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Roadbuilding

Ala. county replacing 5 bridges with funding from state’s transportation rehab program

Lauderdale County, Alabama, is ready to accept bids on five bridge replacement projects that are set to begin in early 2017, the Times Daily reports. The projects will be funded through the $15 million the county received for road and bridge projects from the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP), which was approved by the Alabama Legislature in […]

October 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bertha pushes past halfway point of tunneling for Washington’s SR 99

Bertha, the largest tunnel-boring machine in the world, has made it past the halfway point of its 9,270-foot journey beneath Seattle to create a tunnel for State Route 99. The tunnel will replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct and is expected to open to traffic in early 2019, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. […]

October 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Last piece of world’s highest bridge set in place in China

The CCTV News video below shows the last section of the Beipanjiang Bridge being set in place. Suspended 565 meters (1,854 feet) above the Nizhu River Canyon in China where the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces meet, the bridge will be the highest in the world. The bridge, which was officially completed on September 3 took as many as […]

October 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Christie, legislators agree on gas tax increase for N.J. Transportation Trust Fund

Gov. Chris Christie and New Jersey state legislators have agreed on a series of tax cuts and funding for the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF), bringing to an end the months-long impasse on the issue that led Christie to order a shutdown of TTF projects. The plan calls for a gas tax increase of 23 cents […]

October 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT makes $7.5 million in grants available for community transportation projects

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is inviting schools and communities to apply for roughly $7.5 million in grants for local projects aimed at enhancing transportation goals. Twenty-one local communities received more than $7.6 million in grants last year. The funding, provided through the Transportation Alternatives program, is for “Greater Minnesota communities, schools and regional […]

October 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia CTB awards $107.4 million contract for I-64 ramp

Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded a $107.4 million construction contract to Tutor Perini of New Rochelle, New York, for improvements on the ramp from Interstate 64 West to I-264 East and Newtown Road in the Virginia Beach area. The Virginia Department of Transportation says the project will improve traffic flow and safety of a […]

October 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rides to Wellness awards PennDOT $1.2 million grant for ride scheduling pilot program

The Federal Transit Administration’s Rides to Wellness program has provided a $1.2 million grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to underwrite a pilot program aimed at coordinating ride scheduling with medical appointment times. The program would be testing in Adams, Franklin and York counties. “With this investment, we will build on the innovation […]

October 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT deputy chief engineer Van Portfliet to retire

Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Randy Van Portfliet, deputy chief engineer, bureau director of Field Services and Superior Region engineer, has announced plans to retire at the end of 2016. “It’s hard to put into words, what MDOT means to me,” Van Portfliet says. “The culture of MDOT and the people who work here are […]

October 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT installing smart work zone system on I-35 near Austin

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is installing a smart work zone system on a section of Interstate 35 near Austin included in the Mobility35 project. The system, set to start today, will provide real-time details to motorists of highway construction impacts on travel. TxDOT says the system includes side-scanning microwave radar used to measure […]

September 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT testing ramp meter timing to improve Arizona 51 rush hour traffic

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) next week (Oct. 3) will begin testing the effect of ramp meter timing signals on Arizona 51 in Phoenix in an effort to improve rush hour traffic flow. The testing will take place over a three week period in the afternoons on ramps along the route, also known as […]

September 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

NCDOT opens bridge spanning future Winston-Salem Northern Beltway

The Walkertown-Guthrie Road bridge over the future Winston-Salem Northern Beltway was completed last week, reopening an important secondary road connection in eastern Forsyth County that had been closed since January 2016, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. Pat Ivey, division engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Forsyth County, told the news agency that the bridge […]

September 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Idaho Transportation Department named finalist for Idaho Innovative Company of the Year

The Idaho Technology Council (ITC) has named the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) one of three finalists for the Idaho Innovative Company of the Year award. “It is a notable accomplishment by a state agency competing in a private-sector arena,” says ITD Chief Administrative Officer Charlene McArthur. “I think ITD stood out in the mind of […]

September 30, 2016