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Roadbuilding

DOTs begin annual limitations on construction, lane closures for Labor Day weekend traffic

Many state departments of transportation (DOT) will suspend work on bridge and road projects, or at least limit lane closures, throughout their respective states this Labor Day weekend to provide motorists a traffic congestion respite and to reduce potential work zone incidents. AAA has stopped releasing forecasts for traffic volume for this holiday weekend, as […]

September 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Erie County (NY) wraps up 2016 program to patch and resurface rural roads

Erie County, New York, recently wrapped up its 2016 rural road repair program, consisting of patching and resurfacing 172 miles of gravel roads in Aurora, Clarence, East Concord, and Hamburg, The Buffalo News reports. County crews used more than 12,000 tons of patch to repair potholes, and then covered the road surface with an oil and chip process that used […]

September 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

AASHTO, FHWA to continue Center for Environmental Excellence agreement for 5 years

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) will continue their agreement for another five years in continuing the Center for Environment Excellence. The program was authorized by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). FHWA and AASHTO established the center in 2001 […]

September 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arches National Park on tap for road work in 2017

Arches National Park will get some much needed road work starting in early 2017, with most of the work taking place between March and October. According to Deseret News, the major road construction project will have crews resurfacing, restoring and rehabilitating 26 miles of roads and pullouts in the park, and will require that Devils Garden campground be […]

September 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Excavators eat away one bridge, cranes build another in CDOT replacement time-lapse

The fascinating video below, filmed by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), might be our new favorite construction time-lapse. From several different angles, the video shows how Manafort Construction Co. demolished and replaced the Lindley Street bridge on the southbound side of Route 8/25. The CtPost reports that the video shows design/build construction that allowed […]

August 31, 2016

Roadbuilding

Evolution Edges introduces UNIQCS quick change snowplow scraper system at APWA PWX

Evolution Edges introduced its universal quick change scraper system, or UNIQCS, at the American Public Works Association (APWA) Public Works Expo in Minneapolis. The UNIQCS, which the company says fits all plow types, can be installed or replaced without tools and by one person in 20 minutes. The clamp sets are bolted to the moldboard […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT partners with Intelight to install 1,000 smart traffic signals

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has partnered with Intelight to install 1,000 smart traffic signals across the state, as of the end of July. The project is part of an effort to upgrade traffic signals throughout Georgia to an “up-to-the second” controller technology. GDOT says the updates will keep engineers from relying on citizen complaints […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT builds temporary bridges during I-69 bridge replacement project

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is warning drivers to expect lane shifts on Interstate 69 as it proceeds with a bridge replacement project. ABC 21 reports that contractors plan to install two temporary bridges ahead of the bridge replacement—one at Flat Creek and the other at Eight Mile Creek. The interstate will have lane restrictions in both directions between lane […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nebraska’s Lancaster Co. struggles to maintain 53 rural bridges

The bridge engineer’s department in Lancaster County, Nebraska, maintains 53 rural bridges that are more than 50 years old. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the bridges are built with timber support beams and obsolete foundations, and that most were built too short for the streams they span. The county’s bridge engineer, Chad Packard, told the news agency that his office […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT’s $70 billion transportation program approved

The Texas Transportation Commission has approved the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) 2017 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) that includes $70.19 billion in projects over a 10-year period. The 2017 UTP is more than double the previous plan that included roughly $33 billion in projects. “The Unified Transportation Program reflects TxDOT’s commitment to planning for and […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT estimates adaptive signals in Greeley save commuters roughly $6 million in travel costs, time

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) estimates the adaptive signals it installed on U.S. 34 Bypass and U.S. 85 near Greeley have cut travel times enough to save travelers through the corridor about $5.8 million on an annualized basis. Adaptive signals change timings on actual travel demands rather than through set parameters using a combination […]

August 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Caltrans activates overhead signs on I-80 SMART Corridor near San Francisco

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has activated close to 100 overhead signs on 11 structures that extend across Interstate 80 from the Carquinez Bridge to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The activation comes after weeks of testing on what the agency calls the I-80 SMART Corridor. The illuminated signs indicate clear lanes with a […]

August 26, 2016