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Indiana DOT builds temporary bridges during I-69 bridge replacement project

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is warning drivers to expect lane shifts on Interstate 69 as it proceeds with a bridge replacement project. ABC 21 reports that contractors plan to install two temporary bridges ahead of the bridge replacement—one at Flat Creek and the other at Eight Mile Creek. The interstate will have lane restrictions in both directions between lane […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

NHTSA rules Tenn. ineligible for $60 million in highway funding due to state’s new underage drinking law

Tennessee’s Congressional delegates sent a group letter to U.S. Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx asking him to “work with” state leaders in ironing out a potential $60 million federal highway funding cut set in motion by a recent state law. Representatives signing the letter include Phil Roe (R), Chuck Fleischmann (R), Stephen Fincher (R), John Duncan […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

APWA names 2016 Public Works Projects of the Year during PWX

The American Public Works Association (APWA) announced 25 winners of its 2016 Public Works Projects of the Year on the first full day of the Public Works Expo (PWX) in Minneapolis “The APWA Project of the Year recognizes the alliance between the managing agency, the contractor, the consultant and their cooperative achievements,” the association says. […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nebraska’s Lancaster Co. struggles to maintain 53 rural bridges

The bridge engineer’s department in Lancaster County, Nebraska, maintains 53 rural bridges that are more than 50 years old. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the bridges are built with timber support beams and obsolete foundations, and that most were built too short for the streams they span. The county’s bridge engineer, Chad Packard, told the news agency that his office […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT’s $70 billion transportation program approved

The Texas Transportation Commission has approved the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) 2017 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) that includes $70.19 billion in projects over a 10-year period. The 2017 UTP is more than double the previous plan that included roughly $33 billion in projects. “The Unified Transportation Program reflects TxDOT’s commitment to planning for and […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT estimates adaptive signals in Greeley save commuters roughly $6 million in travel costs, time

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) estimates the adaptive signals it installed on U.S. 34 Bypass and U.S. 85 near Greeley have cut travel times enough to save travelers through the corridor about $5.8 million on an annualized basis. Adaptive signals change timings on actual travel demands rather than through set parameters using a combination […]

August 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Caltrans activates overhead signs on I-80 SMART Corridor near San Francisco

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has activated close to 100 overhead signs on 11 structures that extend across Interstate 80 from the Carquinez Bridge to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The activation comes after weeks of testing on what the agency calls the I-80 SMART Corridor. The illuminated signs indicate clear lanes with a […]

August 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

TRIP report: Expanding Pennsylvania’s Mon-Fayette Expressway, MLK Jr. Busway would boost local economy

In its latest report, The Road Improvement Program (TRIP) concludes the proposed extensions of the Mon-Fayette Expressway and the Martin Luther King Jr. Busway near Pittsburgh would be a key driver of improved economic development and job growth to the area. “The completion of the expressway and busway has the potential to transform the economy […]

August 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Michigan’s Oakland County launches cost-sharing pilot program to fund more road repairs

A Michigan county has approved the first phase of funding for a new pilot program aimed at boosting city and village road projects through a new cost-sharing structure. The Oakland Press reports that the program will focus on roads not eligible for funding in the county’s current tri-party system, where communities share a third of the […]

August 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado motorist targets work zone flagger, causes injuries

A Colorado man was arrested last week after threatening a flagger inside a Longmont work zone with his vehicle. According to a report from the Times-Call, at 8 a.m. August 17, the Longmont police department responded to the report of an injury  at the site in the area of Emery Drive and Emery Way. Workers at […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT director promotes transportation career path at state colleges

North Carolina Department of Transportation Director Nick Tennyson is hitting the college circuit this week, promoting careers in transportation to current students. On August 22, Tennyson visited North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, speaking to students of a supply chain management class about logistics and intermodal freight movement opportunities, touting recent port capacity improvements […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Maine-New Hampshire Sarah Long Bridge permanently closed to traffic

The Maine and New Hampshire Departments of Transportation are permanently closing to vehicular traffic the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, the 76-year-old structure that connects Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after a failure of the lift bridge August 21. The bridge was originally set to close permanently on November 1 while construction of a new […]

August 25, 2016