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Roadbuilding

TRIP report: Expanding Pennsylvania’s Mon-Fayette Expressway, MLK Jr. Busway would boost local economy

In its latest report, The Road Improvement Program (TRIP) concludes the proposed extensions of the Mon-Fayette Expressway and the Martin Luther King Jr. Busway near Pittsburgh would be a key driver of improved economic development and job growth to the area. “The completion of the expressway and busway has the potential to transform the economy […]

August 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Michigan’s Oakland County launches cost-sharing pilot program to fund more road repairs

A Michigan county has approved the first phase of funding for a new pilot program aimed at boosting city and village road projects through a new cost-sharing structure. The Oakland Press reports that the program will focus on roads not eligible for funding in the county’s current tri-party system, where communities share a third of the […]

August 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado motorist targets work zone flagger, causes injuries

A Colorado man was arrested last week after threatening a flagger inside a Longmont work zone with his vehicle. According to a report from the Times-Call, at 8 a.m. August 17, the Longmont police department responded to the report of an injury  at the site in the area of Emery Drive and Emery Way. Workers at […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT director promotes transportation career path at state colleges

North Carolina Department of Transportation Director Nick Tennyson is hitting the college circuit this week, promoting careers in transportation to current students. On August 22, Tennyson visited North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, speaking to students of a supply chain management class about logistics and intermodal freight movement opportunities, touting recent port capacity improvements […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Maine-New Hampshire Sarah Long Bridge permanently closed to traffic

The Maine and New Hampshire Departments of Transportation are permanently closing to vehicular traffic the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, the 76-year-old structure that connects Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after a failure of the lift bridge August 21. The bridge was originally set to close permanently on November 1 while construction of a new […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Transportation Research Board adds 14 to Future Interstate Study Committee

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Transportation Research Board (TRB) has named 14 to a committee working on its Future Interstate Study, a 30-month project aimed at determining actions needed to upgrade and restore the U.S. interstate highway system. Section 6021 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act called for the TRB […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT awards contract to replace 7 bridges in Bladen, Cumberland, Robeson counties

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced that it awarded a $5.4 million contract to Smith-Rowe LLC of Mount Airy to replace the following seven bridges in Bladen, Cumberland, and Robeson counties: N.C. 53 over Ellis Creek in Bladen County Mercer Mill Road over Hammonds Creek in Bladen County Hollow Bridge Road between Beaver Dam Road and Mink […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana’s Community Crossings grant provides $47 million to 102 municipalities

Indiana’s Community Crossings matching grant fund recently provided $47 million to 102 municipalities in Central Indiana. The Community Crossings program is funded by legislation approved earlier this year that will provide more than $1.2 billion in funding for road and bridge preservation projects. Roughly $160 million is available through the program this year. “Few states have […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

U.S. miles driven in first half of 2016 breaks record

Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for the first six months of 2016 has broken a record, reaching 1.58 trillion million miles, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) most recent Traffic Volume Trends report. The previous record of 1.54 trillion miles was set last year. FHWA says for comparison, 1.58 trillion miles equates to roughly 250 […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Wyoming Transportation Commission awards $16.5 million for 10 projects

The Wyoming Transportation Commission has awarded 10 contracts valued at $16.5 million in its latest round of highway project approvals. The largest of these is for adding eight passing lanes to Wyoming 59, valued at $6.3 million and awarded to Concrete Foundations of Douglas, Wyoming. The project is part of the second phase of construction […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Richway launches Cretefoamer CS-6G, a pickup-mounted continuous cellular concrete machine

Richway’s new Cretefoamer CS-6G fits in a 3/4-ton truck and is designed for continuous cellular concrete jobs of up to 40 yards per day, with a production range of 30-100 pounds per cubic foot (pcf). Cellular concrete is a concrete slurry or grout mixture with foam added that’s used in fill applications. It has been used […]

August 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Court dismisses environmental suit against the Phoenix South Mountain Freeway

Work can begin on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, an I-10 connector that extends south of downtown Phoenix, after the U.S. District Court there determined the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) were not negligent in meeting federal laws on the project. The plaintiffs in the case were the Gila […]

August 23, 2016