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Roadbuilding: Page 56
Roadbuilding
NCDOT awards Balfour Beatty with $167 million road construction contract
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) awarded a $167 million road construction project to Balfour Beatty to build the US 70 Havelock Bypass, according to The Construction Index. The bypass, a four-lane dual roadway, is designed to alleviate congestion and improve freight movement in Carteret and Craven counties. “This project is a strategic fit […]
September 10, 2019
Roadbuilding
N.Y. police disguised as workers ticket 266 drivers for work zone violations
Police officers in New York recently stepped up enforcement on reckless driving in work zones – by going undercover as construction workers. New York State Police issued 266 tickets as part of “Operation Hardhat,” which it conducted with the New York State Department of Transportation. During the crackdown, officers mingled into road work areas and […]
September 9, 2019
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Roadbuilding
Caltrans completes joint replacement work on Richmond-San Raphael Bridge upper deck
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has completed joint replacement work on the Richmond-San Raphael Bridge, KPIX reports. The bridge was closed for a day on February 7 after several large chunks of concrete fell on the lower deck of the bridge, one of which hit a car. Caltrans crews determined that the concrete chunks […]
September 6, 2019
Roadbuilding
Bridge on Fla.-Ga. Line collapses, leads to two crashes
A two-lane bridge span on Hutchinson Ferry Road northwest of Tallahassee, Fla., near the Florida-Georgia Line, collapsed before daylight on Wednesday morning, August 21, WFLA Channel 8 News reports. The bridge collapsed and fell into the river below. According to the news agency, two vehicles that could not see that the bridge had collapsed crashed […]
September 5, 2019
Roadbuilding
New Eighth Street Bridge opens to traffic in N.J.
After nearly four years of setbacks and construction, the new Eighth Street Bridge over the Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey opened to traffic the week of Aug. 5, 2019, northjersey.com reports. The bridge, which replaced the 103-year-old original span, connects the cities of Passaic and Wallington. It includes a 290-foot bridge with two lanes […]
September 4, 2019
Roadbuilding
Granite receives two APWA awards for transportation projects
Granite announced that it was the recipient of two American Public Works Association’s (APWA) 2019 Public Works Project of the Year Awards, recognize the alliance between the managing agency, the contractor, the consultant, and their cooperative achievements. The awards are given in four divisions and five categories. The divisions are: projects less than $5 million; […]
September 3, 2019
Roadbuilding
Ohio Turnpike gets fresh striping every summer
According to the Ohio Turnpike and E-ZPass Customer Connection newsletter, the agency believes its annual pavement marking project to re-stripe toll lanes is one of the most important maintenance programs. Every summer, approximately 974 miles of edge lines along the shoulders and 710 miles of lane lines are re-striped on the 241-mile Ohio Turnpike. It […]
August 30, 2019
Roadbuilding
W. Va. suspension bridge reopens to traffic after nearly two months of closure
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge in West Virginia reopened to traffic on August 13. The bridge was closed for nearly two months after a charter bus weighing more than the bridge’s 2-ton limit crossed it, KDKA reports. The bus driver was cited for failing to obey traffic control signs. The West Virginia Division of Highways issued a […]
August 29, 2019
Roadbuilding
KDOT reinstates its Local Bridge Improvement Program
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is reinstating its Local Bridge Improvement Program, which awards state funds to public authorities in cities and counties to help replace and rehabilitate structurally deficient local bridges, Transport Topics reports. Gov. Laura Kelly authorized $216 million in sales tax revenue for the state highway fund in fiscal year 2020 […]
August 28, 2019
Roadbuilding
VDOT replaces 61-year-old bridge in one weekend
The time lapse video below shows how the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) replaced the 61-year-old Wilson Blvd. bridge with a brand new one in just one weekend. The bridge, one of several in the Seven Corners intersection in Falls Church, Va., crosses U.S. Route 50. To have less of an impact on traffic, VDOT’s […]
August 27, 2019
Roadbuilding
ARTBA certification seeks to curb work-zone deaths, set industry standard
For the past three years, a safety certification program for the road construction industry has been quietly gaining momentum. The Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals began in 2016 as a response to the hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries that occur each year in road work zones. Since then, the program […]
August 26, 2019
Roadbuilding
Cincinnati’s Roebling Bridge reopens to traffic after pieces of tower fell to road deck
Cincinnati’s John A. Roebling Bridge reopened to traffic the morning of August 9, following a four-month closure after chunks of rock from the bridge’s north tower fell onto the road deck, WLWT reports. In response, work crews chipped off approximately 200 pounds of loose rock that could have fallen from the bridge, and have attached a specially-made […]
August 23, 2019
Roadbuilding
MoDOT develops tools to provide information on five-year road and bridge program
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced that it has created the “Missouri Road and Bridge Program” to better communicate how road and bridge revenues will be invested in the state’s infrastructure over the next five years. The new document is an abbreviated form of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that was approved by […]
August 22, 2019
Roadbuilding
New Swan Lake Road bridge in Shreveport, La., opens to traffic
The new Swan Lake Road bridge over Flat River opened to traffic on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 6, but drivers are being asked to proceed with caution while finishing touches are being done at the bridge and heavy equipment is working near the highway, the Shreveport Times reports. Swan Lake Road, part of phase one of […]
August 21, 2019
Roadbuilding
$1.5 million awarded to add public artwork to Fla. I-4 corridor
The I-4 Ultimate Project Art Endowment Committee—representatives of I-4 Mobility Partners, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and Skanska Granite Lane (SGL Constructors)—will provide $1.5 million to integrate public art installations into the project landscape along a 21-mile stretch of Interstate 4 to create a more scenic and cultural experience for motorists and pedestrians. The […]
August 20, 2019
Roadbuilding
Miss. DOT worker aids arrest in copper theft from interstate lights
Last month, a Mississippi Department of Transportation employee saw a strange sight that eventually led to the arrest of a man stealing copper wire from light poles on Interstate 20 in Jackson. The worker saw a copper wire stretched across the interstate from a light pole and attached to the back of a small red […]
August 19, 2019
Roadbuilding
Construction begins on replacement for Calif. bridge damaged by debris flow
Santa Barbara County Public Works announced that construction on the Ashley Road replacement bridge in Montecito, California, began in July and is expected to be completed by the end of 2019, Noozhawk reports. The bridge was badly damaged by heavy debris flows in January 2018. The stone railings washed downstream, sections of the abutments broke […]
August 16, 2019
Roadbuilding
WVDOT taps Swank Construction to rehab or replace 24 bridges on I-70
On Monday, August 5, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced that Swank Construction had been awarded a nearly $215 million project to rehabilitate or replace more than 24 bridges along Interstate 70 between Pennsylvania and Ohio, the Associated Press reports. The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) reportedly received bids from five companies for the […]
August 15, 2019
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