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Roadbuilding

Road to popular Colo. ski spot to close for construction work

Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing enthusiasts will find it more difficult to get to a popular Colorado ski spot next year during peak snow due to road construction. Work is scheduled to begin November 15 on Brainard Lake Road, which leads to the Brainard Lake Recreation Area. The work on the $3.5 million project will close […]

November 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

Two words delay I-30 widening in Little Rock, Ark.

A plan to widen and reconstruct a section of Interstate 30 through Little Rock, Arkansas, is being held up because of two words in a regional transportation plan, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. The transportation improvement plan calls for “operational improvements” to the 6.7-mile highway section, but the Arkansas Department of Transportation says it needs to […]

November 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Okla. commission adopts $926 million road and bridge plan

A plan for $926 million worth of road and bridge projects has been approved by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission through 2022. The plan calls for improving 800 miles of road and replacing or rehabilitating 400 bridges, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. ODOT says 297 of the bridges are rated as structurally deficient. The […]

November 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Slide-in projects quickly replace two Ind. bridges

The Indiana Department of Transportation reports success with slide-in bridge construction, a process that allowed the agency to replace two bridges on Interstate 70 within eight days each. Road crews built the new bridge decks on temporary supports beside the existing eastbound and westbound bridges near Richmond. Then the existing bridges were demolished and the […]

November 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Safety improvements completed on Tenn. Route 10, more coming

Safety and drainage improvements on a portion of State Route 10 in Lafayette, Tennessee, have been completed. The $15.6 million reconstruction project involved adding a truck climbing lane, wider shoulders, turn lanes, retaining walls and drainage improvements, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Construction began in June 2014 on the 1.8-mile project from south […]

November 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Man arrested for dismantling historic bridge and selling for scrap

An Indiana man has been accused of illegally dismantling a historic railroad bridge in Hammond and selling the metal for $18,000, The Associated Press reports. Kenneth Morrison had asked the city to buy and dismantle the bridge in 1991, but was denied. He was denied a second time in September 2014, AP reports. Between December […]

November 10, 2017

Roadbuilding

Paving crew cuts power at Tucson airport

A paving crew’s mistake affected 15 flights November 3 at Tucson International Airport, according to the Arizona Daily Star. The crew was repaving the airport’s main runway and knocked off a handhold that fell onto a power cable. That damaged electrical circuits to the lights on the crosswind runway the airport was using while the […]

November 10, 2017

Roadbuilding

Mich.’s Mackinac Bridge turns 60 years old

The Mackinac Bridge celebrated 60 years on November 1. According to WXYZ Detroit, the “Mighty Mac” is the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere at 12,826 feet (nearly 2.5 miles) and the fifth longest in the world. According to the Mackinac Bridge Authority, the idea of the bridge came from the Lansing Republican newspaper […]

November 10, 2017

Roadbuilding

Ariz. DOT maps out highway, bridge plan for next 23 years

The Arizona Department of Transportation is seeking residents’ comments on its Tentative Long-Range Transportation Plan, which outlines state highway and bridge projects through 2040. The public can comment on the plan until December 21, and it is expected to be finalized in 2018. ADOT’s plan factors in $923 million a year in funding through state […]

November 10, 2017

Roadbuilding

Maine to borrow $105 million for transportation projects

Maine voters approved the issuance of $105 million worth of bonds in the November 7 election to pay for roads and bridges. The borrowing will match about $137 million in federal and other funding. The bulk of the money would be for secondary roads and bridges, and about $20 million would go toward rail, aviation, […]

November 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

Expanded LBJ Expressway in Dallas to include more toll lanes

More toll lanes could be coming to a future expanded Interstate 635 in Dallas, Texas. Work on expanding 11 miles of the LBJ Expressway to five lanes in each direction would begin in 2019, according to NBC DFW. The $1.8 billion project would include two managed toll lanes in each direction for the entire stretch, […]

November 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

Crowded rest areas prompt states to help truckers find parking spaces

Eight Midwestern states have joined together to try to solve the lack of available parking for long-haul truckers. The goal is to establish an app that truckers could access to find parking spots in rest areas and truck stops. The technology is now needed more than ever as a federal law takes effect in December […]

November 9, 2017