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Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT employees honored for assistance during house fire

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has recognized four employees from its Equipment and Maintenance Division in Halifax County for their assistance during a house fine in late April. The employees, Teresa Skinner, David Griffies, Thomas Jernigan and Keith Hurdle received the Extra Mile Award, an honor given to employees who “go above and […]

June 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT contractor injured in I-25 work zone accident

A Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) contractor was injured after a vehicle struck the worker’s vehicle in a work zone on Interstate 25 near Johnstown, according to a report by the Greeley Tribune. The incident occurred in the early morning hours when the driver of a 2011 Ford Escape traveled north on the southbound section […]

June 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Mississippi DOT proceeds with I-269, its largest active project

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced it is continuing work on its largest active construction project, Interstate 269, in DeSoto and Marshall Counties in the northern part of the state. The first section of the highway, MDOT says, opened in October last year from Mississippi 302 to the Tennessee state line. MDOT District […]

June 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Vermont governor signs $612.6 million transportation bill

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law the state’s fiscal year 2017 Transportation Bill, approving $612,574,418 for construction and maintenance of highways, bridges, rail lines, airports and transit projects. “While maintaining a quality integrated transportation system is critical to the overall economic health of Vermont and the prosperity of Vermonters, safety remains the overriding […]

June 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tennessee General Assembly votes to increase county roads, bridges funding

There’s a lot of road work ahead for county roads and bridges in Tennessee. The Tennessee General Assembly voted to triple the amount of funding allotted for county roads and bridges with an additional $42 million to divide between the counties, whjl.com reports. It also voted to allow counties to pay only 2 percent of the cost for road and bridge […]

June 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

PennDOT opens up road and bridge data to the public

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has made roadway pavement and bridge conditions, along with other transportation system data, available to the public online. The creation of Open Data follows Gov. Tom Wolf’s proclamation to make the state’s data more “transparent and accessible” to the public. “At PennDOT we’ve taken the governor’s mission of transparency and […]

June 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT unveils monument honoring Lewis and Clark River Bridge engineer

On May 24, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) unveiled an interpretive display on the western approach to the Lewis and Clark River Bridge to honor the craftsmanship of Conde B. McCullough, the state bridge engineer who designed 13 bridges along the Oregon Coast between 1919 and 1935, The Daily Astorian reports. The state is in the midst of a […]

June 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA and 6 states collaborate on pollinator habitat for Monarch butterflies

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and DOTs in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas have agreed to improve pollinator habitat along Interstate 35, which follows a migratory corridor for the Monarch butterfly. The Monarch butterflies’ birth and egg-laying cycles take them on a route from Canada to Mexico, a roughly 2,000-mile trek. The land […]

June 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Working with government agencies: For road construction contractors, it’s about relationships, understanding and communication

As with any specialized work, if it were easy for state departments of transportation or county/municipality transportation departments and paving contractors to work together, everyone would be doing it. Most people can agree that that a top-notch municipal paving project is founded on the basics: perform the work on time and within budget and produce […]

June 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

New York DOT completes 3-year restoration of Patroon Island Bridge

Improvements to save the Patroon Island Bridge, which began in 2013, have been completed, Time Warner Cable News reports. Each day more than 70,000 motorists cross the Hudson River on the Interstate 90 bridge to travel between Albany and Rensselaer Counties. The New York Department of Transportation (NYDOT) called it one of the largest road construction projects in Upstate New York history. […]

June 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

PennDOT Green Light-Go program provides $12 million to 109 municipalities

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Green Light-Go program is providing $12 million to 109 municipalities to underwrite the costs of upgrading traffic signals. “State and local partnerships like this are critical to improving traffic flow and safety across the state, and this program helps us meet that goal,” says Gov. Tom Wolf. “Through this […]

June 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma DOT implodes U.S. 169 bridge over Bird Creek as part of a major construction project

On May 29, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) closed U.S. 169 to implode the last section of an old bridge over Bird Creek as part of a $45 million major construction project in Owasso, Fox 25 News reports. Some of the lanes are still closed for the ongoing construction project. “We’re making really good […]

June 1, 2016