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Transportation Research Board offering webinar on pavement marking visibility
The Transportation Research Board is offering a webinar that will focus on helping to ensure roadways are safe for night travel. This webinar will focus on assessing pavement marking retroreflectivity at night. It will explore proposed pavement marking visibility standards and promising maintenance practices, according to the TRB. The webinar will be held from 2 p.m. […]
February 8, 2018
Roadbuilding
Spurred by a trucker’s murder, MnDOT installing truck parking technology at rest areas
Minnesota is now taking action with a $1.4 million project to improve trucker’s safety at rest stops, culminating a long effort touched off by the 2009 slaying of New York-based trucker Jason Rivenburg. Work is now under way by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to install technology at seven rest areas in the state that […]
February 8, 2018
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Time-lapse captures Montroyal Bridge girder installation
The time-lapse video below shows construction on the Montroyal Bridge over Mosquito Creek in the District of North Vancouver on Jan. 23, 2018. Crews used a crane to hoist six 131-foot-long bridge girders weighing 119,000 pounds each into place. The $8.5 million project, which is paid for through the district’s asset management program, includes two […]
February 7, 2018
Roadbuilding
Concrete and cement Industry groups introduce free web-based pavement design platform
A free, new online concrete pavement design tool now offers features and benefits never before available to the cement and concrete industry – and engineers are snapping it up for use in the few weeks since its launch. Industry groups worked together on the two-year effort to launch the highly interactive tool PavementDesigner.org for city, […]
February 7, 2018
Roadbuilding
Daytona’s new Orange Ave. bridge will honor veterans with unique design
The new Orange Ave. bridge in Daytona, named the Tom Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge, won’t be complete until some time in 2019, but it’s already turning heads with its unusual design. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that the $38 million project is the first of its kind in Florida to feature a concrete archway design. The […]
February 7, 2018
Roadbuilding
AEM poll indicates overwhelming bipartisan support for infrastructure plan
A new poll finds that 81 percent of those who watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address say they want Congress to pass an infrastructure bill this year. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) commissioned the poll by Morning Consult, a privately held technology and media company. It found that four out of five viewers […]
February 6, 2018
Roadbuilding
NAPA/FHWA survey finds RAP one of top recycled materials of 2016
The latest survey conducted by the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) found that reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) were the top recycled materials in 2016. According to NAPA, the report found that more than 31 percent of all asphalt pavement mixtures produced in 2016 used […]
February 6, 2018
Roadbuilding
‘I Heart NY’ highway signs ordered taken down, or lose federal funding
Some highway signs with the “I (heart) NY” logo are getting no love from the feds. The Federal Highway Administration has cut $14 million in funding to the state of New York for installing more than 500 signs across the state with tourism logos that the FHWA says violates federal and state traffic standards, according […]
February 6, 2018
Roadbuilding
Conn. governor: Lacking federal help, state must move ahead with critical transportation investments
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has released the outline of his administration’s revenue package to stabilize the Special Transportation Fund (STF) and allow for critical investments in the state’s transportation system. He says his plan for the STF would restore canceled state and municipal projects across Connecticut and “prevent drastic increases” in rail and bus fares and […]
February 5, 2018
Roadbuilding
Pilot threads needle in emergency landing on Ca.’s 55 Freeway
A pilot lost power to his single-engine plane and glided to a stop on a California freeway after flying under an overpass, according to the Orange County Register newspaper. The incident occurred at 7:35 p.m. January 28 when the 24-year-old pilot was flying from San Diego to Van Nuys. He lost power over Costa Mesa […]
February 5, 2018
Roadbuilding
I-81 coalition forms in Va. to improve safety, reduce congestion
A group of regional chambers of commerce in Virginia are banding together to try to get improvements to Interstate 81. The coalition wants traffic relief and a safer highway, as accidents and truck and passenger-vehicle volumes increase, according to the Augusta Free Press newspaper. The coalition says the need is urgent and congressional and legislative […]
February 5, 2018
Roadbuilding
I-440 reconstruction plan for Nashville progresses, TDOT says
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has released the request for proposals for widening and revamping Interstate 440 in Nashville, with construction scheduled to begin this summer. TDOT says the project will involve replacing deteriorated concrete with asphalt, widening the road in each direction from two lanes to three including the bridges over I-65, and replacing […]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Crews upset residents by burning pieces of historic covered Bell Bridge after demolition
Residents in Hoyt, New Brunswick, Canada, are angry after construction crews tearing down and replacing the flood-damaged historic Bell Bridge were seen burning the remnants of the bridge in a barrel, CBC reports. The 87-year-old covered bridge was completely demolished on January 19. “I think they’re making a joke of it, a mockery,” Wayne Kirkpatrick, […]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Rising traffic fatalities in Maine prompt new safety plan
Due to an increase in traffic fatalities, the Maine Department of Transportation has released a new Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The plan sets out focus areas, such as lane departure, speeding, impaired driving, and recommends strategies to address them. “Maine’s traffic fatalities have been on the rise during the last three years after seeing improvement […]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Uber, Zipcar join ride-share companies in pledge to cities
Uber, Lyft and 13 other ride-sharing companies have joined together to pledge to help cities become more livable through 10 guiding principles. The principles were developed by Zipcar co-founder Robin Chase along with various city and transport organizations, according to a news release. “For most cities, urban planners, legislators and residents, there is a cacophony […]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Repairs to 88-year-old Plattsmouth Bridge completed
Plattsmouth Bridge Commission spokesman Roger Johnson announced that repair work on the historic Plattsmouth Toll Bridge spanning the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa has been completed, The Plattsmouth Journal reports. Repairs on the 0.2-mile bridge structure, which was originally built in 1929, began in November 2017 and included the replacement of multiple gusset plates […]
February 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
Program to train Mexican truck drivers reduces safety violations, Ariz. DOT says
Arizona transportation officials report that a new safety instruction program it provides to truck drivers in Mexico is leading to fewer safety violations at the state’s international ports of entry. “It’s a dramatic improvement that’s saving international carriers time and money, making Arizona roads safer and helping Arizona better appeal to drivers who might otherwise […]
February 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ohio Turnpike handles most vehicles in 62-year history
The Ohio Turnpike logged another record year in traffic volume in 2017. This is the third year in a row the turnpike has broken traffic records, with a total of 55.2 million vehicles traveling the tollway last year, up from 54.9 million in 2016, according to the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. The increased number […]
February 1, 2018
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