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Roadbuilding

Truck driver causes century-old iron bridge to collapse in Indiana

A truck driver tried to cross the historic Paoli bridge in Indiana, but the weight of her vehicle was just too much for the 135-year-old bridge. WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky, reported that the bridge collapsed under the weight of Mary Lambright’s semi truck on Christmas Day. “There have been a few accidents on that bridge […]

January 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Backhoe operator dies from injuries suffered in crash with semi truck

A veteran Indiana highway construction worker has died in the hospital three weeks after he was seriously injured when the he was opedaling was struck by a semi truck. According to The Star Press in Muncie, Indiana, Henry County Highway Department employee Robert Kirby was operating a backhoe Nov. 20 on a state road in New […]

December 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Road workers hurt after driving truck into giant hole

Three Indiana road workers were injured last week when the truck they were riding in fell into a large hole. According to the Indiana State Police, a construction worker with Milestone Paving Company was driving down Interstate 70 in Wayne County with two coworkers when the truck fell into a three-foot deep hole that was about 12-feet wide The crash […]

November 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT installing new signage to raise awareness for safer driving in work zones

The Indiana Department of Transportation has teamed up with the Road Construction Awareness Corporation to install new signs on interstate highways throughout the state that raise awareness for driving safely through road construction zones. According to the INDOT, the new eye-catching orange signs for the “Save-A-Life” campaign will stand at 8-foot by 15-foot and display a message […]

October 27, 2015

Roadbuilding

Indiana county buys its own asphalt plant equipment from federal surplus sale

Daviess County in the southwestern portion of Indiana recently purchased its own asphalt plant through a federal surplus equipment sale, landing the equipment for $500 and spending $11,000 to relocate it, according to a report by the Washington Times Herald. Daviess County Highway Superintendent Phil Cornelius found it on a whim. “I was working late […]

August 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Drone footage shows progress from 4 angles at $1.27B Ohio River East End Crossing project

The 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, 2015

Roadbuilding

Study finds more than 21% of Indiana’s bridges are deficient

A study has found that 21.5 percent of Indiana’s bridges are considered deficient. ABC 6 in Indianapolis reported in addition to 4,103 of the state’s bridges being deficient, 11.5 percent were considered functionally obsolete. Ten percent are structurally deficient. The state’s General Assembly sent $200 million to for transportation construction in the budget, but money from […]

June 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

One dead after couple drives off demolished bridge in Indiana; access and proper signage called into question

A woman was killed March 28 after she and her husband drove off a partially demolished bridge, plunging 37.5 feet to the ground below. According to a report from the Times of Northwest Indiana, 51-year-old Zohra Hussain died of burns after her 2014 Nissan Sentra burst into flames after the fall from the Cline Avenue bridge in East […]

April 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT offers engineering scholarships

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is offering scholarships for full-time students seeking in undergraduate and graduate civil engineering programs at colleges or universities in the state. Scholarship recipients will have to work for INDOT for designated periods as a condition. Scholarships, award in amounts of $3,125 per semester or $2,083 per trimester, can be applied toward an […]

February 26, 2015

Workforce

Indiana House votes to repeal state’s common construction wage

The Indiana House of Representatives has passed a bill that would repeal a state law that sets baseline wages for construction workers on certain public projects. According to a report from the Indianapolis Star, House Republicans squeaked the bill through Monday, accounting for all the yeas in a 55-41 vote. The bill now moves on to the Senate. […]

February 24, 2015

Roadbuilding

Homeless forced to relocate due to bridge construction

Several homeless men who live beneath the 9th Street overpass in Jeffersonville, Indiana, have been forced to move. That’s because Walsh Construction has begun demolition as part of a new phase of Ohio River Bridges Project. This is not the first time the homeless have been forced to move. Last year around a dozen homeless living […]

September 1, 2014

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT awards $102 million for local transportation projects

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is awarding local projects $102 million. Those funds are divided into $70 million for road construction projects, $17 million for bridge construction projects, $12 million for bicycle and pedestrian projects and nearly $3 million for safety projects. The agency says it sets aside 25 percent of the federal funding […]

June 25, 2014