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Roadbuilding

For moving road projects, MnDOT develops remote control flagger robot

Working with a trailer manufacturer, a Minnesota research team has developed a moving automated flagger assistance device (AFAD) that signals traffic at work zones. Field testing on the well-received device continues as this construction season gets underway. Minnesota Department of Transportation developed this Automatic Flagger Assistance Device (AFAD) for moving road work zones, such as […]

April 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Three bridges receive Slag Cement Association awards

Nine outstanding construction projects that used slag cement received 2017 Project of the Year Awards from the Slag Cement Association (SCA) during the American Concrete Institute’s 2018 Spring Convention in Salt Lake City. Each project was selected by the SCA’s Technical Marketing Committee because of its exemplary and innovative uses of slag cement in concrete […]

April 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Is this guy building his own off ramp on the N.Y. Thruway?

After a years-long dispute with the state of New York over allegedly untaxed cigarette sales, one member of the Seneca Nation of Indians may be taking his beef with the state one step further with what some drivers and at least one local news outlet say appears to be the construction of an unapproved off-ramp […]

April 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Ship hits Tacony-Palmyra Bridge causing 5 hour closure

A ship hit part of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River at approximately 10:15 Wednesday night, April 4, 2018, causing the closure of the bridge for more than five hours, NJ.com reports. According to a spokeswoman for the Burlington County Bridge Commission, the bridge was in the open position when the ship made contact […]

April 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Font designed for easier readability on roadway signs is reinstated, two years after FHWA prohibited it

A font designed for easy reading on state highway traffic signs has been reinstated following the passage of the federal omnibus bill, according to the American Traffic Safety Services Association. There’s been back and forth on whether this font should be used, and the federal government has changed its own course over the letter style […]

April 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work on $60 million Champ Clark Bridge over Miss. River progressing

According to WGEM.com, all the underwater work for eight drilled shafts on the new $60 million Champ Clark Bridge has been completed and crews are now focusing on the concrete substructure. The next phase of construction will be the piers in the water. The bridge spans the Mississippi River along U.S. 54 and connects the […]

April 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

Longitudinal grooving touted as an economical means of improving traction

Departments of Transportation across the United States are always exploring new ways of improving traction to enhance wet-weather safety while trying to contain rising costs – and longitudinal diamond grooving is one way to do it, according to a nonprofit trade group. The group, the International Grooving and Grinding Association (IGGA), says longitudinal diamond grooving is […]

April 10, 2018

Roadbuilding

For Work Zone Awareness week, NAPA launches “WatchForUs” campaign against distracted driving

With more than 80,000 crashes each year in roadway work zones, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) is kicking off WatchForUs, a new distracted driving campaign for National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 9‒13. Every year, between 500 to 1,000 people are killed in work-zone accidents, Federal Highway Administration statistics show. “With WatchForUs, NAPA […]

April 10, 2018

Roadbuilding

Trump infrastructure adviser resigns; President touts plan as job creator

A week after President Donald Trump traveled to Ohio to push his infrastructure plan, the designer of the $200 billion proposal has announced his resignation. D.J. Gribbin, the special assistant to the president for infrastructure, joined the White House in January 2017 and is credited with developing the infrastructure plan, which calls for $200 billion […]

April 9, 2018

Roadbuilding

Minn. announces $1.1B in road and bridge projects for 2018

Minnesota transportation officials have announced a total of $1.1 billion in state road and bridge projects throughout the state this year. Many of the 253 projects are already underway, supporting thousands of construction jobs, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. “These projects are critical investments in Minnesota’s aging transportation system,” says Charlie Zelle, Minnesota transportation […]

April 9, 2018

Roadbuilding

New smart memory alloy designed to replace rebar in bridges as earthquake reinforcement

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan have developed smart memory alloys for use in concrete bridges in earthquake-prone areas that they say are safer and more cost-effective than steel rebar. “Conventional steel rebar reinforcements have been used for years in building structurally sound bridges,” said Shahria Alam, associate professor of engineering and […]

April 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

Lincoln South Beltway project in Neb. moves to final design stage

The Lincoln South Beltway is now ready for final design and for right-of-way acquisition after clearing environmental review, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. The $300 million project involves building an 11-mile freeway south of Lincoln between U.S. 77 and Nebraska Highway 2. The beltway will improve east‑west regional and interstate traffic flow through […]

April 6, 2018