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Roadbuilding

Tenn. DOT using accelerated bridge construction on I-24 bridges in Nashville

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) plans to use accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques for replacing Interstate 24 bridges in downtown Nashville. More than 148,000 vehicles travel on this section of I-24 daily. The $28.5 million project will include replacement of the bridges over Oldham Street and Spring Street on the eastern loop of downtown, […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona’s National Summer Transportation Institute adds two colleges

Arizona’s National Summer Transportation Institute, which introduces high school students to transportation-related careers, is adding Gila Community College and Pima Community College in addition to what has been available at Arizona State University. The Federal Highway Administration funds the program which costs students nothing. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) handles the program, consisting of […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed by machinery in Colorado work zone

A highway construction worker was killed June 15 when a piece of machinery struck him inside the work zone during paving operations on Highway 9, north of Silverthorne, Colorado, CBS Denver reports. The victim has not been identified, and the circumstances of his death were not clear at press time. The Colorado Department of Transportation reports […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Groff Tractor supplies equipment rental for Case equipment grant winner Quincy Township

Case Construction equipment dealer Groff Tractor is supplying the $25,000 in free equipment rental to 2017 Dire States Equipment Grant winner Quincy Township, Pennsylvania. “Dire States was built on the concept of improving state and local infrastructure, and the positive personal and economic effect that infrastructure development has on rural communities—even when it comes to […]

June 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Discovery of human remains halts $2.9 million bridge project in Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) stopped construction on a $2.9 million bridge project that began May 15 after human remains were discovered where an access road needed for the Highway 23 project crosses a historic Indian cemetery and settlement of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa near the St. Louis River […]

June 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT breaks ground on $500 million I-16/I-75 interchange project

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for the Interstate 16/I-75 Interchange Improvement project in Macon, valued at nearly $500 million. The project will add improvements to 2.5 miles of I-75 from Hardeman Avenue to Pierce Avenue and almost 3 miles of I-16 from I-75 to Walnut Creek, GDOT reports. […]

June 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Kentucky gov. approves $24.9 million for transportation alternatives, congestion projects

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has approved $24.9 million for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) and Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) projects across the state. The two systems are administered through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) Office of Local Programs and are federally funded reimbursement programs. They allow local governments to recoup up to 80 percent […]

June 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT to prepare supplemental EIS on I-94 modernization in Detroit

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is planning to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on the modernization of Interstate 94 in Detroit to address using existing roads as local connections to the service drives and interchanges. The SEIS would also address local access ramp modifications to and from I-94 at M-10 (Lodge Freeway) […]

June 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Endangered mussels delay $1.5 million bridge construction project

The $1.5 million Eldamain Road bridge project over Rob Roy Creek in Kendall County, Illinois, is being delayed by the discovery of endangered slippershell mussels near the site, Alton Daily News.com reports. The project, which was originally set to begin on Aug. 4, will now likely be delayed until Sept. 22, according to Fran Klaas, […]

June 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

FHWA decision greenlights Virginia’s Hampton Roads Crossing Study

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a record of decision (ROD) for the Hampton Roads Crossing Study that allows the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to proceed with “more detailed procurement and design of the project.” In the ROD, the FHWA selected Alternative A as the Preferred Alternative that aims to relieve congestions in […]

June 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway’s Bedalov receives NOME Champion Award

The National Organization of Minority Engineers (NOME) has presented Illinois Tollway Executive Director Greg Bedalov with its 2017 Champion Award. NOME presents the award to recognize leadership in the government or corporate community “that exemplifies providing access and advocacy for the advancement of small, minority and women-owned and operated engineering firms within the architectural, engineering and construction […]

June 19, 2017

Dealers

Manitou Americas adds ABLE Equipment Rental to dealer network

Manitou Americas has added ABLE Equipment Rental to its dealer network, with coverage provided out of the dealership’s Dear Park, New York, and Philadelphia locations. “ABLE Equipment Rental is a major supplier of rental products to the industrial and construction equipment market and we are confident that given their track record in the market, they will […]

June 16, 2017