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Roadbuilding

MoDOT begins work on first of 2 major road projects in St. Louis

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began work on one of two major road construction projects planned for St. Louis in June, Fox 2 News reports. On June 2, the agency began removing the Grand Bridge over Interstate 44. Crews will demolish and rebuild the bridge in two halves so that Grand can remain open to traffic. One lane […]

June 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tennessee General Assembly votes to increase county roads, bridges funding

There’s a lot of road work ahead for county roads and bridges in Tennessee. The Tennessee General Assembly voted to triple the amount of funding allotted for county roads and bridges with an additional $42 million to divide between the counties, whjl.com reports. It also voted to allow counties to pay only 2 percent of the cost for road and bridge […]

June 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT unveils monument honoring Lewis and Clark River Bridge engineer

On May 24, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) unveiled an interpretive display on the western approach to the Lewis and Clark River Bridge to honor the craftsmanship of Conde B. McCullough, the state bridge engineer who designed 13 bridges along the Oregon Coast between 1919 and 1935, The Daily Astorian reports. The state is in the midst of a […]

June 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

New York DOT completes 3-year restoration of Patroon Island Bridge

Improvements to save the Patroon Island Bridge, which began in 2013, have been completed, Time Warner Cable News reports. Each day more than 70,000 motorists cross the Hudson River on the Interstate 90 bridge to travel between Albany and Rensselaer Counties. The New York Department of Transportation (NYDOT) called it one of the largest road construction projects in Upstate New York history. […]

June 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma DOT implodes U.S. 169 bridge over Bird Creek as part of a major construction project

On May 29, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) closed U.S. 169 to implode the last section of an old bridge over Bird Creek as part of a $45 million major construction project in Owasso, Fox 25 News reports. Some of the lanes are still closed for the ongoing construction project. “We’re making really good […]

June 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

U.S. Army to test driverless, connected vehicle tech on I-69 in Michigan

A convoy of U.S. Army vehicles will be cruising Michigan’s Interstate 69 in late June to test technology being developed for driverless and connected vehicles, The Times Herald reports. The convoy will test vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure radio communications, which is the type of computerized communication that would be used in an autonomous vehicle. “This is the first time […]

May 31, 2016

Class 7-8

Mack, Volvo unveil 2016 “Ride for Freedom” trucks honoring U.S. military

Both Mack and Volvo Trucks have unveiled heavy haulers customized to honor U.S. military members for this weekend’s Ride for Freedom rally in Washington, D.C. Employees at Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, Va., put together the truck you see above, a Volvo VNL 670 model. It features custom-designed graphics that honor […]

May 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Las Vegas spending $20 million on seismic updates to bridges on I-15

While engineers try to figure out why a bridge in Oklahoma failed so easily when it was hit by a truck on May 19, highway workers in Las Vegas are busy making sure their bridges are safe. According to 3 News Las Vegas, several Interstate 15 bridges are receiving $20 million worth of seismic updates. “We are wrapping […]

May 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

AAA: 70% of motorists concerned about road conditions

A recent AAA survey shows that nearly 70 percent of motorists are concerned about road conditions. The top concerns are too much traffic/congestion (48 percent) and unsafe roads and bridges (36 percent). “Bad roads and traffic gridlock can make summer travel unpleasant and costly for U.S. drivers,” Jill Ingrassia, AAA managing director of Government Relations & Traffic Safety Advocacy said […]

May 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Poor bridge ranking sparks Iowa group’s calls for more DOT funding

The advocacy group Progress Iowa says Iowans are driving on some of the worst bridges in the country, kcrg.com reports. The group is calling on state lawmakers to provide more funding to the Iowa Department of Transportation for bridge inspections, after the legislature cut nearly $5 million from this year’s DOT budget. “Iowa is now number one […]

May 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

MoDOT slides I-70 bridge into place over Garth Ave.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says the new Interstate 70 bridge at Garth Avenue is only the second bridge in Missouri to be slid into place from its nearby location, but more bridges at Range Line Street and Business Loop will be shifted into place this summer. Due to rain, the bridge slide was postponed from […]

May 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Florida road construction worker killed by sweeper truck

On Friday, May 13, a 69-year-old road construction worker was killed when he was run over by a sweeper truck on a job site on Florida 207 in Hastings, The Florida Times-Union reports. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the victim as Everett Leslie Rolfe of Holly Hill. According to the report, the sweeper truck was cleaning the left lane after it […]

May 24, 2016