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Roadbuilding

Michigan State researchers, Ingham County Road Commission experiment with rubber-modified asphalt

Researchers and county officials in Michigan are experimenting with rubber-modified asphalt installations that, while looking identical to conventional asphalt, is made with recycled tires, an ingredient that can prevent the spread of cracks in roadways. The asphalt is made with tires that are cut up into pellets called devulcanized rubber. “We first mix this with asphalt binder at certain […]

June 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Louisiana DOTD cancels bridge rehab contract to use money to build new structure

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) has cancelled the rehabilitation contract for work on the Jimmie Davis Bridge in Bossier City to instead use the funds to design and build a completely new bridge. Roughly 21,500 vehicles daily travel across the bridge, which was built in 1968. Gov. John Bel Edwards said the […]

June 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway awards $26.4 million in construction, engineering services contracts

The Illinois Tollway approved $2 million for two new construction contracts and $24.4 million for an engineering services contract at its recent June meeting, bringing the yearly total for contracts in these areas to $179 million. “The construction contracts are small business set-aside contracts awarded as part of the Tollway’s Small Business Initiative, including one […]

June 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT names bridge after Highway Emergency Response Operator Spencer Pass

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has named the Interstate 85 Bridge over Cleveland Avenue in Atlanta for Highway Emergency Response Operator Spencer Pass, who was struck and killed in January 2011 while he was assisting a stranded motorist. HEROs, as they are called, assist stranded motorists with problems such as flat tires, battery jump-starts […]

June 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Columbus wins USDOT’s $50 million Smart City Challenge

In a release prior to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) official June 23 announcement, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says Columbus beat out the six other finalists to win the Smart City Challenge. USDOT has pledged up to $40 million to help with technology and services funding to help convert the city into the first […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

MassDOT board approves $14.8 billion, 5-year plan for infrastructure projects

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board has approved its fiscal year 2017-2021 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) that will provide $14.8 billion for roads, bridges and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) projects. Officials report this plan is the first time MassDOT and MBTA have collaborated on a plan for improving the state’s infrastructure. Another first […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT partners with mobile solar technology firm for Smart City Challenge

The U.S. Department of Transportation has partnered with mobile solar technology firm DC Solar Solutions for the agency’s Smart City Challenge. The company will provide $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators to the winning city. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city in to the first in […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

S. Carolina DOT seeks input on Public Participation Plan for improvements

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is seeking public input on the agency’s 2016 Updated Public Participation Plan (PPP) that includes involvement in the Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. “Feedback from the public will help shape the process in which SCDOT engages all interested parties and incorporates their input […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Route 219 bridge demolished in 3 seconds over Cattaraugus Creek in New York

Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Transportation oversaw the implosion of the old Route 219 bridge over Cattaraugus Creek in Springville, N.Y. According to a report by WIVB TV, the bridge was imploded to make room for a $16.9 million design-build project to replace the bridge with a modern structure. Construction of the new bridge is […]

June 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

ARTBA, ATA to host event honoring 60th anniversary of Interstate Highway System

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) have a planned a “lunch and policy discussion” June 29 to recognize the 60th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s signing of the law enacting the Interstate Highway System. Brian Pallasch, managing director, government relations and infrastructure initiatives for the American Society of […]

June 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

New Jersey officials look to raise gas tax to boost transportation trust fund

New Jersey officials are working on a bill that would raise gas taxes, a move they expect will provide hundreds of millions in additional revenue for the state’s transportation trust fund. Senate bill 2352 calls for an increase in the tax on gasoline from 10 cents per gallon to 21.5 cents per gallon, and on diesel […]

June 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

Officials cut ribbon on last interchange completing Alabama’s I-22

Alabama officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday commemorating the opening of the last interchange of Interstate 22, connecting the highway to I-65 just north of Birmingham. The interchange has taken nearly six years to complete and ultimately connects Birmingham and Memphis, Tennessee. Work on I-22, which for years has been referred to as Corridor X, […]

June 21, 2016