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Too drunk to drive? This app will get you home safely

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has an app to help keep drunken drivers off the road. The SaferRide App allows users to call a taxi or a friend. It identifies the user’s location so they can be picked up. It is available for Android devices from the Google Play store at here, and for […]

December 25, 2017

Class 7-8

Freightliner helps deliver Wreaths Across America to honor vets

Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington, Maine, is better known as the man behind Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to remembering and honoring veterans during the holidays. In 1992, the wreath company donated remembrance wreaths that were placed on the graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.. […]

December 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

More drivers to hit the roads this holiday despite higher gas prices

AAA is predicting this holiday season’s travel volume will be one for the record books, with a 3.1 percent increase compared to last holiday season. In all, 107.3 million Americans will travel between December 23 and January 1, AAA estimates. It marks the ninth consecutive year of travel increases for the holidays. Of the travelers, […]

December 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts in 2017

The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved five construction contracts and three professional engineering service contracts totaling nearly $20.2 million at its December 21 meeting. And in all, the board approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts for 2017 for the tollway, an administrative agency of the State of Illinois. Of those 86 contracts, 78 were […]

December 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Busy Las Vegas pedestrian bridges get $34 million upgrade

The pedestrian bridges at Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard have undergone a $34 million upgrade. The bridges connect to the MGM Grand, Tropicana, Excalibur and New York-New York hotel casinos and serve about 130,000 pedestrians a day. The work involved replacing 16 escalators and adding tempered-glass wind screens, polished aluminum composite material panel cladding […]

December 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Houston bridge over I-10 damaged when 5 semis hit steel beam

Interstate 10 East near downtown Houston was down to two lanes early Wednesday morning, Dec. 13, 2017, after five tractor-trailer rigs hit the Houston Ave. bridge overnight, The Houston Chronicle reports. Houston Police Department (HPD) Lt. Larry Crowson told the news agency that the problem began around 1 a.m. when an 18-wheeler towing a backhoe […]

December 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Ky. study calls for new bridge to Ohio

Kentucky transportation officials are calling for a new bridge between their state and Ohio to improve safety on Interstates 71 and 75. The recommendation is the result of a recent study by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The study recommends the new bridge be in addition to the Brent Spence Bridge. That bridge is now carrying […]

December 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

No new tolls planned for Texas in revised transportation plan

Critics of tolls in Texas have been heard. The Texas Transportation Commission has decided to remove all new toll projects from its 10-year, $70 billion construction plan, The Associated Press reports. That includes removing additional express lanes planned for Interstate 35 through Central Texas, according to AP. The commission had previously proposed adding up to […]

December 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Drones making commercial paving more productive, boosting demand

In the commercial paving space, drones are taking off. And not just for marketing, says Ryan Anderson, owner of Premier Sealcoating and Line Striping in Oxford, Massachusetts. His company uses three drones for measuring, mapping and calculating layouts, as well as paving commercial parking lots and roads. Drones have boosted his company’s productivity in the […]

December 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

More than $400 million in transportation projects unveiled for Atlanta region

The Atlanta Regional Transportation Commission has unveiled its latest Transportation Improvement Program, which combines freeway widening, public transit and pedestrian and bike lanes. Combining state, local and federal funds, the TIP tops $400 million and includes 92 projects through 2023. “There’s no single solution to metro Atlanta’s traffic issues,” the commission says. “That’s why the […]

December 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Hyperloop One gets new chairman, reaches speeds of 240 mph in test

Two months after investing millions in Hyperloop One, Richard Branson has been named non-executive chairman of the company. The move follows the recent resignation of Hyperloop cofounder Shirvin Pishevar who was accused of sexual harassment. Now known as Virgin Hyperloop One – Branson is the founder of Virgin Group – the company also announced that it […]

December 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Historic Mont. bridge damaged by overweight tractor trailer

The 120-year-old Dearborn River High Bridge southwest of Augusta, Montana, was closed until further notice after it was damaged by a tractor trailer, the Independence Record reports. The 251-foot bridge, which carries Secondary Highway 434 across the North Fork of the Dearborn River, was constructed in 1897 at a cost of $9,000. The decking and railing […]

December 20, 2017