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Tag: Better Roads: Page 52
Roadbuilding
Independence Bridge in Mich. closing for three months for $1.45 million rehab
Independence Bridge in Bay City, Michigan, will soon be shut down for three months for a $1.45 million rehabilitation project. The project began in October with concrete work and includes replacement of the bascule span deck grating, span stringers and sidewalks, the Bay City Times reports. The bascule-type draw bridge, which carries Truman Parkway over [âŚ]
January 8, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ariz. DOT weighs public input on obsolete Pinto Creek Bridge in Gila County
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is accepting public comment as it considers options for the historic U.S. 60 bridge over Pinto Creek, which is considered structurally deficient. Built in 1949, the 637-foot-long Pinto Creek Bridge is located in Gila County, about six miles west of Miami, Ariz. It no longer meets minimum standards set [âŚ]
January 8, 2018
Roadbuilding
New study shows technology, design can improve construction safety
A new study from Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) andUnited Rentals, reveals two critical trends for improving construction safety â jobsite technologies and the practice of Prevention through Design (PtD). The study, Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2017,is the third in a series of [âŚ]
January 5, 2018
Roadbuilding
Mich. DOT warns of uptick in elk-vehicle crashes on M-33; signs going up
In the northeastern area of Michiganâs lower peninsula, signs will soon be posted to warn drivers on M-33 of the massive elk roaming back and forth across this state trunk highway, where a herd has bedded down on one side. This December, five elk have been struck by vehicles in this woodsy area within [âŚ]
January 5, 2018
Roadbuilding
$40 million I-19 interchange project in Tucson wraps up, with second project to begin soon
A $40 million, two-year project to rebuild the traffic interchange at Interstate 19 and Ajo Way (State Route 86) is nearing completion in southwest Tucson, Arizona, and it features a new configuration designed for efficiency and safety. A second project for the busy interchange will be let out for contractorsâ bids in Spring 2018. [âŚ]
January 4, 2018
Roadbuilding
Recycled glass aggregate being developed as lightweight road material
AeroAggregates LLC opened a plant to produce lightweight construction material from mixed recycled glass, The Inquirer reports. The company manufactures foamed glass aggregate, which resembles crushed rock and serves a similar purpose in construction projects, but it weighs 85 percent less than stone and is very strong. âWe can take Philadelphia curbside glass and make a construction [âŚ]
January 4, 2018
Roadbuilding
Four contractor teams vying for US-275 expressway project in Neb.
Four contractors will compete for the first design-build project in Nebraska under a new state initiative. The project will expand the existing two-lane facility to a four-lane corridor along US-275 from Scribner to West Point. For this long-anticipated project for the local communities, Nebraska DOT (NDOT) is using the âdesign-buildâ project delivery method as a [âŚ]
January 3, 2018
Roadbuilding
Fight to save and relocate Iowaâs historic Red Bridge continues
Jasper County Museum Executive Director Joe Otto wants to save the historic Red Bridge, the last truss bridge of its kind in Jasper County, Iowa, by having it relocated from Reasnor to Colfax at Quarry Springs Park. The bridge, which was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1998, was built in 1892 [âŚ]
January 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
2,575 citations issued during N.D. âClick it or Ticketâ campaign
In North Dakota, a traffic campaign that beefed up enforcement patrols has led to 2,575 citations between November 1 and December 15. Of the total citations issued in the âClick It or Ticketâ campaign, 924 were citations for failure to wear a seat belt and 30 were child restraint citations, reports the North Dakota Department [âŚ]
December 29, 2017
Roadbuilding
Rainbow Bridge in Nova Scotia closed due to truss span failure
The Rainbow Bridge on Highway 2 outside of Amherst, Nova Scotia, was closed to traffic on December 8, after two bottom chord members on the truss span failed, causing the structure to sag, the Amherst News Citizen-Record/Cumberland News Now reports. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal discovered the failure and immediately closed the bridge [âŚ]
December 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
Skancke to leave Nev. DOT board after four years
Tom Skancke, who has served on the Nevada Department of Transportationâs (NDOT) board of directors the past four years and made giant strides in helping to transform the regionâs transportation network, is leaving Nevada for Newport Beach to work as a consultant with a tech startup company, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. âThe thing I [âŚ]
December 26, 2017
Roadbuilding
Large floating crane lifts pieces of Victoriaâs Johnson Street Bridge into place
As a part of the new Johnson Street Bridge Replacement Project, the largest crane barge on the west coast of North America, known as the Dynamic Beast, was floated under the existing bridge in Victoria, British Columbia, Canadaâs Upper Harbor on Friday, December 8, to lift and place large pieces of the new bridgeâs lifting mechanism, CBC [âŚ]
December 25, 2017
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