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Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures construction of Grand Ave. Bridge in Colo.

The time-lapse video below shows construction of the Grand Avenue Bridge in Glenwood Springs, Co. from start to finish. Construction of the bridge began in January 2015 after four years of planning. The new bridge features wider lanes, better structural stability, more efficient traffic flow, and curved alignment, as well as an aesthetically pleasing design. […]

November 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

New Mississippi River bridge connects Ill. and Iowa

The Mississippi River has a new bridge connecting Illinois and Iowa. The $80.6 million span recently opened and replaces a bridge built in 1932 that will be dismantled in spring. The 20-foot-wide bridge was too narrow, causing safety issues as wider vehicles would overlap the center line markings, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. […]

November 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Ga., Ala. open work lanes for Thanksgiving travelers

The states of Georgia and Alabama have announced they will halt work-zone lane closures on their respective interstates for Thanksgiving holiday drivers. The Alabama Department of Transportation will stop lane closures from noon November 22 through midnight November 26. The Georgia Department of Transportation will do the same from 6 a.m. November 22 to 5 […]

November 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Thanksgiving holiday drivers will find cheaper gas

AAA reports that 46 million Americans will hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday, and they’ll be finding cheaper gasoline along the way. Drivers will be able to find prices of $2.50 a gallon or less at more than half of the gas stations in the country, the association says. The cheapest gas will be […]

November 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

House tax reform disregards highway funding, ARTBA says

A national transportation association says the U.S. House “has dropped the ball” on highway funding with its new tax bill. The bill, designed to provide corporate and individual tax relief, fails to address the Highway Trust Fund, which the American Road & Transportation Builders Association says will become insolvent in 2021. ARTBA also said in […]

November 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Mass. Turnpike project estimated at $1.2 billion, to begin in 2020

A plan to rebuild the Allston Interchange on the Massachusetts Turnpike could cost $1.2 billion with work starting in 2020, The Boston Globe reports. The project, on Interstate 90 between Boston University and the Charles River, is needed to replace the deteriorated Allston viaduct, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation says. The bridge has average daily […]

November 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Vancouver cable-stayed bridge to get winter safety upgrade

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that, in January 2018, it will install a new cable collar system on the over the Fraser River in Greater Vancouver, B.C., to improve winter safety and reliability in January 2018, CTV News Vancouver reports. The new system, which is similar to the one on the Port […]

November 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

WV Turnpike authority seeking corporate sponsorships

More advertising could be coming to the West Virginia Turnpike, as the tollway’s authority seeks corporate sponsorships to help defray costs of maintaining and improving the 88-mile road. West Virginia would join other states such as Florida that see corporate sponsorships of rest areas, vehicle breakdown services and various signage as a way to prevent […]

November 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Andy Warhol Bridge to reopen in Pittsburgh after $26 million rehab

The rehab of the Andy Warhol Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh is finished, and the bridge reopened November 18 after being closed since August 2016. Also known as the 7th Street Bridge, it opened in 1926 as one of the first self-anchored suspension bridges in the United States. It is one of the city’s famous three […]

November 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Washington’s Anacostia River Tunnel wins international award

The Anacostia River Tunnel Project in Washington, D.C., has won an international tunneling award. The project, designed to prevent raw sewage from overflowing into the river, was named the Sustainability Initiative of the Year by the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA). The ITA presented nine tunneling awards, with the Anacostia tunnel the only […]

November 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Colo. DOT partners to build Hyperloop-inspired system

High-speed transportation startup company Arrivo plans to build its first ultra-high-speed transit system in Denver. The system, inspired by the Hyperloop concept, would reduce travel times from 1 hour between such locales as the Denver International Airport and downtown to less than 10 minutes. The Colorado Department of Transportation and the Denver area toll authority […]

November 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse condenses four years of construction on N.Y.’s new Cuomo Bridge

The time-lapse video below shows the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge taking shape. The video covers four years of construction and the opening of the first span to traffic in August. The new bridge is a state-of-the-art, twin-span replacement for the 3.1-mile Tappan Zee Bridge that spans the Hudson River connecting Westchester and Rockland counties. […]

November 17, 2017