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U.S. 95 widening begins in Las Vegas

A project to widen six miles of U.S. 95 in northwest Las Vegas has begun. Las Vegas Paving won the $64.6 million general contract for the work between Durango Drive and Kyle Canyon roads. The project will expand the highway from four to six lanes to relieve congestion and improve safety, according to the Nevada […]

February 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

Transportation Research Board offering webinar on pavement marking visibility

The Transportation Research Board is offering a webinar that will focus on helping to ensure roadways are safe for night travel. This webinar will focus on assessing pavement marking retroreflectivity at night. It will explore proposed pavement marking visibility standards and promising maintenance practices, according to the TRB. The webinar will be held from 2 p.m. […]

February 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

Spurred by a trucker’s murder, MnDOT installing truck parking technology at rest areas

Minnesota is now taking action with a $1.4 million project to improve trucker’s safety at rest stops, culminating a long effort touched off by the 2009 slaying of New York-based trucker Jason Rivenburg. Work is now under way by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to install technology at seven rest areas in the state that […]

February 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures Montroyal Bridge girder installation

The time-lapse video below shows construction on the Montroyal Bridge over Mosquito Creek in the District of North Vancouver on Jan. 23, 2018. Crews used a crane to hoist six 131-foot-long bridge girders weighing 119,000 pounds each into place. The $8.5 million project, which is paid for through the district’s asset management program, includes two […]

February 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

Concrete and cement Industry groups introduce free web-based pavement design platform

A free, new online concrete pavement design tool now offers features and benefits never before available to the cement and concrete industry – and engineers are snapping it up for use in the few weeks since its launch. Industry groups worked together on the two-year effort to launch the highly interactive tool PavementDesigner.org for city, […]

February 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

Daytona’s new Orange Ave. bridge will honor veterans with unique design

The new Orange Ave. bridge in Daytona, named the Tom Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge, won’t be complete until some time in 2019, but it’s already turning heads with its unusual design. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that the $38 million project is the first of its kind in Florida to feature a concrete archway design. The […]

February 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

AEM poll indicates overwhelming bipartisan support for infrastructure plan

A new poll finds that 81 percent of those who watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address say they want Congress to pass an infrastructure bill this year. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) commissioned the poll by Morning Consult, a privately held technology and media company. It found that four out of five viewers […]

February 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

NAPA/FHWA survey finds RAP one of top recycled materials of 2016

The latest survey conducted by the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) found that reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) were the top recycled materials in 2016. According to NAPA, the report found that more than 31 percent of all asphalt pavement mixtures produced in 2016 used […]

February 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

‘I Heart NY’ highway signs ordered taken down, or lose federal funding

Some highway signs with the “I (heart) NY” logo are getting no love from the feds. The Federal Highway Administration has cut $14 million in funding to the state of New York for installing more than 500 signs across the state with tourism logos that the FHWA says violates federal and state traffic standards, according […]

February 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

Pilot threads needle in emergency landing on Ca.’s 55 Freeway

A pilot lost power to his single-engine plane and glided to a stop on a California freeway after flying under an overpass, according to the Orange County Register newspaper. The incident occurred at 7:35 p.m. January 28 when the 24-year-old pilot was flying from San Diego to Van Nuys. He lost power over Costa Mesa […]

February 5, 2018

Roadbuilding

I-81 coalition forms in Va. to improve safety, reduce congestion

A group of regional chambers of commerce in Virginia are banding together to try to get improvements to Interstate 81. The coalition wants traffic relief and a safer highway, as accidents and truck and passenger-vehicle volumes increase, according to the Augusta Free Press newspaper. The coalition says the need is urgent and congressional and legislative […]

February 5, 2018

Roadbuilding

I-440 reconstruction plan for Nashville progresses, TDOT says

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has released the request for proposals for widening and revamping Interstate 440 in Nashville, with construction scheduled to begin this summer. TDOT says the project will involve replacing deteriorated concrete with asphalt, widening the road in each direction from two lanes to three including the bridges over I-65, and replacing […]

February 2, 2018