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Arlington Memorial Bridge to receive $227 million for repairs

The National Park Service (NPS) announced the approval of a $227 million project to repair and rehabilitate the 85-year-old Arlington Memorial Bridge. According to The Washington Post, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and members of the District and Virginia congressional delegation issued a press release stating that the contract secures funding to repair the aging bridge, which was determined […]

December 11, 2017

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Opening of Maine’s Sarah Mildred Long Bridge delayed again

The projected opening of the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge has been postponed again, possibly until late December 2017. According to the Bangor Daily News, Maine Department of Transportation Press Secretary Ted Talbot said project administrators are working with its general contractor, Cianbro Corp., to identify what has caused the opening to be delayed several […]

December 8, 2017

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TxDOT breaks ground on I-69/I-610 West Loop Interchange

On November 28 the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held a groundbreaking ceremony for reconstruction of the I-69/I-610 West Loop Interchange project, The Houston Chronicle reports. In attendance were Texas Transportation Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr.; U.S. Congressman John Culberson; Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; State Rep. Sarah Davis; TxDOT Houston District Engineer Quincy Allen; and other […]

December 7, 2017

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Residents blame flats on highway department’s choice in gravel

Some people in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, are complaining about the material being used on local roads, claiming it’s puncturing their tires, cbcnews.com reports. “We’re probably getting 40 tires a month with these rocks in them,” Dustin McCulley, who has owned Endurance Automo tive in Dawson City since 2004, told the news agency, adding that […]

December 6, 2017

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Pre-cast concrete key to Sarah Mildred Long Bridge construction

Engineers believe the $158.5 million Sarah Mildred Long Bridge project, connecting Portsmouth, N.H., with Kittery, Maine, may be the first vertical-lift bridge to use precast-concrete segmental towers, the Engineering News-Record reports. Construction of the new bridge carrying U.S. Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River began in 2015. The bridge is slated to open by […]

December 5, 2017

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Iowa DOT says I-74 bridge project on track, with parts ahead of schedule

During the first of many project updates, the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) told the Davenport City Council that all parts of the new Interstate 74 bridge project spanning the Mississippi River are on track or ahead of schedule, even though it doesn’t look like much is going on, the Quad-City Times reports. Most […]

December 5, 2017

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ADOT reduces speed on portion of I-40 after wrong asphalt mix applied

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has reduced the speed limit on Interstate 40 between Parks and Bellemont from 75 to 55 miles per hour because of slick road conditions. According to the Arizona Daily Sun, the department released a statement saying that the slick road conditions were the result of the wrong asphalt mix […]

December 5, 2017

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Worker seriously injured on lower level of Bayonne Bridge

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported that the Bayonne Bridge was closed to traffic in both directions on Tuesday afternoon after a worker was seriously injured, according to silive.com. The injured worker is part of the crew that is dismantling the lower level of the span as part of the “Raise […]

December 1, 2017

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Shilling joins Skelly and Loy as geo-environmental scientist

Skelly and Loy, a Pennsylvania-based engineering and environmental consulting firm, announced that Mallory Shilling has joined the company as a Geo-Environmental Scientist. Shilling assists with site evaluations, research, field sampling, and technical report preparation for all phases of Environmental Site Assessments. She also conducts necessary sampling and oversight of emergency spill cleanup through the Pennsylvania […]

November 30, 2017

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VDOT breaks ground on $3.7B I-66 expansion project

A groundbreaking ceremony on Monday marked the beginning of a $3.7 billion dollar highway project that will expand Interstate 66 to 10 lanes — three regular and two express lanes in each direction — outside of the Beltway in northern Virginia, wtop.com reports.The project includes plans for major interchange improvements, park-and-ride lots, and accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians. […]

November 29, 2017

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Implosion demolishes final two piers of old San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

On November 11, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) imploded the last two remaining piers (E17 and E18) of the 13 marine foundations that were part of the original east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, NBC Bay Area reports. “It went well, it went according to plan,” Alejandro Lopez of Caltrans told the […]

November 28, 2017

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New Brunswick covered bridge to be restored

Some Charlotte County residents who launched a campaign to make sure New Brunswick didn’t lose another covered bridge were thrilled to learn that the McGuire covered bridge in Elmsville, near St. George, will be restored. The St. Couix Courier reports that the bridge had been closed because of structural problems. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Bill Fraser […]

November 27, 2017