to work on November 23, nearly two years after it overheated and stalled while digging beneath Seattle. The Seattle Times reported that the construction team handling the massive undertaking of drilling the 1.8-mile Highway 99 tunnel released the new timetable and a new completion date of […]July 21, 2015RoadbuildingFlooding causes portion of I-10 to collapse in California (PHOTOS)Heavy rainfall in Southern California caused a section of Interstate 10 to collapse on Sunday, about 50 miles west of the Arizona border. An elevated portion of the highway collapsed after hours of heavy rain and has cut off travel for the thousands that drive the highway through the desert to and from Southern California and […]July 21, 2015Previous PagePage 33 of 44Next PageTop StoriesCompact Track LoadersCloser Look: Takeuchi's First EH-Controlled Compact Track LoaderTake a walkaround tour of the new electro-hydraulic CTL with 40.5 gpm of hydraulic flow, improved undercarriage and upgraded cab.Market PulseQuick Data: Top-Selling Mini Excavators in 2024-2025PickupsHemi V8 or Cummins Diesel? – 2026 Ram 2500 HD Offers Hefty ChoiceVintage Equipment“The Great Tractor Race” – Cat’s 1931 Film Reveals its Early Crawlers in Zany EventFeatured SponsorThink like a thief to protect your fleet. Watch our on-demand webinar.
