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Roadbuilding: Page 156
Roadbuilding
Two bridge replacements complete at Rondout Reservoir in N.Y.
The $7 million replacement of two 60-year-old bridges— the 150-foot-long Lows Corners Bridge carrying Route 55A over Rondout Creek, and the 50-foot-long Sugarloaf Bridge carrying Sundown Road over Sugarloaf Brook—has been completed, MidHudsonNews.com reports. The two bridges are located at the upper end of Rondout Reservoir in Sullivan County, New York. “Projects like this are important for the […]
December 30, 2016
Roadbuilding
PennDOT takes new narrative-based approach to historic resource mitigation
Editor’s Note: The following editorial was provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 2 recently debuted an online, interactive story map for the Potters Mills Gap Transportation Project (PMG) on Route 322, in Centre County. The story map is part of an innovative, creative effort to mitigate project impacts […]
December 29, 2016
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Roadbuilding
Seven states set to increase fuel taxes starting in 2017
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s (ITEP) Tax Justice Blog reports seven states are set to increase gas taxes starting in 2017, with two states actually dropping gas taxes. The majority of the increase, four in total, are automatic changes set by formulas by the state legislatures, as it is for the two decreases. […]
December 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
USDOT’s Build America Bureau to help finance $2 billion for Seattle Transit Projects
Four Seattle transit projects could get roughly $2 billion in financing through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (BAB). The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) and the BAB recently signed a Master Credit Agreement—“a first-of-its-kind arrangement in which the local transit authority will be able to expedite multiple loan requests […]
December 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
Yucca Loma Bridge in Calif. set to open May 2017
Apple Valley (Calif.) officials have tentatively scheduled a date for the opening of the Yucca Loma Bridge over the Mojave River. Town spokeswoman Kathie Martin told the Daily Press the bridge will open to traffic nearly two months ahead of schedule on May 22, 2017, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community bike ride scheduled for May […]
December 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
France opens world’s first solar highway in Normandy as part of larger 4-year deployment
France 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, 2016
Roadbuilding
Maryland DOT seeks approval for testing autonomous vehicles on I-95
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking approval to designate part of Interstate 95 as a future automated vehicle (AV) testing and deployment area. The proposal asks to make the designation for I-95 from Aberdeen Proving Ground to the Fort Meade/University of Maryland region. It […]
December 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
Pavia Systems partners with Babson College’s entrepreneurship program
Pavia Systems, makers of HeadLight, a mobile project inspection tool used for transportation construction, has partnered with Babson College on the school’s entrepreneurship program. “Pavia Systems took the time to truly understand the pain their target customer experiences, designed a product for it, and created a sophisticated strategy for successfully selling it through a complicated […]
December 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway approves 3 construction contracts valued at $11.7 million
The Illinois Tollway recently approved three construction contracts valued at $11.7 million at its December meeting, bringing the 2016 total for construction and engineering services to $340 million. The Tollway reports roughly $4.5 billion has been invested since the 15-year, $12 billion Move Illinois program began in 2012. “While we still have room to improve, we’re […]
December 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
Former Iowa DOT head Trombino named president of McClure Engineering
Paul Trombino, the former Iowa Department of Transportation director who resigned from that position unexpectedly in November, will take over as president of McClure Engineering Company effective Jan. 3. The company, which was founded in 1956, reports that roughly 80 percent of its civil engineering services last year were in the public sector. Forty percent […]
December 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway approves roughly $1 billion 2017 budget for capital, maintenance, operations
The Illinois Tollway board of directors has approved its 2017 budget, allocating $961.3 million for capital programs, with the majority set aside for Move Illinois projects. This includes $374.5 million for construction on the new Illinois Route 390 Tollway and planning for the new Interstate 490 Tollway for the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. Another […]
December 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Newport News (Va.) receives $3.6 million in state, federal funding for transportation projects
Newport 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, 2016
Roadbuilding
NCDOT second annual customer survey ends Dec. 31
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is requesting state citizens complete its second annual online customer survey by Dec. 31. “The N.C. General Assembly requires the survey to gauge how the transportation department is providing great customer service,” NCDOT reports. “Participation can help NCDOT identify ways to make North Carolina transportation services safer, more […]
December 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Vermont Governor-elect appoints Joe Flynn as Secretary of Transportation
Vermont Governor-elect Phil Scott has appointed Joe Flynn as Secretary of Transportation with oversight of the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). Flynn currently serves as deputy commissioner of the state’s Department of Public Safety, an agency he has been with since 2012. Previously, he worked for two years as a director within VTrans, which included […]
December 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Half of century-old Conn. bridge will open to two-lane traffic while other half is rebuilt
Two-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, 2016
Roadbuilding
TxDOT, GEICO launch Safe Phone Zones with WiFi at rest areas, travel info centers
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has launched Safe Phone Zones providing free WiFi at Safety Rest Areas and Travel Information Centers across the state. The Safe Phone Zones are sponsored by GEICO and are part of the agency’s Sponsor Acknowledgement Program, which is a trade-off program used to fund driver benefits in exchange for […]
December 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
MoDOT renames youth leadership program TRACTION
The Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) Highway Safety Division has renamed its Youth Traffic Safety Leadership Training program to Teens Taking Action to Prevent Traffic Crashes—or TRACTION. The program was previously branded as TEAM SPIRIT. “The program has been in existence for over 20 years. It will have a new look, but the traffic safety […]
December 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Bridge replacement time-lapse covers demolition, gives great view of deck placement
The 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, 2016
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