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Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT awarded $10 million to complete parkway authorized in 1944

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Tennessee Department of Transportation a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to complete a 16-mile segment of the Foothills Parkway in Blount and Sevier counties. The National Park Service and the state of Tennessee have committed funding to match the grant to make sure […]

August 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia DOT evaluating project submissions through data-driven SMART SCALE program

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is accepting transportation project submittals from localities and regional organizations for evaluation for funding under the state’s SMART SCALE program beginning today and extending to September 30. The SMART SCALE system prioritizes transportation projects based on need using an data-driven analysis. It stands for System for the Management and […]

August 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Wisconsin needs to recover $939 million to maintain transportation projects

Wisconsin General Assembly Co-Chair Rep. John Nygren recently reported the state needs to recover $939 million to maintain transportation projects approved in the last budget, calling out Gov. Scott Walker’s “unsustainably high amount of transportation bonding” to fund the projects. Nygren reports in a written statement that details from the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau show […]

August 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Caltrans proposes seismic retrofits for bridges in Sacramento region

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is proposing seismic retrofits for three bridges in the Sacramento region: the Mokelumne River Bridge, the North Sacramento Undercrossing Bridge and the Paintersville drawbridge, Capitol Public Radio reports. Caltrans says the bridges are safe, but they don’t meet current requirements for withstanding earthquakes. Dennis Keaton with Caltrans, told the news agency that the project must first […]

August 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

MaineDOT gets $10.5 million TIGER grant for Beals Island Bridge replacement

The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has been awarded a $10.5 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for replacing the Beals Island Bridge in Jonesport. “This important funding will allow the MaineDOT to move forward in replacing the bridge, improving public safety, increasing connectivity between the island […]

August 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Full-width paving project orchestrates dozens of machines, lays 8,000 tons of asphalt in one day

A video by Dmitry Chistoprudov shows a heavily orchestrated performance of paving recently on a section of Tverskaya Street in Moscow near the Kremlin/Red Square area, with the entire width of the roadway being paved at roughly the same time. Chistoprudov says in the video description that over the course of a day 8,000 tons […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Pavement preservation takes aim at Interstates

Interest is expanding from preservation of low- and medium-volume roads to that of high-volume, interstate-type pavements. “Preservation of high-traffic volume roadways is just as important as for low traffic volume roadways,” says Jim Moulthrop, executive director of FP2, formerly the Foundation for Pavement Preservation.  “States have limited resources, and preservation makes those resources go farther.” […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT veteran struck and killed by vehicle while flagging

Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) operations technician James “Pee Wee” Hopkins, 63, was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle July 27 while flagging traffic around a maintenance crew on Tennessee 54 near U.S. 412 in Crocket County. TDOT says this is the second employee fatality in the past three months, and has had 111 […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT awards $13.5 million TIGER grant for Indiana’s Eisenhower Bridge

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $13.5 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to Indiana’s Madison County and city of Anderson to replace the Eisenhower Bridge. Officials say the structure is the “eastern gateway” to the downtown section of Anderson and is a “critical component” of Madison County’s economic infrastructure. It […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Kentucky’s Eggners Ferry Bridge implosion captured by drone

Built in 1932 and functionally obsolete, the old Eggners Ferry Bridge spanning Kentucky Lake near Aurora, Kentucky, was demolished earlier this week by the state’s transportation cabinet. According to a report from the Kentucky New Era, thousands gathered to watch the implosion of the bridge which took place Monday at 6:30 a.m. The drone video below […]

July 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Astec Industries attributes recent sales and earnings boost to FAST Act

Asphalt plant manufacturer and Roadtec parent company Astec Industries has reported net sales of $294.4 million for the second quarter this year, a 9.9 percent increase compared to the same time period last year. Earnings increased 35.2 percent from $11.8 million in 2Q 2015 to $18.2 million this year. Domestic sales increased 24.5 percent to $243.3 […]

July 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT’s Project Neon providing training spots for federal law enforcement

Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) right-of-way purchases for the Project Neon Interstate 15 widening project has created a series of vacant buildings in which the agency is allowing federal law enforcement officials to use as training site. “They have smashed windows, blown doors, and busted through walls in order to simulate a real engagement,” says […]

July 28, 2016