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Roadbuilding

ARTBA ranks Nevada bridges #1 in the nation

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recently-released analysis of bridges in the United States shows that only 1.6 percent of Nevada’s approximately 2,000 public bridges are considered structurally deficient, once again making Nevada the top ranking state in the nation, the Carson Valley Times reports. The Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) bridge inspection and rehabilitation program has […]

March 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

PennDOT plans to replace 20 structurally deficient bridges in Lancaster County in 2017

A report released by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) on Feb. 15 lists Pennsylvania as second among the states with structurally deficient bridges. In effort to bring that number down, PennDOT is planning to replace 20 bridges in Lancaster County in 2017 at an average cost of $1.59 million apiece, Lancaster Online reports. “We’ve been chipping away […]

February 28, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT installing the first of 52 active traffic management signs on its highways

Earlier this month, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) began upgrading the way it alerts motorists by installing the first of 52 Active Traffic Management (ATM) signs on a portion of U.S. 95,  the Las Vegas Sun reports. The signs are part of Project Neon, a nearly $1 million project that includes widening 3.7 miles of Interstate 15 from […]

February 27, 2017

Roadbuilding

Wyoming DOT awards $12 million in highway contracts

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is moving ahead with its aggressive repairs to the state’s transportation system, announcing that the Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded $12 million in highway contracts during the month of February 2017. The following list provides information about each project: $3.3 million was awarded to McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. to remove ruts on 9 miles of […]

February 24, 2017

Home

Oregon DOT’s Ochoco Creek bridge demo and reconstruction time-lapse

The time-lapse video below shows the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) replacement of the OR 380 bridge over Ochoco Creek in Prineville. The original bridge, which was built in the 1920s, was completely demolished and replaced in three weeks using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC). The new 1 million-pound bridge was slid into place after the old bridge […]

February 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Conn. man arrested for hitting flagman and fleeing scene

On Feb. 15, a 40-year-old Mansfield man, Christopher Hand, struck a flagman at a construction site on Route 195 in Connecticut and fled the scene, the Hartford Courant reports. The state police reported that the collision occurred about 1:40 a.m. Police told the news agency that Hand was driving north on Route 195 when he veered out of his lane, struck […]

February 21, 2017

Workforce

NAWIC to celebrate Women in Construction Week March 5-11

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) will celebrate Women in Construction (WIC) Week March 5-11, 2017. “NAWIC has enhanced the success of women in the industry for more than 62 years,” said NAWIC President Connie M. Leipard, CIT, in a press release. “We are proud to highlight contributions of women to the industry during […]

February 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Florida’s Blue Bridge, a once-vital hand-op swing bridge on U.S. 17, turns 90

When the U.S. Highway 17 Blue Bridge spanning the St. Marys River was built in February 1927, it made the Atlantic Coast Highway the nation’s first “ferry-less route to Florida,” goldlenisles.news reports. Before its completion, motorists had to stop at Wilds Landing in Kingsland to wait for a ferry. Florida and Georgia agreed to share the cost of […]

February 20, 2017

Business

Alexander Acosta is President Trump’s new nomination for Secretary of Labor

Less than 24 hours after Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination as Secretary of Labor, President Trump announced the nomination of Alexander Acosta to fill the position during a press conference at the White House, saying, “I think he’ll be a tremendous Secretary of Labor,” The Hill reports. Acosta is a Republican and served on the National Labor […]

February 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Milwaukee County DOT receives first Safe and Sustainable Snowfighting Award

The Salt Institute presented a Safe and Sustainable Snowfighting Award to Milwaukee County’s Department of Transportation Highway Division for excellence in environmental consciousness and effective management in the storage of winter road salt, CBS 58 WDJT-Milwaukee reports. This is the agency’s first time receiving the award and it joined 86 other transportation facilities in the […]

February 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT testing drones for bridge inspections

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is conducting a study to test using drones for bridge inspections, hoping the technology will help save money and provide an eye in the sky to see how bridges are holding up, KARE 11 reports. Cameras on the drone allow inspectors to see the bridge in real time and detect temperature changes […]

February 15, 2017

Roadbuilding

Worker falls 30 feet onto another worker at Oregon’s Ross Island Bridge

Authorities say two workers suffered serious injuries Feb. 8 when one fell at least 30 feet from scaffolding on the Ross Island Bridge and landed on another worker, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports. The workers were repainting the bridge, which is part of a rehabilitation project that began in 2014. Fire crews were called to the bridge south of downtown Portland at approximately 8:25 […]

February 14, 2017