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Roadbuilding

I-5 temporary span opens to traffic

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced this morning that the Interstate 5 temporary span is now open to traffic, though the bridge has some restrictions. WSDOT is routing freight haulers carrying oversize or overweight loads around the temporary section of the bridge; maps and details about those detours are available at wsdot.wa.gov/Construction/PugetSound/detourmap. Vehicles […]

June 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

I-5 bridge expected to reopen in mid-June

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced Monday that it plans to have the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge temporary span open sometime next week. The bridge has been closed since a portion of it collapsed into the Skagit River last month when a large truck struck a steel support. Crews working for WSDOT have […]

June 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

WSDOT seeks $70.2 million in TIGER V grants for Puget Sound area projects

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) last week submitted three applications to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) for $70.2 million in federal funding for projects in the Puget Sound area. If selected, the proposed projects, located in Pierce and King, Skagit and Snohomish counties, would receive a portion of the $474 million in […]

June 10, 2013

Roadbuilding

Beware Premature Aging of Binder

Take care with liquid asphalt binder to avoid thermal crack failure.

June 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

U.S. infrastructure spending has sharply declined in past five years

The collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington State has sparked a number of conversations about infrastructure spending in the United States. Though the Skagit River Bridge was only considered functionally obsolete rather than structurally deficient (meaning it was built to older standards but not necessarily unsafe), some reports point […]

May 29, 2013

Roadbuilding

Washington governor announces I-5 bridge replacement plan

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has announced the state’s plan to temporarily replace the collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River. A portion of the bridge collapsed Thursday night after an oversize truck struck an overhead steel support. The temporary four-lane bridge will carry I-5 traffic over the Skagit River at […]

May 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

LaHood announces $1 million in immediate funding for I-5 bridge in Washington

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced the immediate availability of $1 million federal emergency funds for Washington State to use toward the repair of the Interstate 5 bridge that collapsed into the Skagit River last night. “We are doing everything possible to restore mobility as quickly as possible and expedite repairs,” LaHood said. The […]

May 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

WSDOT announces I-5 detours

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has announced that Interstate 5 has been closed in both directions in Skagit County south of Burlington. The agency said via Twitter that drivers should avoid the area or expect delays. WSDOT suggested the following alternate routes: Southbound traffic: Take eastbound State Route (SR) 20, then south on […]

May 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

Good news about the Columbia River Crossing

For the past five years the Cascade Bicycle Club has been opposed to the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) mega-highway, a Vancouver-Portland area project. The biggest reason the club says it opposes the CRC is “its opportunity cost: every one of the billions of dollars we spend on this boondoggle can’t be spent on Washingtonians’ higher […]

April 23, 2013

Business

WSDOT website helps smaller contractors into the game

Smaller companies working on roadways and bridges in Washington State can now get a helping online hand from WSDOT. A new website called Small Business Opportunities is designed to help smaller companies work on state contracts and projects. I’m always attracted to these kinds of website because government should use some of its massive resources […]

October 2, 2012

Roadbuilding

Cracking Cold

Solving the Riddle of RAP and Thermal Cracking

February 17, 2012