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Roadbuilding

NDSU to receive $2.5 million federal grant for infrastructure preservation study

Researchers from five states—North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado—hope to develop new ways to preserve and improve transportation infrastructure through a newly-awarded federal grant in the amount of $2.5 million over the next five years, Inforum reports. The research will be headed up by North Dakota State University’s Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. Tom […]

January 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

World’s highest bridge opens in China

The Beipanjiang Bridge in Guizhou province in southwest China, the world’s highest bridge, was opened to traffic Dec. 29. The 1,341-meter-long structure is equivalent to a 200-story building, soaring 565 meters above the Beipanjiang Valley. Construction began in 2013, at a cost of approximately $143 million. The bridge connects the mountainous provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan, and […]

January 6, 2017

Construction Equipment

CNH honored with 2 awards from AEM

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) recently honored CNH Industrial with its “Pillar of the Industry” award. This is the fifth year in a row that CNH Industrial has been recognized for improving the business environment for equipment manufacturers in the United States in 2016 and for its participation in AEM’s “I Make America” grassroots program. CNH […]

January 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

WSDOT fabricators make all traffic signs for the agency at cost

A team of seven sign fabricators at the Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) regional headquarters in Union Gap is responsible for creating all the signs for the DOT, as well as signs for other government agencies and some outside entities, Yakima Herald.com reports. Every year, the fabricators create approximately 100,000 square feet of signage at a cost of […]

January 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

Dave Ross to replace Mark Gottlieb as Wisconsin DOT secretary

Gov. Scott Walker has named Dave Ross as the next Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary, replacing Mark Gottlieb who resigning effective Jan. 6. Ross, who will take over the department Jan. 7, formerly served as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services. Before that, he served two terms as mayor of […]

December 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Two bridge replacements complete at Rondout Reservoir in N.Y.

The $7 million replacement of two 60-year-old bridges— the 150-foot-long Lows Corners Bridge carrying Route 55A over Rondout Creek, and the 50-foot-long Sugarloaf Bridge carrying Sundown Road over Sugarloaf Brook—has been completed, MidHudsonNews.com reports. The two bridges are located at the upper end of Rondout Reservoir in Sullivan County, New York. “Projects like this are important for the […]

December 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Yucca Loma Bridge in Calif. set to open May 2017

Apple Valley (Calif.) officials have tentatively scheduled a date for the opening of the Yucca Loma Bridge over the Mojave River. Town spokeswoman Kathie Martin told the Daily Press the bridge will open to traffic nearly two months ahead of schedule on May 22, 2017, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community bike ride scheduled for May […]

December 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

France opens world’s first solar highway in Normandy as part of larger 4-year deployment

France has opened the world’s first “solar highway,” a half-mile-long “Wattway” covered with 30,000 square feet of resin-coated solar panels that is connected to the local power grid, according to a report from Phys.org The country’s Environment Minister Segolene Royal was present at the highway’s opening. The solar road will provide power to the street lights of Tourouvre in Normandy. […]

December 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Newport News (Va.) receives $3.6 million in state, federal funding for transportation projects

Newport News recently received $3.6 million in state and federal funding for five different transportation-related projects, the Daily Press reports. Projects include a bridge replacement at Lake Maury, traffic signal improvements, a sidewalk/crosswalk/lighting project for Washington Ave. and work at the Warwick Boulevard/Harpersville Road intersection. The $1.24 million grant for the bridge replacement project, which is scheduled to […]

December 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Half of century-old Conn. bridge will open to two-lane traffic while other half is rebuilt

Two-lane traffic is expected to resume on the East Center Street bridge over Wharton Brook in Connecticut by the end of December 2016. Myrecordjournal.com reports that crews are replacing one half of the bridge at a time, so traffic is restricted to one lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays. By the end of […]

December 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

The heavy equipment behind moving and erecting the 2016 Capitol Christmas tree

An 80-foot Englemann spruce Christmas tree is the latest “People’s Tree”. Now adorned with thousands of lights and some 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho, the tree made a 4,000-mile, three-week journey from the Payette National Forest in Idaho to the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) lit […]

December 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bridge replacement time-lapse covers demolition, gives great view of deck placement

The video below shows time-lapse footage of the demolition and reconstruction of the 140-year-old Station Road Bridge in Hucknall, Nottingham, England, which passes over a railway. The project was done as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan. The especially interesting thing about this video is the view from the piece of equipment used to move the […]

December 23, 2016