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Belmont County (Ohio) bridge engineer receives historic bridge preservation award

During the Ohio Bridge Conference August 17-18 in Columbus, Belmont County Engineer Fred Bennett received a statewide historic bridge preservation award for his work preserving historic landmarks in the area, The Times Leader reports. The award was sponsored by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Ohio Historical Society, the County Engineer’s Association, and the National Road […]

September 5, 2016

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Arizona DOT marks 25 years of contractor-agency partnering program success

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is celebrating 25 years of partnering with contractors, municipalities and other agencies to deliver projects on time and with few conflicts. “Partnering is another way ADOT shows its commitment to continuous improvement,” ADOT director John Halikowski says. “Through partnering, we constantly get and give feedback. This helps us improve […]

September 2, 2016

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AASHTO names 2 DOT veterans to research committee

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President Paul Trombino, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, has named two state departments of transportation (DOT) veterans to its Standing Committee on Research (SCOR). The SCOR supports the association and the transportation community by “delivering strategic, high-quality research results while addressing development, technology […]

September 2, 2016

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DOTs begin annual limitations on construction, lane closures for Labor Day weekend traffic

Many state departments of transportation (DOT) will suspend work on bridge and road projects, or at least limit lane closures, throughout their respective states this Labor Day weekend to provide motorists a traffic congestion respite and to reduce potential work zone incidents. AAA has stopped releasing forecasts for traffic volume for this holiday weekend, as […]

September 2, 2016

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Erie County (NY) wraps up 2016 program to patch and resurface rural roads

Erie County, New York, recently wrapped up its 2016 rural road repair program, consisting of patching and resurfacing 172 miles of gravel roads in Aurora, Clarence, East Concord, and Hamburg, The Buffalo News reports. County crews used more than 12,000 tons of patch to repair potholes, and then covered the road surface with an oil and chip process that used […]

September 2, 2016

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Eight state DOT projects receive federal grants to explore alternative Highway Trust Fund revenue

The Federal Highway Administration announced eight projects that have been awarded a combined $14.2 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to investigate “alternative revenue mechanisms” as means of sustaining the Highway Trust Fund. Last year’s Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the STSFA. The program is designed to fund projects that […]

September 1, 2016

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Georgia DOT creates small business help center for contract qualification

The Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) State Supported Funding Program (SSFP) has created a Business Resource Help Center to help eligible disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), small and veteran-owned businesses with opportunities funded by the Transportation Funding Act (TFA). The center aims to provide training, consulting services, targeted “matchmaking”, one-on-one assistance, meeting space and computer access […]

September 1, 2016

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AASHTO, FHWA to continue Center for Environmental Excellence agreement for 5 years

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) will continue their agreement for another five years in continuing the Center for Environment Excellence. The program was authorized by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). FHWA and AASHTO established the center in 2001 […]

September 1, 2016

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Arches National Park on tap for road work in 2017

Arches National Park will get some much needed road work starting in early 2017, with most of the work taking place between March and October. According to Deseret News, the major road construction project will have crews resurfacing, restoring and rehabilitating 26 miles of roads and pullouts in the park, and will require that Devils Garden campground be […]

September 1, 2016

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Excavators eat away one bridge, cranes build another in CDOT replacement time-lapse

The fascinating video below, filmed by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), might be our new favorite construction time-lapse. From several different angles, the video shows how Manafort Construction Co. demolished and replaced the Lindley Street bridge on the southbound side of Route 8/25. The CtPost reports that the video shows design/build construction that allowed […]

August 31, 2016

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PHOTOS: The equipment, trucks and booths of the 2016 APWA Public Works Expo

The American Public Works Association’s 2016 International Public Works Expo in Minneapolis this week featured a variety of equipment, new technology and services covering the entire public works industry from more than 400 exhibitors. Here is a gallery of photos we shot on the show floor during the week.

August 31, 2016

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Georgia DOT partners with Intelight to install 1,000 smart traffic signals

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has partnered with Intelight to install 1,000 smart traffic signals across the state, as of the end of July. The project is part of an effort to upgrade traffic signals throughout Georgia to an “up-to-the second” controller technology. GDOT says the updates will keep engineers from relying on citizen complaints […]

August 30, 2016