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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

Roadbuilding

Two interstate highways buckle due to excessive heat in South Dakota

The early-June heat has been so intense in South Dakota that it has caused some roads to buckle, ksfy.com reports. On June 9, a portion of the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 on the South Dakota-Minnesota state line buckled, and crews were called in to make repairs. According to a report in the Argus Leader, the South Dakota Department […]

June 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Sakai appoints new Southeast district, national light equipment sales managers

Sakai America has named Joseph Seckinger as the company’s Southeast district manager, and Dale Wilson as national light equipment sales manager. Seckinger will be responsible for customer support for dealerships in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee for products ranging from 36-inch double-drum asphalt rollers to 15-ton single-drum dirt compactors. He started his […]

June 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT reorganizes senior management with 9 new appointments

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has named nine new members to its senior management group as it works on the biggest staff reorganization in the agency’s history. “As we work diligently to improve our roads and bridges, we are working hard to rebuild RIDOT itself, creatng a more robust, accountable and efficient organizational […]

June 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts DOT partners with Waze Connected Citizens Program

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has joined the Connected Citizens Program of crowdsourced navigation app Waze to provide real-time traffic details from across the state. MassDOT joins several state DOTs in sharing data with Waze, including Louisiana, California, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. “Through the use of traffic data, the MassDOT-Waze partnership will assist in making […]

June 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bridge Construction Simulator for iPhone/iPad puts your engineering skill to the test

Here’s a little something for all you bridge engineers and wannabes out there. Put your engineering skills to the test with the new Bridge Construction Simulator 3D a Real City Building Physics Sim app for iPhones and iPads that was just released on June 10. According to the app’s description on iTunes, the simulator app allows users to design and construct […]

June 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

Iowa Transportation Commission approves 2017-2021 improvement program

The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved its 2017-2021 Improvement Program, making roughly $3.5 billion available for highway right-of-way construction and $1.2 billion for work on state bridges. Fiscal year 2017 has right-of-way construction forecast at $728 million, FY 2018 at $724.5 million, FY 2019 at 713.3 million, FY 2020 at $695.9 million and FY 2021 at […]

June 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT seeks public input on 10-year State Transportation Improvement Program

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) opens the public comment period on its 10-year, 2018-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) June 20 and will hold a series of informal public meetings in its 14 local transportation divisions during the month-long period. The list of proposed projects is available here. NCDOT used the funding formula […]

June 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

How crews removed Portland’s old Sellwood Bridge in one piece

The time-lapse video below shows Portland’s old Sellwood Bridge, which was built in 1925, being moved to temporary supports on January 19, 2013, so that a new bridge could be constructed in its place. You can view another time-lapse of the new bridge construction here. Omega Morgan was the company hired to move the 3,400-ton truss bridge, […]

June 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia board approves 6-year transportation project plan

Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved the state’s six-year improvement program (SYIP) which will apply $14.4 billion for transportation projects for six fiscal years beginning July 1 this year. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) says the SYIP will fund more than 3,200 projects including highways, bridges, rail, transit and bicycle/pedestrian paths. The program […]

June 16, 2016