Tag: Better Roads: Page 13

Roadbuilding

UDOT time-lapse shows construction of 4 busy interchanges

Watch Utah Department of Transportation construction work on four major interchanges on Bangerter Highway from start to finish in less than three minutes here.

April 2, 2019

Roadbuilding

Hole opens up in I-15 bridge in Salt Lake City

The incident, first thought to be a pothole, was due to an erosion issue after unusually high amounts of rain and snow. More information on Equipment World.

March 29, 2019

Roadbuilding

GDOT plans to replace 65-year-old Oglethorpe Bridge in Albany

According to reports, the Georgia Department of Transportation says they will replace the 65-year-old Oglethorpe Bridge in downtown Albany, Georgia.

March 28, 2019

Roadbuilding

Dump truck with raised bed hits Intracoastal Bridge in La.

The Intracoastal Bridge on La. 1 in West Baton Rouge was shutdown after a dump truck with its bed raised collided with the bridge and damaged one of the girders.

March 26, 2019

Roadbuilding

4 years of Goethals Bridge construction in 3 minutes

This time-lapse video shows the entire construction process for the Goethals Bridge Replacement project from 2014 to 2108. Watch it here on Equipment World.

March 22, 2019

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway approves $147M in construction and pro contracts in March

These construction and professional engineering service contracts approved were approved by the Illinois Tollway Board of Directors this month. Details here.

March 22, 2019

Roadbuilding

$33.4M Ill. Route 23 project gets under way in Marengo

The Illinois Tollway is starting construction on the $33.4 million Illinois Route 23 Interchange Project on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90) in Marengo. The project will create a new, full-access interchange with local road improvements, including construction of roundabouts, the plans say. The Illinois Route 23 Interchange will be the first interstate connection […]

March 21, 2019

Roadbuilding

Atlanta Mayor plans to create city department of transportation

During her annual State of the City speech, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that she plans to create a city Department of Transportation to help address potholes and traffic, AJC reports. Councilman Andre Dickens said he plans to introduce legislation creating the new department to the city council right away. Dickens came up with […]

March 21, 2019

Roadbuilding

Chao discusses emerging transportation technologies council at SXSW

At South by Southwest (SXSW) in March 2019, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao noted that the Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology Council would meet for the first time that week to discuss several topics with industry innovators, including tunneling, hyper loops, and self-driving cars, the Statesman reports. “We basically have a 20th century organizational […]

March 20, 2019

Roadbuilding

Minn. governor proposes 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase

Minnesota’s new Governor, Tim Walz, is proposing to increase Minnesota’s gas tax by 20 cents per gallon to pay for road and bridge projects. Under Walz’s budget proposal, the state’s gas tax would increase to 48.6 cents from 28.6 cents, a 70-percent jump, KSTP TV reports. That would make Minnesota’s tax the fourth-highest in the […]

March 20, 2019

Roadbuilding

TRB webinar to delve into methods for determining whether roadway will sustain super heavy load

The impacts of superheavy load (SHL) movement on flexible pavements – and processes for best handling that – will be the subject of a free upcoming Transportation Research Board webinar. It’s part of a U.S. Federal Highway Administration-sponsored research project. SHL hauling units are much larger and heavier than standard trucks and may […]

March 19, 2019

Roadbuilding

Littleton receives Domino’s Paving for Pizza grant in Colo.

Littleton, Colo., was chosen as a recipient of Domino’s “Paving for Pizza” grant to fix potholes, according to a press release from the City of Littleton. “Cracks, bumps, and potholes can easily ruin a good carryout pizza, and nobody wants that,” said Mike Rea, who owns one of the Littleton Domino’s locations, in a city […]

March 19, 2019