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Roadbuilding

$33.4M Ill. Route 23 project gets under way in Marengo

The Illinois Tollway is starting construction on the $33.4 million Illinois Route 23 Interchange Project on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90) in Marengo. The project will create a new, full-access interchange with local road improvements, including construction of roundabouts, the plans say. The Illinois Route 23 Interchange will be the first interstate connection […]

March 21, 2019

Roadbuilding

Atlanta Mayor plans to create city department of transportation

During her annual State of the City speech, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that she plans to create a city Department of Transportation to help address potholes and traffic, AJC reports. Councilman Andre Dickens said he plans to introduce legislation creating the new department to the city council right away. Dickens came up with […]

March 21, 2019

Roadbuilding

Chao discusses emerging transportation technologies council at SXSW

At South by Southwest (SXSW) in March 2019, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao noted that the Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology Council would meet for the first time that week to discuss several topics with industry innovators, including tunneling, hyper loops, and self-driving cars, the Statesman reports. “We basically have a 20th century organizational […]

March 20, 2019

Roadbuilding

Minn. governor proposes 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase

Minnesota’s new Governor, Tim Walz, is proposing to increase Minnesota’s gas tax by 20 cents per gallon to pay for road and bridge projects. Under Walz’s budget proposal, the state’s gas tax would increase to 48.6 cents from 28.6 cents, a 70-percent jump, KSTP TV reports. That would make Minnesota’s tax the fourth-highest in the […]

March 20, 2019

Roadbuilding

TRB webinar to delve into methods for determining whether roadway will sustain super heavy load

The impacts of superheavy load (SHL) movement on flexible pavements – and processes for best handling that – will be the subject of a free upcoming Transportation Research Board webinar. It’s part of a U.S. Federal Highway Administration-sponsored research project. SHL hauling units are much larger and heavier than standard trucks and may […]

March 19, 2019

Roadbuilding

Littleton receives Domino’s Paving for Pizza grant in Colo.

Littleton, Colo., was chosen as a recipient of Domino’s “Paving for Pizza” grant to fix potholes, according to a press release from the City of Littleton. “Cracks, bumps, and potholes can easily ruin a good carryout pizza, and nobody wants that,” said Mike Rea, who owns one of the Littleton Domino’s locations, in a city […]

March 19, 2019

Roadbuilding

A step-by-step look at the Arlington Memorial Bridge rehab

The Arlington Memorial Bridge rehabilitation project is now moving into the heavy construction phase, with lanes being closed to allow workers to cut the bridge deck into pieces for removal. The National Park Service has released a video giving a step-by-step view of the project: https://www.nps.gov/audiovideo/gwmp/E6BE2184-A37A-78A2-5CE9C126B139AA12/gwmp-Part3ConstructionPhasingv14_640x360.mp4   The new lane patterns for the historic bridge […]

March 18, 2019

Safety

Tips for avoiding UV-related skin damage for road, construction workers

Although parts of the country are still recovering from blizzards, Spring “officially” began on March 20, 2019, and Summer is only a few months away. That means lots of sunshine is on its way, and those who work outdoors will soon have to think about protecting themselves from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. The American […]

March 18, 2019

Roadbuilding

Accelerated Bridge Construction picks up speed with lower costs, safer job sites

The use of Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) is growing, with prefabricated elements and systems reducing or eliminating the onsite construction time needed to build a similar structure using conventional methods. ABC relies on innovative planning, design, materials and construction methods to reduce both onsite bridge construction and reconstruction time. That’s important to highway contractors who […]

March 15, 2019

Home

Large sinkhole develops on I-20 in Texas

Eastbound Interstate 20 was closed in Van, Texas, after a large sinkhole was reported on Monday, KLTV reports. The Van Fire Department was called to the 545 mile marker of eastbound I-20 where motorists had reported seeing the large sinkhole. “We have not yet been given an estimated time to reopen the Interstate,” a representative […]

March 15, 2019

Roadbuilding

Woman fixes pothole in busy Ark. road after city denies responsibility

When drivers started to complain about a certain, large pothole on Savannah Drive in Maumelle, Arkansas, and city officials said it was not the responsibility of the City of Maumelle to maintain the privately owned road, Sara Martin took it upon herself to fix it, KARK.com reports. Martin went to a hardware store, bought some […]

March 14, 2019

Roadbuilding

Researchers develop low-cost stop-sign warning system

Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio believe they have found a low-cost solution to improving safety when driving rural roads at night. The Rural Area Vehicle Detection, as it is called, is a solar-powered warning system that alerts drivers to an upcoming stop sign, reports UTSA Today. The system’s thermal-energy technology detects […]

March 14, 2019