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Roadbuilding

High-friction pavement project among FHWA safety winners

The Federal Highway Administration has bestowed its 2017 National Roadway Safety Awards on nine state transportation departments.   DOT winners for Infrastructure and Operational Improvements Delaware – DelDOT placed high-friction surface treatments at horizontal curves and where wet road surfaces reduce pavement friction. The agency reports a 56 percent average drop in roadway-departure crashes at […]

December 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

New I-66 tolls reach $40, but VDOT stands behind them

Tolls on Virginia’s new Express Lanes on Interstate 66 Inside the Beltway have been raising eyebrows – and emptying wallets – with some drivers paying as much as $40 to travel 10 miles. The first week of the new lanes’ operations, which began December 4, has seen a backlash from drivers, and politicians are vowing to curtail […]

December 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

Wanted: Road Watchers to keep an eye on Mich. highways

The Michigan Department of Transportation needs more eyes on highways in the western part of the state to report on winter road conditions. Volunteers in MDOT’s Road Watchers program are polled about highway conditions after snow and ice storms, and the agency uses that information for deploying maintenance crews. MDOT seeks volunteers in Allegan, Ionia, […]

December 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arlington Memorial Bridge to receive $227 million for repairs

The National Park Service (NPS) announced the approval of a $227 million project to repair and rehabilitate the 85-year-old Arlington Memorial Bridge. According to The Washington Post, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and members of the District and Virginia congressional delegation issued a press release stating that the contract secures funding to repair the aging bridge, which was determined […]

December 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

Opening of Maine’s Sarah Mildred Long Bridge delayed again

The projected opening of the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge has been postponed again, possibly until late December 2017. According to the Bangor Daily News, Maine Department of Transportation Press Secretary Ted Talbot said project administrators are working with its general contractor, Cianbro Corp., to identify what has caused the opening to be delayed several […]

December 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Minn. LED traffic lights have a snow problem

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has found that its efforts to save costs on converting traffic signals to LED bulbs can have safety consequences. Though the lights bring a 90 percent cost savings, they don’t emit as much heat as the former incandescent bulbs. That has left many of the lights covered in snow, preventing […]

December 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

More electric-vehicle charging stations coming to N.J.

New Jersey drivers should soon see more electric-vehicle charging stations in the state. The New Jersey Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection have received $9.5 million in federal funding for grants to add the stations across the state. The money will also fund grants for providing electric power to tractor trailers that require […]

December 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nashville considers $5.2 billion transit plan that includes tunnel

As Nashville, Tennessee, continues to grow, its mayor says it’s time to consider a tunnel for light rail service and rapid buses to relieve ever-increasing traffic congestion. The proposals are part of Mayor Megan Barry’s $5.2 billion “Let’s Move Nashville” plan that could go before voters May 1. The proposed tunnel would be 1.8 miles […]

December 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Toll roads in Richmond, Va., to get electronic upgrade

Richmond, Virginia, is preparing to upgrade its toll roads with the help of TransCore traffic management company. TransCore says it will equip the Downtown Expressway, Powhite Parkway and the Boulevard Bridge with its Infinity Digital Lane System. The system will allow the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority to operate any lane in cash, mixed or all-electronic tolling […]

December 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Columbus on tap for Ohio’s first SmartLane

Interstate 670 in Columbus, Ohio, is slated to get a new SmartLane, with work beginning this summer, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The ODOT says the additional lane, the result of rebuilding the left shoulder of the freeway, will relieve congestion between Fourth Street and Interstate 270. Scheduled to be completed in Fall […]

December 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

TxDOT breaks ground on I-69/I-610 West Loop Interchange

On November 28 the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held a groundbreaking ceremony for reconstruction of the I-69/I-610 West Loop Interchange project, The Houston Chronicle reports. In attendance were Texas Transportation Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr.; U.S. Congressman John Culberson; Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; State Rep. Sarah Davis; TxDOT Houston District Engineer Quincy Allen; and other […]

December 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Cal. wildfires close freeways, create thousands of evacuees

Wildfires raging in Southern California this week have led to thousands of residents evacuating their homes. A fire out of control in Ventura County reached the Pacific Ocean on December 6 destroying homes along the way. The fire jumped Highway 33 and crossed the 101 Freeway into Solimar Beach, burning 50,500 acres, according to the […]

December 6, 2017