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Oregon DOT bathes bridges in orange light for work zone safety awareness

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been illuminating in orange the Morrison Bridge in Portland and Union Street Railroad Bridge in Salem as a way to raise awareness for road construction safety in work zones. The orange lighting will continue until May 14. “Work zone safety is a top priority for ODOT, our industry […]

May 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina highway workers struck by vehicle on I-440 in Raleigh

Two North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) workers were struck by a vehicle while working on I-440 eastbound at the Capital Boulevard in Raleigh, according to a report by WRAL. The incident comes one week after National Work Zone Awareness Week. One worker, 44-year-old Darrick Bridges, was pinned between a parked truck and the vehicle. […]

April 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

One Ala. DOT worker killed, one injured in I-65 wreck

One Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) employee was killed and another injured in a wreck on Interstate 65 near the Tennessee River Bridge in northern Alabama, according to a report by WHNT. ALDOT says the deceased employee is 35-year-old Jacob Smith, and the injured employee is 63-year-old Kenneth Hooper. Both were removing barrels used in […]

April 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Thirty-year Missouri DOT worker killed during bridge maintenance work

Missouri Department of Transportation employee Lyndon D. Ebker, 55, was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday while flushing bridges on eastbound Route 100 near Buchheit Road on the outskirts of St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ebker’s crew posted signage identifying the work and parked a dump truck fitted with an attenuator […]

April 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 11-15

This year’s theme for National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), set for April 11-15, is “Don’t be THAT Driver: Work on Safety. Get Home Safely. Every Day.” The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will host the kick-off event for this year’s program near the 32-mile I-75 widening project outside of Toledo on April 12 at […]

April 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Road worker killed following dump truck electrocution in S. Carolina

A road worker in South Carolina died after he was electrocuted while loading asphalt into a paver. According to The State, Javier Lopez-Lira was working with a crew on Shadow Wood Drive in Richland County when the incident occurred. Lopez-Lira was loading asphalt into the paving machine from a dump truck when the bed of […]

March 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Worker killed after being struck by excavator in NC work zone

A construction worker died recently after he was struck by the counterweight of an excavator at a highway project in North Carolina. WFMY News reported that Dimino Foster was working for Tetra Tech Construction on U.S. 220 when he walked into the swing radius of an excavator at about 11 a.m. on March 8. Foster was hit […]

March 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Highways 2.0: Transportation’s future holds drastic changes for road builders

The Eisenhower Interstate System was a bold plan. It supercharged our economy and provided good, middle class jobs to millions of Americans for more than 40 years. It changed the face and character of America. That’s what we’re calling Highways 1.0. What followed in the footsteps of these big thinkers and world-class builders? Stasis, neglect and […]

March 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT worker, deputy narrowly escape getting hit by a semi

A dashboard camera video from a Georgia sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle highlights how dangerous road work can really. In the video, a Georgia Department of Transportation worker can be seen running past a parked van on Interstate 75. Just as GDOT worker Roger Minshew turns past the van, a semi-truck barrels onto the screen and hits the […]

February 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota road worker killed after being struck by SUV while clearing snow from road

A Minnesota worker died days after being struck by a vehicle while he was clearing snow from a road in Bloomington. According to KMSP, Bloomington Public Works Dept. employee Tyler Lenort was taken off of life support on Saturday and died soon after, two days removed from being hit by an SUV. Lenort had been clearing up snow near […]

February 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Roadway Safety Foundation, FHWA honor 10 innovative programs with National Roadway Safety Awards

The Roadway Safety Foundation (RSF) and the Federal Highway Administration have recognized 10 innovative highway safety projects and program across the U.S. with National Roadway Safety Awards. The awards honor programs that aim to reduce highway fatalities and injuries through “innovation in operations, planning, and design improvements.” The award winners are evaluated on effectiveness, innovation […]

November 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Flagger killed after being run over by coworker in West Virginia work zone

A 70-year-old flagger for the West Virginia Department of Highways died earlier this month after being run over by a fellow DOH worker. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register reported that Susan Custer was working on a highway jobsite Nov. 10 near the Pennsylvania border when she fell underneath a pickup truck. The driver of the truck […]

November 16, 2015