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Roadbuilding

MIT research finds road maintenance can lower CO2 emissions

If Congress and drivers need another reason to invest money in road maintenance, reducing greenhouse gas emissions may be it. According to a report from MIT News, a paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) researchers—Arghavan Louhghalam and Mehdi Akbarian, plus CSHub faculty director Professor Franz-Josef Ulm—offers […]

September 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT awards $100 million in additional Community Crossings local matching grants

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has awarded $100 million in Community Crossings matching grants, on top of the $47 million announced previously, for local road and bridge improvements. 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 […]

September 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

PennDOT starts second-annual Paint the Plow winter safety promotion

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has begun its second annual Paint the Plow winter safety promotion campaign in which schools are asked to paint snowplows with a winter safety theme, weather motif or school mascots. PennDOT’s District 9 is working with schools in five counties (Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon and Somerset) using the theme […]

September 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway awards $25.8 million construction contract for August

The Illinois Tollway board of directors approved one contract valued at $25.8 million at its recent August meeting, bringing the yearly total for construction and professional engineering contracts to $245.8 million. William Charles Construction Company of Loves Park, Illinois, was awarded the contract to replace the Rockford (M-7) maintenance facility on the Jane Addams Memorial […]

September 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Neb. bridge worker survives being trapped by falling bridge planks

A county crew was installing a 30-foot-long retaining wall under a closed bridge in Lancaster County, Nebraska, on September 1, when when wooden planks fell on one of the workers. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the worker was trapped under the planks, but members of the crew were able to free him using chainsaws. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry […]

September 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Kentucky plans to designate 70-mile section of Natcher Parkway as future I-65 spur

Kentucky plans to designate a 70-mile section of the William H. Natcher Parkway between Bowling Green and Owensboro as the “Future Interstate 65 Spur” as a means of attracting “key investors” to that part of the state in addition to improving the commute for motorists. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KTC) says this designation makes the […]

September 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tennessee Gov. to call special session over potential loss of $60 million in federal highway funds

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam plans to call a special session in September of the state’s general assembly to look at developing legislation that would fix a potential $60 million cut of federal highway funds connected to a new state law. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently declared the […]

September 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina construction worker falls into lake and drowns

Filigonio Bravo Perez, a 29-year-old construction worker, fell from a bridge he was painting into Lake Hickory in Catawba County, North Carolina, and drowned, JDNews.com reports. Perez, who worked for Astron General Contracting Co., was painting a bridge on N.C. 127 over Lake Hickory, when he fell into the lake. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid told the news agency […]

September 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Lawmakers see little negative impact at the polls after voting for gas tax increases

A study by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) show 98 percent of lawmakers who supported gas tax or equivalent increases to pay for transportation projects in 2015 won their primary races this year. The report, produced by the ARTBA Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC), looked at eight states including Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, […]

September 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT replants 400 saguaros as part of Loop 101 project

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has replanted roughly 400 saguaro cactuses alongside the Loop 101/Pima Freeway as part of the $74 million project to improve portions of the highway and the Loop 202/Red Mountain Freeway. The saguaros, in addition to other cactuses and trees collected over a two-year period, were stored in nurseries near […]

September 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Last piece of East End Bridge spanning Ohio River set in place

The video below, released by the Ohio River Bridges Project, shows time-lapse footage of the last three months of construction on the East End Bridge that began in the summer of 2013. The final bridge piece was lifted into place by a crane on Monday, August 29. The 2,500-foot, cable-stayed bridge, which stretches across the Ohio River between Kentucky […]

September 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT to replace East Shore Expressway Bridge in 80 hours

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is planning for a rapid bridge replacement of the East Shore Expressway Bridge in East Providence in just 80 hours beginning September 9. Conventional replacement would take a year and cause prolonged traffic congestion, the agency says. The bridge carries traffic from Interstate 195 East at Exit 7 […]

September 6, 2016