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Final leg of I-75 widening from Georgia line to southwest Florida to begin in 2018

The final leg of I-75 widening from the Florida-Georgia border to the southwest region of Florida will begin in 2018, according to an announcement from Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The project involves expanding the interstate from four to six lanes from south of Jones Loop Road to U.S. 17 in Charlotte County near Punta Gorda. […]

April 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT selects Flatiron/AECOM for C-470 tolled express lanes project

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has selected Flatiron/AECOM as the Apparent Selected Proposer for the 12.5-mile C-470 Tolled Express Lanes Segment 1 Design-Build project. The agency says currently more than 100,000 motorists travel over this section of C-470 each day and estimates that figure to increase by 40 percent by 2035. The project will […]

April 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT asks farmers to participate in Living Snow Fence program

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is asking farmers to participate in the agency’s Living Snow Fence Program by leaving standing corn rows, hay bales or silage bags to help reduce snow from blowing onto state highways. MnDOT is timing the announcement to coincide with planting season so farmers can incorporate their involvement into their […]

April 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

I-90 support beam collapse kills 1 worker, injures 3 in Chicago

One worker is dead and three others injured after a large beam fell from Interstate 90 in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines early Tuesday morning. According to a report from WLS TV, Illinois Tollway crews were in the process of removing beams from beneath a section of the highway over Touhy Avenue when the accident […]

April 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT set to lower truck tolls to help reduce congestion

The Texas Transportation Commission has approved a measure that would reduce truck tolls in certain areas in an effort to move trucks off of higher volume roadways to ease congestion. The thinking is that trucks have been opting for certain roads in an effort to avoid paying tolls, and thereby exacerbating congestion issues on other […]

April 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA Administrator Nadeau helps open world’s longest floating bridge

State and local officials, along with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Administrator Gregory Nadeau, on April 2 attended the grand opening of the SR 520 Bridge in Seattle, the longest floating bridge in the world. The bridge’s westbound lanes will open to traffic April 11, followed by the eastbound lanes opening April 25. A virtual tour […]

April 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Mississippi DOT celebrates 100th birthday

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) celebrated its 100th birthday on March 29, MS News Now reports. In celebration of 100 years, a time capsule was buried during a special ceremony held outside MDOT’s administration building in Jackson. The capsule, set to be opened in 50 years, contains items that will give future generations a glimpse of what MDOT and […]

April 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

AASHTO Transportation Management Fellows begin 12-month program

Three state departments of transportation officials have begun their 12-month-long fellowships with American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). This year marks the first time the AASHTO Transportation Management Fellowship has been opened up to divisions beyond its engineering division, and will include a planning fellow and policy fellow in addition to engineering. “This […]

April 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Do Tesla’s 200K+ Model 3 pre-orders signal the shift to electric on U.S. highways?

With many pundits calling it the U.S electric car manufacturer’s most important product to date, Tesla this past weekend unveiled the highly anticipated Model 3. And if pre-orders are any indication of how the car will change the landscape of Amerian highways, the shift to electric may soon be upon us. Though hybrids and cars with […]

April 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT set for $2.1 billion in transportation projects in 2016

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) reports it will work on roughly 1,100 new transportation projects in 2016 at a value of $2.1 billion. “We’re charged with the care of Ohio’s largest man-made asset—the transportation network,” says ODOT Director Jerry Wray. “We take this very seriously, because investments in our infrastructure are vital to Ohio’s […]

April 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Proposed 2016-2017 Colorado budget would cut transportation funding

Colorado’s new $27 billion budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 was introduced to the state house on March 28 and according to WesternSlope Now.com, lawmakers will pull $2.7 million from reserve funds to make up for a shortfall created by cuts to specific funds, such as transportation. CDOT gets most of its funding from state and federal […]

April 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Maryland governor touts $139.4 million in widening projects to aid congestion near Fort Meade

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced $139.4 million worth of construction projects aimed at widening MD 175 near the U.S. Army’s Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County. The area has been growing steadily over the past 10 years and the three main construction projects will widen a three-mile stretch of the road from […]

April 4, 2016