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Roadbuilding

Cranes lift girders into place on Penn.’s Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway bridge

The video below was taken on February 20 and captures the placement of the first steel girders on the bridge piers of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway project (CSVT) bridge. PennLive reports that the 4,500-foot-long bridge will carry traffic over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Union Township, Union County, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department […]

March 8, 2018

Construction Equipment

AEM chief: Trump plan for steel, aluminum import tariffs will burden U.S. equipment makers

President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum is prompting opposition from representatives of equipment manufacturers who say they’ll be burdened with higher input costs than their foreign competitors will pay. Also reacting with concern are GOP lawmakers who blasted the plan and investors on Wall Street, where stocks tumbled. […]

March 2, 2018

Roadbuilding

MnDOT closes busy stretch of I-35W in Minneapolis; resumes work on $239 million project

As Minnesota begins to thaw, MnDOT is kicking off a busy construction season by closing Interstate 35W in both directions for the weekend between I-94 and Highway 62 in Minneapolis. The closure begins at 10 p.m., Friday, March 2, so crews can demolish the 38th Street bridge.  Southbound I-35W will be open to traffic south […]

March 2, 2018

Roadbuilding

Azuga selected for Wash. pay-per-mile experiment, will test interstate links

Azuga, a global provider of connected vehicle and fleet technologies, has been selected as a vendor for an experimental program in Washington that’s exploring whether a road usage fee, rather than a gas tax, might be a better way to fund transportation infrastructure. The Washington Road Usage Charge Pilot Project is being launched to assess whether drivers could […]

February 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

Gorman named new executive director of Illinois Tollway

Former Cook County Commissioner Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Gorman has been named the new executive director of the Illinois Tollway, effective March 1. She brings both public and private sector experience, which includes leadership to deliver economic growth, transportation and public safety initiatives, according to tollway officials. As executive director, Gorman will lead the Illinois Tollway, which […]

February 23, 2018

Roadbuilding

TRB offers webinar on pavement recycling techniques March 22

If you’re interested in pavement recycling techniques, check out this upcoming webinar from the Transportation Research Board (TRB). It will feature research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Research Report 863: Material Properties of Cold In-Place Recycled and Full-Depth Reclamation Asphalt Concrete. The webinar will be from 2 to 3:30 pm ET on Thursday, […]

February 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

Australia poised to pitch in on funding for U.S. infrastructure

President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion plan to fix America’s roads, bridges and airports could soon get an unlikely boost from retirement savers some 10,000 miles away in Australia, according to Bloomberg news. At the White House this week, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is to propose using “a chunk” of Australia’s A$2.53 trillion ($1.99 trillion) pension […]

February 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

British Columbia’s new Johnson Street Bridge lift span has successful test

On February 6, the 151-foot span of the new Johnson Street Bridge rose to its full 77-degree angle for the first time, the Times Colonist reports. The bridge, which is designed to lift so that marine traffic can pass, had only been lifted to 20 degrees in a prior test the night before. “The amazing […]

February 20, 2018

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures Montroyal Bridge girder installation

The time-lapse video below shows construction on the Montroyal Bridge over Mosquito Creek in the District of North Vancouver on Jan. 23, 2018. Crews used a crane to hoist six 131-foot-long bridge girders weighing 119,000 pounds each into place. The $8.5 million project, which is paid for through the district’s asset management program, includes two […]

February 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

AEM poll indicates overwhelming bipartisan support for infrastructure plan

A new poll finds that 81 percent of those who watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address say they want Congress to pass an infrastructure bill this year. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) commissioned the poll by Morning Consult, a privately held technology and media company. It found that four out of five viewers […]

February 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

ARTBA: More than 54,000 U.S. bridges structurally deficient, feds’ data show

A new report finds there’s the equivalent of one “structurally deficient”-rated bridge, on average, for every 27 miles of the nation’s major highway network, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Those 1,800 structurally deficient interstate bridges are crossed 60 million times daily, the association says. But the problem is even bigger, […]

January 30, 2018

Roadbuilding

Modest growth forecast for 2018 transportation construction market

The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is anticipated to rebound slightly in 2018 after a 2.8-percent drop in 2017, according to the latest forecast from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Total domestic transportation construction and related-market activity is forecast to reach $255 billion in 2018. That’s a year-on-year increase of 3.2 percent […]

January 8, 2018