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Roadbuilding

70-year-old steel truss bridge in Iowa closed due to sinking

The steel truss bridge over the Wapsipinicon River in Black Hawk County, Iowa, will likely be closed until spring because a piling is sinking into the ground, according to news reports. Heavy trucks reportedly were driven over the bridge, which has an 8-ton weight limit, on East Bennington Road in the Bruggeman Wildlife Area, causing […]

October 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

Understanding concrete on the atomic level may lead to a stronger product

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) researchers have discovered the beginnings of a new approach to producing concrete, which could lead to new ways to make concrete stronger and more sustainable with local materials as additives that will offset concrete’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a release from the institute. Oral Buyukozturk, a professor of civil […]

October 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

Driverless taxis could soon hit the road in South Carolina

A project to deploy driverless taxis to take workers to and from their jobs in Greenville County, South Carolina, won a $4 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration. “County officials will use the funds to deploy an integrated system of ‘taxi-shuttles,’ known locally as ‘A-Taxis,’ on public roads,” an FHWA news release says. […]

October 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

Private sector proposals sought for Pa. transportation projects

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is calling on the private sector for innovative transportation projects. PennDOT says it will accept unsolicited proposals for transportation projects from the private sector through October 31. “The submission period applies to PennDOT-owned projects and infrastructure,” a PennDOT news release says. “During this period, the private sector can submit proposals […]

October 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

Mo. coalition forms to lure high-speed Hyperloop route for I-70

A new coalition is raising money to try to attract a Hyperloop route to Missouri between Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis along Interstate 70. The coalition hopes to beat out other urban areas around the world to entice the Hyperloop One company to build its first Hyperloop route in Missouri. The company says it […]

October 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Work Zone Safety Management: The basics of developing traffic control programs

This year marked the celebration of the 10th National Work Zone Awareness Week, an annual set of events that highlight hazards for both workers and motorists in road-construction zones. The organizers’ message centers on motorists traveling in work zones, with this year’s theme being “Work Zone Safety is in Your Hands.” While distracted driving is […]

October 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Wooden pylons under old Tappan Zee Bridge catch fire

Wooden pylons underneath the old Tappan Zee Bridge caught fire early Tuesday morning, lohud.com reports. Firefighters and state police said they were called to the bridge at 5:25 a.m. after the burning pylons were reported. Fire boats responded, spraying the pylons with water from the Hudson River, while firefighters worked to douse the flames from […]

October 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Work to begin on widening I-40 at Jackson, Tenn.

Ground has been broken on widening 3 miles of Interstate 40 from four lanes to six in Jackson, Tennessee. The $67 million project also includes improving two intersections and building a new one along the highway, between west of the U.S. 45 Bypass and west of State Route 5. Two bridges—at SR 5 and SR […]

October 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

NCDOT recommends drones for speedier crash investigations

A study by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation recommends drones for speeding up accident investigations. The study says that large accident scenes can be documented in less than 30 minutes with drones versus almost 2 hours with current investigative methods. Such quicker documentation can also lead to faster reopening of roads […]

October 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Budget cuts force delays to Okla. highway projects

Seven years of continued state funding cuts have led the Oklahoma Transportation Commission to drastically reduce and even remove some projects from the state’s 2018-2025 highway and bridge plan. Forty construction projects totaling more than $204 million were removed from the updated eight-year plan, and about 42 percent of all programmed projects are being delayed […]

October 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

TDOT’s Chattanooga traffic center now operating 24/7

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is staffing the Region 2 Traffic Management Center in Chattanooga 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to try to improve traffic management in a 24-county area. As of October 1, technicians and dispatchers have been monitoring traffic operations and communications in the center as part of the TDOT’s […]

October 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

78-year-old NYC bridge knocked down by ‘energetic felling’

The former Kosciuszko Bridge in New York City was brought down October 1 by a process called “energetic felling,” to make way for two new cable-stayed bridges. The process involved placing small explosives in key spots, causing the bridge to fall straight down, according to The Bridge. The trusses were dismantled with heavy equipment, and […]

October 3, 2017