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Roadbuilding

Ohio’s I-480 Valley View Bridge project to begin two years early

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has announced a rehabilitation project for the Interstate 480 Valley View Bridge of the Cuyahoga River Valley will begin two years earlier than previously planned, according to a report by Cleveland 19. The project had been projected to start in 2019, but due to improved transportation funding, Kasich says the project […]

July 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Crews ‘insert’ tunnel beneath Dutch highway in just one weekend

Dutch road construction crews are taking the word efficient to entirely new levels. In May crews with Rijkswaterstaat, the infrastructure management agency in the Netherlands, installed a tunnel beneath highway A12 near the city of Ede. The tunnel, which weighs 3,600 tons and measures 230 feet long was installed below the highway in just one […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Flooding damage to West Va. roads at $47 million and rising

The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) reports damage to roads in the state resulting from recent flooding has reached $46.86 million, affecting roads in 19 counties. The agency expects the damage total to rise as it surveys more areas. Heavy rains hit the state for several days beginning June 23, killing more than 20 people […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Louisiana awarded $60 million FASTLANE grant for I-10 pavement replacement

Louisiana has been awarded $60 million in a U.S. Department of Transportation FASTLANE grant to use toward adding lanes and replacing 15 miles of pavement on Interstate 10. The state had applied for $100 million for the project in a submission in April. Officials say the total project cost will exceed $300 million.   “We are […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

S. Carolina DOT slates 10 bridges for replacement

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has slated 10 substandard bridges on state roads in Pickens County to be replaced, thanks to the roads legislation adopted by the Legislature this year, Greenville Online reports. The new legislation will generate $950 million over the next 10 years to replace 400 deficient bridges statewide and will allow the agency […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Caltrans launches 9-month Road Charge Pilot Program

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has launched its Road Charge Pilot Program, a nine-month study using volunteers to gauge the effectiveness of a pay-by-mile system of collecting fees to help pay for transportation infrastructure projects. Motorists who have volunteered for the test won’t actually pay a fee, but will instead make simulated payments on […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

One worker dead, one injured after truck hits arm of lift at bridge work site

On July 1, two men who were working on the Fauntleroy Expressway Bearing Pad Replacement Project under the West Seattle Bridge were injured when a box truck traveling on a bridge off-ramp hit the arm of the lift in which they were working, KIRO 7 reports. Both men were knocked out of the lift basket by the impact. One man, who was wearing […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

San Bernardino awards contract to KEC Engineering for Garnet Street Bridge replacement

On June 28, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors awarded a $4,053,725.50 contract to KEC Engineering of Corona for the construction of the Garnet Street Bridge on Mill Creek in Mentone, Highland Community News reports. The bridge project consists of removing the existing steel truss bridge and constructing a new bridge on a two-span, cast-in-place, pre-stressed […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway Project gets $165 million FASTLANE grant

Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway, an Interstate 95 and rail expansion project, has received a FASTLANE program from the U.S. Department of Transportation for $165 million. The state’s grant request had originally been for $200 million. Total resources for the project now come to $1.4 billion, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), including the grant, […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

New Jersey compiles Transportation Trust Fund projects shut down over legislative impasse

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and New Jersey Transit have compiled their respective lists of Transportation Trust Fund projects “subject to an orderly shutdown” from Gov. Chris Christie’s executive order to stop work on projects in reaction to a gas tax legislative impasse. The list of the NJDOT projects (43-page document) is available […]

July 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Snyder vetoes Michigan bill nixing roads cost-sharing requirements for municipalities

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has vetoed a bill that would have ended cost-sharing requirements for some municipalities for interstate and state highway projects within their jurisdiction or boundaries. Senate Bill 557 would have amended Public Act 51, which applies to 45 municipalities with populations more than 25,000. The payment amounts are tied to the population […]

July 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont DOTs launch New England Compass traveler system

The state transportation agencies for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have launched New England Compass, a regional Advanced Traveler Information System to provide motorists in the area with road conditions and travel details. “This is a big step forward,” says New Hampshire Department of Transportation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan. “This new system combines the latest […]

July 6, 2016