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Roadbuilding
Final ramp opens for $300M rebuild of I-85/I-385 in Greenville, S.C.
The final new ramp on the $300 million I-85/I-385 Gateway Project in Greenville, South Carolina, is now open. The three-year project to upgrade the busy interchange, which handles more than 220,000 vehicles a day, gives Interstate 385 six lanes between Simpsonville and downtown Greenville and widens I-85, according to the S.C. Department of Transportation. Check […]
January 7, 2020
Roadbuilding
Construction heads into final year for 2nd-tallest cable-stayed bridge in U.S.
Construction on the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replace Project started back in 2014 and is slated to be finished by the end of 2019. Learn more on Equipment World.
December 31, 2018
Roadbuilding
S.C. outlines plans to improve from most highway deaths in U.S.
Noting that her state ranks the worst in highway fatalities, South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall plans to improve 100 miles of the state’s most dangerous roads each year. The project is part of her 2018 “State of SCDOT” report. She says the state’s top priorities will be rural road safety, resurfacing, bridges and […]
February 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
WV Turnpike authority seeking corporate sponsorships
More advertising could be coming to the West Virginia Turnpike, as the tollway’s authority seeks corporate sponsorships to help defray costs of maintaining and improving the 88-mile road. West Virginia would join other states such as Florida that see corporate sponsorships of rest areas, vehicle breakdown services and various signage as a way to prevent […]
November 21, 2017
Roadbuilding
South Carolina proposes $725 million plan to widen Interstate 27
The South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to upgrade sections of Interstate 26, but it’s not going to be cheap. The department announced proposals for two new widening projects for the interstate—one located in Newberry, Lexington and Richland Counties and the other in Charleston County. The former is estimated to cost more than $241 million, while the […]
January 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
USDOT launches regional forum for Beyond Traffic transportation trends, policy discussions
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has planned 11 forums across the country this fall to discuss the department’s Beyond Traffic report to be published next year. Beyond Traffic started as an effort to “spark a national dialogue” about the needs and goals for the U.S. transportation system for the future. The first “Megaregion” forum was […]
September 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Bad roads in South Carolina cost drivers $3 billion annually
Bad roads and bridges in South Carolina cost area drivers $3 billion a year, and as much as $1,300 per motorist. According to the latest Trip report, the expenses are due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays. Research done by the TRIP report, “South Carolina Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s […]
January 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
SCDOT signs biggest road project contract in over a decade
The South Carolina Department of Transportation has signed its biggest contract for a state road project in more than a decade. SCDOT will use its $231 million contract to improve the interchange of Interstates 85 and 385 in Greenville to Flatiron-Zachry Joint Venture. The project will be the state’s largest since 2001 when it spent $631 […]
August 26, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker stabs and kills coworker in South Carolina department store
Authorities near Charleston, South Carolina have arrested a man they say stabbed and killed a coworker while they were renovating a department store. Dennis Elvin Cervantes-Pavon, 33, was arrested last week for stabbing Raymond Muniz, 28, inside a Belk store they were working to renovate, according to a report from The Post and Courier. Police told […]
August 20, 2014
Business
Caterpillar to close South Carolina plant that employs 280 people
In what the Charleston, South Carolina Post and Courier calls “a sizable blow” to the region’s manufacturing industry, Caterpillar has announced that it will close a plant there that employs 280 people. After what Caterpillar told the paper was “an extensive strategic review,” the company decided to shut down its transmission remanufacturing plant as it […]
May 1, 2013
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Charleston construction crew finds 27 graves beneath jobsite
While working at the site of a renovation of Gaillard Auditorium in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, construction workers found 27 graves, the Associated Press reported. The graves were arranged in two even rows and were uncovered after removing tons of dirt that previously laid beneath a parking lot. There is no record of a cemetery […]
February 20, 2013
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