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Roadbuilding

Memorial unveiled for fallen highway workers in W. Va.

A welcome center on Interstate 77 in West Virginia has become a place to honor highway workers who have died in work zones. The Fallen Highway Worker Memorial was unveiled October 25 by the West Virginia Division of Highways at the I-77 Williamstown Welcome Center. The effort to create the memorial began last year after […]

October 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Rehab of remote I-15 bridge in Arizona wins national award

The rehabilitation of an Interstate 15 bridge in Arizona has won an award from the American Public Works Association, which cited the project’s creativity and cooperation. The bridge over the Virgin River Gorge in northwestern Arizona was named APWA project of the year in the $25 million to $75 million category. The $30 million upgrade […]

October 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Historic Boston bridge closed temporarily due to large potholes

One of Boston’s historic bridges had to be closed due to large potholes damaging cars, according to WCBV. The closing of the North Washington Street Bridge, also known as the Charlestown Bridge, lasted about four hours October 24 and was reopened at 10 p.m. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation plans to begin work on replacing […]

October 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

ODOT hiring highway technicians for winter season

The Ohio Department of Transportation has openings for highway technician 1 jobs for the winter season. The jobs pay $16.59 per hour, not to exceed 1,000 hours. The positions end on or before April 8 and begin in December. ODOT has 40 positions open in eight counties. Duties include operating basic equipment and general highway […]

October 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

’29 Ford Model A the final car to cross old Tappan Zee Bridge

Nyack resident Seth Kestenbaum was the last person to drive across the old Tappan Zee Bridge in his 1929 Model A Ford Phaeton on October 6. He crossed from Rockland to Westchester just before 10 p.m., right before traffic was diverted to the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge so that the landings to the […]

October 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Six states awarded $15.5 million in federal grants to explore new ways to pay for highways

Six states have been awarded $15.5 million in federal grants to explore new ways to fund highway and U.S. bridge projects, which the Federal Highway Administration calls “imperative.” The agency points to the Highway Trust Fund’s “gradual inability to keep pace with increasing construction and repair costs nationwide” as the reason we need alternatives to […]

October 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

I-66 Outside Beltway project gets $1.2 billion federal loan

A plan to add express lanes to 23 miles of Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia got one-third of the funding the project needs through a $1.2 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation. “Today’s milestone of achieving a TIFIA loan will allow the express lanes project on I-66 Outside the Beltway to move ahead, […]

October 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

PennDOT offers new online map to show when roads cleared of snow

Pennsylvania drivers will want to check out a new online map that shows the last time a state road was plowed for snow. The color-coded map debuts this winter on the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s website at 511PA.com. Also to gear up for the winter season, PennDOT is seeking 480 temporary equipment operators to keep […]

October 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

Construction Academy students tour Gordie Howe International Bridge construction site

High school students from the Construction Academy at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School and FJ Brennan in Windsor, Ontario, toured the bridge landing leading up to the Canadian side of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and the Canadian port of entry, as well as the new city hall, on October 18, CTV News Windsor reports. […]

October 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

Truck-mounted attenuator camera monitors traffic in work zones

The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) Maintenance Operations and Electronics departments won the Delaware T²/LTAP Centers 2017 Build a Better Mousetrap Competition by designing and building an attenuator camera, a truck-mounted, solar-powered camera that monitors traffic while crews are working in dangerous areas, Delaware Business Now reports. The “Attenuator Camera” is a self-contained solar-powered camera mounted […]

October 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

$3.4 billion worth of transportation projects coming in Calif.

The California Department of Transportation has added $3.4 billion worth of projects to its list of fast-track road and bridge repairs and replacement. The money comes from legislation, titled “SB 1,” enacted this year to increase state transportation funding by $1.8 billion annually. The money comes from increases in gas and diesel taxes and new […]

October 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

Weekend closures continue on I-24 in Nashville to replace bridges

Nashville drivers just made it past their second weekend of the closing of Interstate 24 in the downtown area. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says two more weekends of closing that section of the interstate will be needed for the $28.5 million project to replace the Oldham Street and Spring Street bridges. Though the weekend […]

October 23, 2017