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Roadbuilding

MaineDOT opens Bath Viaduct 25 days ahead of schedule

The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) and contractor Reed & Reed have opened the Bath Viaduct 25 days ahead of schedule, completing it in 195 days. The department says it took 729 days to complete the original structure when it was finished in 1959. “While we were able to move quickly through the demolition, we […]

May 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Delaware DOT open house to kick-off 100th anniversary commemoration

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) will hold an open house May 10 at its administration building in Dover as a kick-off celebration commemorating the agency’s 100th anniversary. The public will be able to walk through the two levels of the main atrium as well as adjacent rooms to view various displays including historical photographs, […]

May 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” to be completed 6 months ahead of schedule

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the raising of the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge, dubbed the “Raise the Roadway” project, will be complete by June 30, six months ahead of schedule. The roadway is being raised to allow for larger container ships to pass underneath the bridge to reach the ports at Newark, Elizabeth […]

May 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

APWA names 2017 Top 10 Public Works Leaders of the Year

The American Public Works Association has named its Top 10 Public Works Leaders of the Year for 2017, a program that recognizes “outstanding career service achievements of individual public works professionals” in North America. The award is given to individuals in both the public and private sectors. “The Top Ten Public Works Leader Award aims to […]

May 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT extends partnership with INRIX for road safety services

The Iowa Department of Transportation has partnered with INRIX to use additional traffic services for real-time traffic and road safety management. INRIX has been supplying traffic data for the past three years for the agency to use in its traffic management and operations. Iowa DOT will now use the INRIX Dangerous Slowdowns system that provides […]

May 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT: 230+ roads still closed due to flooding

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) reports more than 230 roads across the state are still closed due to flooding and damages from recent heavy rains and storms. Both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 55 between St. Louis and Jefferson counties were closed late yesterday, and I-44 was closed in St. Louis for a […]

May 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Wisconsin DOT issues $83.6 million in quarterly payments to local governments

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has issued $83.6 million in payments to local governments in its most recent quarterly submission for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids. The payments are sent to 1,925 “local units of government” across the state. General Transportation Aids, which “defray the costs of constructing, maintaining, […]

May 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Caltrans honors fallen employees at 27th Annual Workers Memorial

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) honored three employees who passed away in the past year during its 27th Annual Workers Memorial in Sacramento. Since 1921, 187 agency employees have died on the job. The three recognized this year include: Jorge Lopez, 57, an electrician who was struck and killed on Sept. 1, 2016, by a […]

May 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Seattle’s SR 520 floating bridge receives ACEC’s 2017 Grand Conceptor Award

The Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) SR 520 floating bridge, first opened to traffic last year, has been awarded the 2017 Grand Conceptor Award for “the nation’s best overall engineering achievement” from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Groups working on the project included HDR, the general engineering consultant on SR 520 reconstruction […]

May 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

FY 2017 Omnibus Bill provides USDOT $77.1 billion total, $19.3 billion in discretionary appropriations

The fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Bill to provide budgetary guidelines through September provides for $77.1 billion in total and $19.3 billion in discretionary appropriations for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The discretionary appropriations figure is $681 million more than the enacted level for FY 2016. President Donald Trump’s blueprint budget proposal issued in early March […]

May 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT to allow heavier than normal aggregate truckloads to help with flood relief

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is allowing through the end of May heavier than normal truckloads of rock, sand and gravel on the state’s highways to allow for the raw materials to be used in repairs of roads and other infrastructure following flooding from recent storms. “While the waiver is in effect, private and […]

May 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

I-85 Update: Georgia DOT says bridge will be rebuilt and open by May 25

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Commissioner Russell McMurry says the I-85 bridge over Piedmont Road reconstruction near Atlanta will be finished and open by May 25 in time for the annual heavy traffic weekend before Memorial Day. GDOT’s original estimated completion date had been June 15. The bridge was destroyed by fire at the end of […]

May 2, 2017