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Roadbuilding

Full-width paving project orchestrates dozens of machines, lays 8,000 tons of asphalt in one day

A video by Dmitry Chistoprudov shows a heavily orchestrated performance of paving recently on a section of Tverskaya Street in Moscow near the Kremlin/Red Square area, with the entire width of the roadway being paved at roughly the same time. Chistoprudov says in the video description that over the course of a day 8,000 tons […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Pavement preservation takes aim at Interstates

Interest is expanding from preservation of low- and medium-volume roads to that of high-volume, interstate-type pavements. “Preservation of high-traffic volume roadways is just as important as for low traffic volume roadways,” says Jim Moulthrop, executive director of FP2, formerly the Foundation for Pavement Preservation.  “States have limited resources, and preservation makes those resources go farther.” […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT veteran struck and killed by vehicle while flagging

Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) operations technician James “Pee Wee” Hopkins, 63, was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle July 27 while flagging traffic around a maintenance crew on Tennessee 54 near U.S. 412 in Crocket County. TDOT says this is the second employee fatality in the past three months, and has had 111 […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT awards $13.5 million TIGER grant for Indiana’s Eisenhower Bridge

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $13.5 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to Indiana’s Madison County and city of Anderson to replace the Eisenhower Bridge. Officials say the structure is the “eastern gateway” to the downtown section of Anderson and is a “critical component” of Madison County’s economic infrastructure. It […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Kentucky’s Eggners Ferry Bridge implosion captured by drone

Built in 1932 and functionally obsolete, the old Eggners Ferry Bridge spanning Kentucky Lake near Aurora, Kentucky, was demolished earlier this week by the state’s transportation cabinet. According to a report from the Kentucky New Era, thousands gathered to watch the implosion of the bridge which took place Monday at 6:30 a.m. The drone video below […]

July 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Astec Industries attributes recent sales and earnings boost to FAST Act

Asphalt plant manufacturer and Roadtec parent company Astec Industries has reported net sales of $294.4 million for the second quarter this year, a 9.9 percent increase compared to the same time period last year. Earnings increased 35.2 percent from $11.8 million in 2Q 2015 to $18.2 million this year. Domestic sales increased 24.5 percent to $243.3 […]

July 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT’s Project Neon providing training spots for federal law enforcement

Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) right-of-way purchases for the Project Neon Interstate 15 widening project has created a series of vacant buildings in which the agency is allowing federal law enforcement officials to use as training site. “They have smashed windows, blown doors, and busted through walls in order to simulate a real engagement,” says […]

July 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado’s North I-25 Project gets $15 million TIGER Grant

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) $15 million from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program for improvements on the North Interstate 25 Project between Fort Collins and Loveland. The total project cost is $237 million and involves construction of a Tolled Express Lane […]

July 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bertha’s repairs push Seattle’s SR99 tunnel $200 million over budget. And it could get worse

Following two years of costly repairs and downtime, Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, is $223 million over budget, with Washington state facing a lawsuit from the prime contractor on the State Route 99 tunnel project that, if successful, would double that amount. According to a report from the Seattle Times, the 1.7-mile tunnel, which will replace the […]

July 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Christie nixes New Jersey general assembly Transportation Trust Fund plan

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has passed on a new plan submitted by state Senator and Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto to fund the state’s Transportation Trust Fund (TTF). State officials have been at a stalemate over this funding, with Christie previously ordering a shut down of projects provided by the […]

July 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

SolarTech arrow boards to include free built-in cellular service

SolarTech is adding built-in remote communication, including modem, GPS and free cellular service, for its flashing Arrow Boards. The technology is now standard equipment. “With these remote communication features, we enable customers to create intelligent traffic solutions easily,” says John Hayes, vice president of sales. The company says the cellular connection will allow the boards […]

July 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Marines make repairs to gravel road in Willamette National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service called on the Marines Corps to make repairs to North Shore Road (Forest Service Road 5821) in the Willamette National Forest. From July 13-26, approximately 50 Marines from Engineer Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 23 graded, rocked, cleaned culverts and cleared brush along the narrow, gravel section of road that serves […]

July 27, 2016