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Roadbuilding

MnDOT: Intersections on multi-lane highways are saving lives

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says a new safety study shows Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCI) are saving lives and reducing injuries. These multi-lane highway intersections allow drivers to turn right from a smaller roadway onto a higher speed road and make a u-turn at an opening in the median. However, RCIs do not allow […]

June 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Virginia transportation board approves $18.6 billion Six-Year Improvement Program

Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved the most recent Six-Year Improvement Program for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The program will allocate $18.6 billion to transportation projects for six fiscal years beginning July 1. VDOT reports the program will fund more than 3,600 transportation projects. […]

June 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Penn. work zone sees two crashes in one day

A woman was injured when she lost control of her pickup truck in a work zone June 18, hitting a temporary barrier on Route 33 that was installed as part of a bridge replacement project, lehighvalleylive.com reports. Pennsylvania State Police responded to the accident, but only told the news agency that the woman was taken […]

June 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Monarch Highway launches new logo during National Pollinator Week

The Monarch Highway, a designation made last year by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and six state DOTs along Interstate 35, has launched a new logo in concert with National Pollinator Week. FHWA and the DOTs from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas designated the 1,500-mile I-35 corridor as Monarch Highway in the spring […]

June 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT to take over project from I-69 Development Partners

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will take direct control of the I-69 Section 5 project from I-69 Development Partners in a settlement agreement with the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA). INDOT will take over by July 31 this year and the more than 30 subcontractors working on the project will continue their scope of work. […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Tenn. DOT using accelerated bridge construction on I-24 bridges in Nashville

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) plans to use accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques for replacing Interstate 24 bridges in downtown Nashville. More than 148,000 vehicles travel on this section of I-24 daily. The $28.5 million project will include replacement of the bridges over Oldham Street and Spring Street on the eastern loop of downtown, […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona’s National Summer Transportation Institute adds two colleges

Arizona’s National Summer Transportation Institute, which introduces high school students to transportation-related careers, is adding Gila Community College and Pima Community College in addition to what has been available at Arizona State University. The Federal Highway Administration funds the program which costs students nothing. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) handles the program, consisting of […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed by machinery in Colorado work zone

A highway construction worker was killed June 15 when a piece of machinery struck him inside the work zone during paving operations on Highway 9, north of Silverthorne, Colorado, CBS Denver reports. The victim has not been identified, and the circumstances of his death were not clear at press time. The Colorado Department of Transportation reports […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Groff Tractor supplies equipment rental for Case equipment grant winner Quincy Township

Case Construction equipment dealer Groff Tractor is supplying the $25,000 in free equipment rental to 2017 Dire States Equipment Grant winner Quincy Township, Pennsylvania. “Dire States was built on the concept of improving state and local infrastructure, and the positive personal and economic effect that infrastructure development has on rural communities—even when it comes to […]

June 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Discovery of human remains halts $2.9 million bridge project in Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) stopped construction on a $2.9 million bridge project that began May 15 after human remains were discovered where an access road needed for the Highway 23 project crosses a historic Indian cemetery and settlement of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa near the St. Louis River […]

June 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT breaks ground on $500 million I-16/I-75 interchange project

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for the Interstate 16/I-75 Interchange Improvement project in Macon, valued at nearly $500 million. The project will add improvements to 2.5 miles of I-75 from Hardeman Avenue to Pierce Avenue and almost 3 miles of I-16 from I-75 to Walnut Creek, GDOT reports. […]

June 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Kentucky gov. approves $24.9 million for transportation alternatives, congestion projects

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has approved $24.9 million for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) and Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) projects across the state. The two systems are administered through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) Office of Local Programs and are federally funded reimbursement programs. They allow local governments to recoup up to 80 percent […]

June 20, 2017