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Roadbuilding

Top 5 U.S. transportation infrastructure project needs highlighted at beginning of 2016 Infrastructure Week

As Infrastructure Week 2016 got underway Monday, The Hill created a list of what it considers to be five of the top needed transportation infrastructure projects in the country, admitting that such a list is subjective, but that it highlights the continued need for funding such projects. The list includes: Brent Spence Bridge – This bridge first opened in 1963 and spans […]

May 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

A drone’s-eye view of Bertha’s work inside Washington’s SR 99 tunnel

Bertha, the largest tunnel-boring machine in the world, is back at work once again and tunneling below the Alaskan Way Viaduct which its SR 99 tunnel will replace. But just a few days before Bertha descended below the Seattle viaduct, Washington State Department of Transportation officials decided to fly a drone through the incomplete tunnel. […]

May 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

WSDOT bridge inspectors detail their work to a curious public

Bridge inspectors in Spokane regularly inspect bridges to make sure they are safe for vehicles. And there’s nothing especially surprising about that fact to those within the transportation industry. But it’s a fact those inside the Washington State Department of Transportation reiterated to a public growing more and more worried about the stability of their […]

April 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tour the world’s new longest floating bridge in Seattle

After more than a decade of planning and five years of construction, the world’s longest floating bridge is set to open in Seattle, Kiro 7 News reports. The State Route 520 bridge spans Lake Washington, connecting Seattle with cities on the east side of the lake. The new bridge will be nearly twice as wide as the […]

March 31, 2016

Roadbuilding

Man killed after hitting parked WSDOT traffic control truck

A man died in Washington Monday morning after he drove at high speed into the back of a parked Washington Department of Transportation truck. KIRO in Seattle reported that the driver of a Ford Explorer was driving down Interstate 5 in Everett, Wash., and somehow ended up driving on the shoulder before slamming into the back […]

March 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bertha back to drilling after suspension is “conditionally lifted”

Bertha hasn’t been blessed with the best of luck in Seattle, but the world’s largest tunnel boring machine is back to drilling again for now. The Seattle Tunnel Partners announced that the Washington State Department of Transportation has decided to conditionally lift the suspension for cause that Gov. Jay Inslee enacted in January following the formation of a sink […]

February 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Washington governor announces new acting DOT Secretary

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee named Roger Millar as the state’s new acting Secretary of Transportation. According to a press release from the governor, Millar, current Deputy Secretary, will take over leading the Washington Department of Transportation immediately. “WSDOT is fortunate to have Roger, an accomplished engineer and transportation leader, to step up in this pivotal […]

February 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Imposter pranks TV anchors by saying he’s with VDOT, referring to prostitutes, drug deals

The recent winter storm that hit the East Coast disrupted everything in the region, but one prankster was more of a disruption for NBC Washington’s coverage of the weather. According to the DCist, the Washington, D.C. NBC affiliate interviewed a man claiming to be Virginia Department of Transportation spokesperson Jason Bond, it became obvious the man […]

February 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Washington governor halts Bertha tunneling after sinkhole forms

Bertha didn’t get back to work for long. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has put the brakes on the massive tunnel boring machine once again after a sinkhole formed. According to King 5, Inslee announced on Thursday that the machine boring the tunnel for the new State Route 99 in Seattle had to be halted over safety […]

January 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bertha breaks through repair wall and begins tunneling soil once more

It’s taken two years in repairs and delays, but Bertha has broken through her concrete repair pit. The Washington State Department of Transportation said in a press release last week that the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine had broken through the pit and mined 73 feet in a little more than three weeks. The Seattle Tunnel Partners were […]

January 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

Thief steals dump truck, backhoe from Wash. asphalt contractor in Christmas heist

Police in Lakewood are searching for a thief responsible for what AA Asphalting owner John Alcorn called “the biggest hit we’ve ever had in 38 years.” According to a report from King 5 TV, an unidentified man “broke through the gates of a secure lot where the company’s equipment is kept,” and left with 20 […]

January 6, 2016

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USDOT Undersecretary steps down to take over Seattle’s Sound Transit

U.S. Department of Transportation Undersecretary Peter Rogoff is leaving the federal agency to head up Seattle’s Sound Transit. Rogoff has held the USDOT’s third highest position since 2014 when he was confirmed by the Senate after being nominated for the promotion by Secretary Anthony Foxx. Rogoff previously ran the Federal Transit Administration from 2009 until 2014. Rogoff spent 22 years […]

November 23, 2015