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Roadbuilding

New Canandaigua Road bridge opens over Erie Canal in New York

The new Canandaigua Road bridge over the Erie Canal in Macedon, New York, opened October 1, the Times of Wayne County reports. The new steel bridge is supported by two piers and features two 11-foot travel lanes with 4-foot shoulders on each side and a 5-foot concrete sidewalk on the west side that connects the Erie Canalway […]

October 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

Penn. county will use P3 to replace 33 structurally deficient bridges

Pennsylvania transportation officials will be watching Northampton County for the next few years as it begins a program to replace or repair more than a fourth of its bridges. The Morning Call reports that the county’s General Purpose Authority will award a Private-Public Partnership (P3) contract to replace 33 structurally deficient bridges in record time, while locking in the county’s costs. […]

September 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Erie County (NY) wraps up 2016 program to patch and resurface rural roads

Erie County, New York, recently wrapped up its 2016 rural road repair program, consisting of patching and resurfacing 172 miles of gravel roads in Aurora, Clarence, East Concord, and Hamburg, The Buffalo News reports. County crews used more than 12,000 tons of patch to repair potholes, and then covered the road surface with an oil and chip process that used […]

September 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

How crews are lifting the Bayonne Bridge’s roadway while keeping its arch in place

A video report recently posted by SILive.com provides a tour of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $1.3 billion Bayonne Bridge construction project, which began in 2013 and is “Raising the Roadway” without altering the bridge’s existing arch. “One of the interesting things about the Bayonne Bridge is that, with most bridges you’re […]

August 15, 2016

Business

“Whatever it takes” the philosophy behind resilient New York contractor Gorick Construction

“Whatever it takes” on the surface may bring up thoughts of driving a square peg through a round hole with an enormous hammer, but for Al Gorick, it signifies a philosophy that a job will be done the right way, no matter what resources are needed. The slogan is part of Gorick Construction’s logo, and […]

July 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

Route 219 bridge demolished in 3 seconds over Cattaraugus Creek in New York

Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Transportation oversaw the implosion of the old Route 219 bridge over Cattaraugus Creek in Springville, N.Y. According to a report by WIVB TV, the bridge was imploded to make room for a $16.9 million design-build project to replace the bridge with a modern structure. Construction of the new bridge is […]

June 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

New York DOT completes 3-year restoration of Patroon Island Bridge

Improvements to save the Patroon Island Bridge, which began in 2013, have been completed, Time Warner Cable News reports. Each day more than 70,000 motorists cross the Hudson River on the Interstate 90 bridge to travel between Albany and Rensselaer Counties. The New York Department of Transportation (NYDOT) called it one of the largest road construction projects in Upstate New York history. […]

June 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

85-year-old George Washington Bridge getting much-needed $2 billion renovation

The 85-year-old George Washington Bridge, spanning the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, is getting some much-needed major renovations to keep it alive into the next century. NJ.com reports that officials are planning an intricate construction schedule involving 11 projects as part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s nearly $2 billion “Restore the George” program, which would […]

May 12, 2016

Construction Equipment

Welder in pickup pulls stuck semi from snow to clear way for plows on I-490

Never underestimate the power of a Good Samaritan and his truck. With several inches of snow piling up on Interstate 490 in Rochester, New York, a few weeks ago, traffic began piling up as well, according to a report from TWCNews. And with stranded vehicles, including several tractor trailers, crowding a stretch of the interstate, snowplows […]

March 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

New York highway worker accused of firing nail gun at coworker

A highway worker in Putnam County, New York, was arrested recently for allegedly shooting a nail gun at one of his coworkers. No one was injured, but the accused shooter is facing menacing and reckless endangerment charges, according to the Putnam Daily Voice. The Jan. 20 incident began after Santino Pietrosani and a fellow Putnam […]

February 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Riding along with an upstate New York snowplow: a life that “revolves around the weather”

Camillus Highway Department snowplow driver Gary Poppe never knows when the call will come to get out on the roads to clear the snow. He’s out in his snowplow so much fighting back the accumulation in the city, located in upstate New York, that he considers his plow his winter home. “Same with all the other […]

February 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Montana tops list of 10 deadliest states for motorists

Forbes has a new list out of the top 10 deadliest states in America for drivers, and Montana’s 80 mph speed limits and rural roads pushed it to the top spot. Washington, D.C., was named the safest place to drive. The Forbes list is based on a study from the University of Michigan Transportation Research […]

October 8, 2015