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Roadbuilding
VDOT replaces 61-year-old bridge in one weekend
The time lapse video below shows how the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) replaced the 61-year-old Wilson Blvd. bridge with a brand new one in just one weekend. The bridge, one of several in the Seven Corners intersection in Falls Church, Va., crosses U.S. Route 50. To have less of an impact on traffic, VDOTās [ā¦]
August 27, 2019
Roadbuilding
ARTBA certification seeks to curb work-zone deaths, set industry standard
For the past three years, a safety certification program for the road construction industry has been quietly gaining momentum. The Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals began in 2016 as a response to the hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries that occur each year in road work zones. Since then, the program [ā¦]
August 26, 2019
Roadbuilding
Cincinnatiās Roebling Bridge reopens to traffic after pieces of tower fell to road deck
Cincinnatiās John A. Roebling Bridge reopened to traffic the morning of August 9, following a four-month closure after chunks of rock from the bridgeās north tower fell onto the road deck,Ā WLWTĀ reports. In response, work crews chipped off approximately 200 pounds of loose rock that could have fallen from the bridge, and have attached a specially-made [ā¦]
August 23, 2019
Roadbuilding
MoDOT develops tools to provide information on five-year road and bridge program
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced that it has created the āMissouri Road and Bridge Programā to better communicate how road and bridge revenues will be invested in the stateās infrastructure over the next five years. The new document is an abbreviated form of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that was approved by [ā¦]
August 22, 2019
Roadbuilding
New Swan Lake Road bridge in Shreveport, La., opens to traffic
The new Swan Lake Road bridge over Flat River opened to traffic on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 6, but drivers are being asked to proceed with caution while finishing touches are being done at the bridge and heavy equipment is working near the highway, the Shreveport Times reports. Swan Lake Road, part of phase one of [ā¦]
August 21, 2019
Roadbuilding
$1.5 million awarded to add public artwork to Fla. I-4 corridor
The I-4 Ultimate Project Art Endowment Committeeārepresentatives of I-4 Mobility Partners, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and Skanska Granite Lane (SGL Constructors)āwill provide $1.5 million to integrate public art installations into the project landscape along a 21-mile stretch of Interstate 4 to create a more scenic and cultural experience for motorists and pedestrians. The [ā¦]
August 20, 2019
Roadbuilding
Miss. DOT worker aids arrest in copper theft from interstate lights
Last month, a Mississippi Department of Transportation employee saw a strange sight that eventually led to the arrest of a man stealing copper wire from light poles on Interstate 20 in Jackson. The worker saw a copper wire stretched across the interstate from a light pole and attached to the back of a small red [ā¦]
August 19, 2019
Roadbuilding
Construction begins on replacement for Calif. bridge damaged by debris flow
Santa Barbara County Public Works announced that construction on the Ashley Road replacement bridge in Montecito, California, began in July and is expected to be completed by the end of 2019, Noozhawk reports. The bridge was badly damaged by heavy debris flows in January 2018. The stone railings washed downstream, sections of the abutments broke [ā¦]
August 16, 2019
Roadbuilding
WVDOT taps Swank Construction to rehab or replace 24 bridges on I-70
On Monday, August 5, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced that Swank Construction had been awarded a nearly $215 million project to rehabilitate or replace more than 24 bridges along Interstate 70 between Pennsylvania and Ohio, the Associated Press reports. The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) reportedly received bids from five companies for the [ā¦]
August 15, 2019
Roadbuilding
Caltrans marks beginning of $370M SAC 5 Corridor Enhancement Project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) released a statement marking the beginning of the $370 million SAC 5 Corridor Enhancement Project to reduce congestion on Interstate 5 by installing 67 miles of new and rehabilitated lanes from 1 mile south of Elk Grove Blvd. to the American River viaduct north of downtown Sacramento, The Sacramento [ā¦]
August 14, 2019
Roadbuilding
Section of Okla. expressway P3 contract awarded to AECOM/Duit Construction
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority awarded a contract worth nearly $261 million for construction and financing on the west leg of the Gilcrease Expressway to an AECOM and Duit Construction Co. partnership that will provide nearly $125 million in short-term financing, Tulsa World reports. The toll road will include construction of a bridge over the Arkansas [ā¦]
August 13, 2019
Roadbuilding
AIT says its new composite girder will yield ā72-hour bridgeā
AIT Bridges has developed a new composite tub girder that could make it possible to replace a bridge within 72 hours, the Maine-based engineering firm says. The new AIT CT Girder can be used on about 80 percent of bridges in the United States, according to the company. AIT touts the tub girder as low-cost, [ā¦]
August 12, 2019
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