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Roadbuilding

From demo to done, PennDOT uses precast concrete for quick I-78 bridge project

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 5-0 reports that its Interstate 78 project in Berks County, which featured multiple bridges built using innovative construction practices and precast concrete materials, was successfully completed in 8.5 months, rather than four years. All six bridges were completely designed and constructed with prestressed and precast concrete members produced […]

April 18, 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

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

Highway funding rises in new federal spending bill signed by Trump

The new $1.3 trillion federal spending package approved just before a government shutdown deadline boosts funding for highway programs by 8 percent and triples the funding to the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, program, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The appropriations were passed by the Senate after a late-night […]

March 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

New Autobahn-tested bridge ‘transition zones’ could replace expansion joints

Expansion joints are an important part of bridges that prevent the pavement from cracking when it expands in hot weather and contracts in cold weather, but they require a lot of maintenance. However, Daily Commercial News reports that researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed a system that features a transition zone a […]

March 23, 2018

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures reconstruction of 225-year-old bridge — the oldest in N.J.

The Work Zone Cam time-lapse video below shows the reconstruction and reopening of the oldest stone arch bridge in Princeton, New Jersey, the 225-year-old Stony Brook Bridge on Route 206. The bridge partially collapsed after heavy rains in February 2016 and was closed, NJ.com reports. Emergency repairs allowed it to open temporarily, but the damage […]

March 9, 2018

Roadbuilding

Cranes lift girders into place on Penn.’s Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway bridge

The video below was taken on February 20 and captures the placement of the first steel girders on the bridge piers of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway project (CSVT) bridge. PennLive reports that the 4,500-foot-long bridge will carry traffic over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Union Township, Union County, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department […]

March 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

182-year-old Ky. covered bridge gets temporary repairs after flood damage

Kentucky transportation officials report that Dover Covered Bridge, which was built in 1835 in Mason County in northeastern Kentucky, has been temporarily stabilized after it was damaged by major flooding along Lee Creek in 2017. Two 12,000-pound steel support beams that had been added to the bridge in the 1980s were torn off by the […]

March 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

La. DOTD seeks first P3 venture for Belle Chasse Tunnel and Bridge replacement

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) Secretary Shawn D. Wilson announced that the department is moving forward with plans to solicit partners for its very first Public Private Partnership (P3). The P3 venture would provide the estimated $122 million needed to replace the Belle Chasse Tunnel and Bridge, which are the primary access points […]

March 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

Hawaii reduces weight limits on some bridges on 4 islands

Hawaiian officials plan to change weight limit restrictions for bridges on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai after reassessing how it calculates bridge weight restrictions due to the effect of heavy trucks, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports. According to the news agency, Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) officials don’t expect the changes to […]

February 28, 2018

Roadbuilding

Alaska DOT plans repairs to Near Island Bridge in Kodiak

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is planning repairs to Near Island Bridge in the spring of 2019 to reduce current maintenance efforts and preserve the service life of the bridge, the Daily News Miner reports. The bridge, also known as the Kodiak Harbor Channel Bridge, was built in 1989 to connect Kodiak […]

February 23, 2018

Roadbuilding

British Columbia’s new Johnson Street Bridge lift span has successful test

On February 6, the 151-foot span of the new Johnson Street Bridge rose to its full 77-degree angle for the first time, the Times Colonist reports. The bridge, which is designed to lift so that marine traffic can pass, had only been lifted to 20 degrees in a prior test the night before. “The amazing […]

February 20, 2018