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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

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

Roadbuilding

Transportation Research Board adds 14 to Future Interstate Study Committee

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Transportation Research Board (TRB) has named 14 to a committee working on its Future Interstate Study, a 30-month project aimed at determining actions needed to upgrade and restore the U.S. interstate highway system. Section 6021 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act called for the TRB […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana’s Community Crossings grant provides $47 million to 102 municipalities

Indiana’s Community Crossings matching grant fund recently provided $47 million to 102 municipalities in Central Indiana. The Community Crossings program is funded by legislation approved earlier this year that will provide more than $1.2 billion in funding for road and bridge preservation projects. Roughly $160 million is available through the program this year. “Few states have […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

U.S. miles driven in first half of 2016 breaks record

Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for the first six months of 2016 has broken a record, reaching 1.58 trillion million miles, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) most recent Traffic Volume Trends report. The previous record of 1.54 trillion miles was set last year. FHWA says for comparison, 1.58 trillion miles equates to roughly 250 […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Wyoming Transportation Commission awards $16.5 million for 10 projects

The Wyoming Transportation Commission has awarded 10 contracts valued at $16.5 million in its latest round of highway project approvals. The largest of these is for adding eight passing lanes to Wyoming 59, valued at $6.3 million and awarded to Concrete Foundations of Douglas, Wyoming. The project is part of the second phase of construction […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Richway launches Cretefoamer CS-6G, a pickup-mounted continuous cellular concrete machine

Richway’s new Cretefoamer CS-6G fits in a 3/4-ton truck and is designed for continuous cellular concrete jobs of up to 40 yards per day, with a production range of 30-100 pounds per cubic foot (pcf). Cellular concrete is a concrete slurry or grout mixture with foam added that’s used in fill applications. It has been used […]

August 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Court dismisses environmental suit against the Phoenix South Mountain Freeway

Work can begin on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, an I-10 connector that extends south of downtown Phoenix, after the U.S. District Court there determined the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) were not negligent in meeting federal laws on the project. The plaintiffs in the case were the Gila […]

August 23, 2016