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Mo. seatbelt use rises but still below national average

Missouri drivers are wearing their seat belts more, up 2.6 percent from 2016, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. But that percentage is still below the national average. The state does not have a primary seatbelt law. The MDOT reports that 84 percent of drivers are buckled up, compared to 81.4 percent in 2016. […]

October 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Crews use river tides to lift, lower new center span of Maine-N.H. bridge

Bridge builders got some help from the tides to install the 3-million-pound center lift span for the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, which connects Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On October 17, the span was floated in on barges across the Piscataqua River. Then on October 18, the rising tide lifted the span above […]

October 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

An overview of the ACI award-winning Johnson County Gateway project

The $288 million Johnson County Gateway project, the first design-build project awarded by the Kansas Department of Transportation, addressed one of the most highly travelled interstates in Overland, Kansas, by adding additional lanes and reconfiguring existing interchanges throughout the I-435/I-35/K-10 corridor. The project included the construction of 22 bridges, two diverging diamond interchanges, and the […]

October 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

GDOT opens traffic center to assist Atlanta, surrounding counties

The Georgia Department of Transportation has opened its new District Three Operations Center, which handles customer service, low-level signal diagnostics and all transportation-related incidents in 31 counties in West Central Georgia. The District Three Operations Center will offer such specialized services as 911 outreach, Georgia 511 response, and dispatch of Georgia DOT’s Coordinated Highway Assistance […]

October 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Fla. reports record seat-belt use

The number of seat-belted drivers in Florida jumped to more than 90 percent in June, according to the state department of transportation. The 90.2 percent usage rate rose from 89.6 percent in June 2016, the FDOT reports. The agency attributed the rise to the state’s traffic safety programs. Florida has been conducting annual statewide safety […]

October 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Johnson County Gateway, Winona Bridge take ACI concrete construction awards

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) honored the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards during its Concrete Convention & Exposition Monday night in Anaheim. The awards honor creative projects in the concrete industry and recognize concrete innovation, technology, and excellence. To be eligible for the award, projects had to win at a local […]

October 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

View of Olympic ski jumps adds to charm of new N.Y. bridge

A new bridge on Route 73 in New York comes with a great view of the 1980 Olympic ski jumps. Two 85-year-old bridges were removed to make way for the new bridge, which New York State Department of Transportation officials see as part of a plan to increase tourism and help the local economy in […]

October 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

Seven Western states agree to ease electric vehicle travel

The governors of seven Western states have signed an agreement to create a plan for electric vehicles traveling major highways through their states. “With more than 20,000 electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids already on the roads in Western states, the electrification of these major corridors is expected to reduce range anxiety and drive further adoption […]

October 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

Deer-vehicle collisions concern NCDOT

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be on the lookout for deer as the animals start to show near roadsides with the return of fall hunting and mating seasons. In 2016, the state posted 17,902 animal-vehicle collisions, a slight drop from 2015, but still too high for NCDOT comfort. In three […]

October 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

How crews fixed a Houston tollway’s massive sinkhole in Harvey’s wake

Joe Harper had just hit the road to work September 7 when his mobile phone went off at 6:30 a.m. The Harris County Toll Road Authority wanted to know if he could immediately mobilize enough workers and equipment to fix a giant sinkhole at the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston. Tropical Storm Harvey’s rains had […]

October 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Eastern Concrete Materials driver is 2017 NRMCA mixer champ; Cemex driver takes second

Edward Rieper, a driver for Eastern Concrete Materials in Bogota, New Jersey, took home the crown in the National Ready-Mixed Concrete Association’s (NRMCA) 2017 National Mixer Driver Championship held outside Dallas. This is Rieper’s second national mixer driver championship. He won the event in 2014 and placed fifth in last year’s competition. Dave Mangold, a Cemex […]

October 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Florida to re-examine evacuation routes post-Hurricane Irma

In the aftermath of the largest evacuation in U.S. history, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has directed transportation officials to find quicker ways to get residents out of the state should a hurricane threaten. The Florida Department of Transportation says it will begin examining ways to help expedite evacuation routes from the Interstate 75/Florida Turnpike Interchange […]

October 17, 2017