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Roadbuilding

Tidy explosion drops Pittsburgh’s century-old Hulton Bridge into Allegheny River

A Pennsylvania bridge with more than a century of history was demolished Tuesday morning with more than 500 explosives above the Allegheny River. The Hulton Bridge connected the eastern Pittsburgh suburbs of Oakmont and Harmarville for 107 years, but the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that it was time to make way for the new bridge in part of a $66 million project. […]

January 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA provides $2 million in Emergency Relief funds for Alabama road and bridge repair from December storms

The Federal Highway Administration has made $2 million in Emergency Relief funds available to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to repair bridges and roads affected by flooding in December. Estimates in mid-January put the total damage from storms, which dumped up to 20 inches of rain in some parts of the state, at roughly […]

January 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

TRIP report shows 38% of major NY roads in poor condition; costing drivers $24.9 billion a year

Thirty-eight percent of New York’s major urban roads are in poor condition, which is one contributing factor that is costing the state’s drivers a collective $24.9 billion per year in increased vehicle operating costs, delays and collisions, according to a recent report by The Road Improvement Program (TRIP). The group indicates in its report 42 […]

January 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT to begin displaying weekly tallies of highway deaths

The Colorado Department of Transportation wants to help make the roads safer by giving drivers a weekly reminder of those who have died in crashes this year. CDOT announced that it would begin to display a weekly tally of the year-to-date deaths in the state each Wednesday on digital signs across the state. The signs, […]

January 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT first in U.S. to test sensors that detect, warn drivers of icy road conditions

A staffer for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson died after a wreck on an icy Iowa road last week, but the state is testing a new tool that could help to curtail similar wrecks in the future. KCCI reported the Iowa Department of Transportation is the first DOT in the country to test a new warning system called […]

January 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA says 2015 could go down as the most heavily traveled year ever

The Federal Highway Administration has released it’s November Traffic Volume Trends report showing that by the end of that month, U.S. driving reached 2.88 trillion miles, a sign that 2015 could be the most heavily traveled year ever. November alone marked 253 billion miles driven, with a seasonally adjusted vehicle miles traveled (VMT) figure of 264 […]

January 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Four executive staff members added to Louisiana DOTD

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) has added four executive staff members under the direction of new department Secretary Shawn Wilson’s direction. Myles Brumfield has been named Confidential Assistant to the Secretary, after previously serving as Special Assistant to Gov. John Bel Edwards. Chance McNeely will serve as Assistant to the Secretary for […]

January 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Kentucky DOT worker killed while plowing snow during East Coast blizzard

A Kentucky Transportation Cabinet worker was killed Saturday morning after his snow plow slid into a ditch. According to Clarksville Now, Christopher Adams was plowing snow early Saturday morning when he called a supervisor to say his vehicle had slid off the road on Kentucky Highway 115. When the supervisor arrived to the scene, the […]

January 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

California slashes $754 million from transportation ; DOT says impact of job delays, cuts could be billions

California will have significantly less money to spend on transportation over the next five years following the California Transportation Commission’s decision to slash the Department of Transportation’s budget. According to Caltrans, the commission decided to cut the budget by $754 million over the next five years after a review of the current and projected financial situation. […]

January 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

BTS provides first 2016 quarterly update to National Transportation Statistics reference guide

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released the first quarterly update of 2016 for the web-only National Transportation Statics report. The update, released Friday, provides new information on 53 of the 260 tables of transportation data the report supplies, including the transportation system, safety, the economy and energy and the environment. […]

January 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT looking for 2016 Urban Youth Corps program sponsors

The Iowa Department of Transportation is in search of non-profit agencies and organizations to sponsor its 2016 Urban Youth Corps program that provides transportation-related work projects and training to young people ages 16 to 21 who “face barriers” to employment. Program projects are funded for up to a five-month period between May 1 and Sept. […]

January 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Work zone flagger killed after being struck by a vehicle in New Hampshire

A died Friday shortly after a vehicle struck him in a New Hampshire construction zone near Fitzwilliam. According to the Keene Sentinel, the flagger was working at a construction zone on Route 12 as crews did work on high-tension power lines early Friday morning. There was snow on the road when the vehicle struck the driver. Police responded to the […]

January 25, 2016