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Roadbuilding

Miss. DOT worker aids arrest in copper theft from interstate lights

Last month, a Mississippi Department of Transportation employee saw a strange sight that eventually led to the arrest of a man stealing copper wire from light poles on Interstate 20 in Jackson. The worker saw a copper wire stretched across the interstate from a light pole and attached to the back of a small red […]

August 19, 2019

Roadbuilding

Construction begins on replacement for Calif. bridge damaged by debris flow

Santa Barbara County Public Works announced that construction on the Ashley Road replacement bridge in Montecito, California, began in July and is expected to be completed by the end of 2019, Noozhawk reports. The bridge was badly damaged by heavy debris flows in January 2018. The stone railings washed downstream, sections of the abutments broke […]

August 16, 2019

Roadbuilding

WVDOT taps Swank Construction to rehab or replace 24 bridges on I-70

On Monday, August 5, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced that Swank Construction had been awarded a nearly $215 million project to rehabilitate or replace more than 24 bridges along Interstate 70 between Pennsylvania and Ohio, the Associated Press reports. The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) reportedly received bids from five companies for the […]

August 15, 2019

Roadbuilding

Caltrans marks beginning of $370M SAC 5 Corridor Enhancement Project

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) released a statement marking the beginning of the $370 million SAC 5 Corridor Enhancement Project to reduce congestion on Interstate 5 by installing 67 miles of new and rehabilitated lanes from 1 mile south of Elk Grove Blvd. to the American River viaduct north of downtown Sacramento, The Sacramento […]

August 14, 2019

Roadbuilding

Section of Okla. expressway P3 contract awarded to AECOM/Duit Construction

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority awarded a contract worth nearly $261 million for construction and financing on the west leg of the Gilcrease Expressway to an AECOM and Duit Construction Co. partnership that will provide nearly $125 million in short-term financing, Tulsa World reports. The toll road will include construction of a bridge over the Arkansas […]

August 13, 2019

Roadbuilding

AIT says its new composite girder will yield ‘72-hour bridge’

AIT Bridges has developed a new composite tub girder that could make it possible to replace a bridge within 72 hours, the Maine-based engineering firm says. The new AIT CT Girder can be used on about 80 percent of bridges in the United States, according to the company. AIT touts the tub girder as low-cost, […]

August 12, 2019

Roadbuilding

Wisc. DOT captures 2.5 years of Rock River Bridge reconstruction in 3 minutes

The Wisconsin Department of Transporation (WisDOT) video below offers a three-minute time lapse look at the two and a half year Rock River Bridge Project that began in March 2016 and finished in July 2018. The project reconstructed and expanded the northbound and southbound Interstate 39/90 bridges over the Rock River near Edgerton and Newville […]

August 9, 2019

Roadbuilding

Researchers develop a stronger, salt-resistant concrete

Researchers from Brunel University London announced that researchers have created a new concrete mix that absorbs 64 percent less water and 90 percent less salt than normal concrete, and is as much as 42 percent stronger than normal concrete, which could lead to salt-resistant pavements that withstand the corrosion caused by salt applications in the […]

August 8, 2019

Roadbuilding

Volvo gears up for a new round of Road Institute courses on paving, compaction

Volvo Construction Equipment’s next Road Institute will kick off in November. The institute provides operator and maintenance training on Volvo pavers and soil and asphalt compactors and their hydraulic and electrical systems, as well as teaches paving best practices and details the latest in requirements for state departments of transportation. Those who complete the paver […]

August 7, 2019

Roadbuilding

Colo. DOT names Kraemer to rebuild collapsed section of U.S. 36

On July 24, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced that Kraemer North America had been contracted to rebuild the severely damaged stretch of eastbound U.S. 36 in Westminster that caved in over the weekend of July 20-21 when the retaining wall failed, The Denver Post reports. What began as a crack along a section […]

August 7, 2019

Roadbuilding

Reconstruction of Mich. bridge captured in time-lapse

The time lapse video below shows the reconstruction of the Opdyke Road bridge over the Clinton River in Oakland County, Michigan. The bridge project was part of a larger project to revamp Opdyke Road between Auburn Road and Perry Street in the cities of Auburn Hills and Pontiac that cost more than $7.2 million. Work […]

August 6, 2019

Roadbuilding

Mo. DOT offering apprenticeship for maintenance work

The Missouri Department of Transportation is now offering an apprenticeship program for maintenance workers. Participants will receive paid on-the-job training and classroom instruction. The program is available for new hires and current employees. “The good news for all employees, both current and new hires, is that they will earn a Completion of Registered Apprenticeship certificate […]

August 5, 2019