Tag: Interstate 77

Roadbuilding

12 contractors win national awards from NAPA for asphalt pavements

The annual conference of the National Asphalt Pavement Association presented awards to 12 asphalt contractors who stood out in 2019, with its top award going to Shelly & Sands of Zanesville, Ohio. Shelly & Sands and the Ohio Department of Transportation District 5 are the winners of NAPA’s 2019 Sheldon G. Hayes Award for excellence […]

February 11, 2020

Roadbuilding

NCDOT crews begin work on I-485 express lanes

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) reports that construction has begun on the $346 million Interstate 485 corridor improvements project, which will add an express lane and additional corridor improvements along I-485 between I-77 and U.S. 74, according to the Independent Tribune. Crews began installing barriers at night on both sides of the median […]

September 18, 2019

Roadbuilding

Piece of concrete from Ohio bridge falls, striking windshield of vehicle driving below

Ohio Department of Transportation inspects East Avenue Bridge in Akron, Ohio, after a car is struck by concrete tubing from the bridge. Learn more here.

January 1, 2019

Roadbuilding

I-77 bridge under construction removed after being totaled by raised dump bed

A raised dump truck bed hits and destroys an interstate bridge undergoing construction. Get more details on the story right here on Equipment World.

September 6, 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

Memorial unveiled for fallen highway workers in W. Va.

A welcome center on Interstate 77 in West Virginia has become a place to honor highway workers who have died in work zones. The Fallen Highway Worker Memorial was unveiled October 25 by the West Virginia Division of Highways at the I-77 Williamstown Welcome Center. The effort to create the memorial began last year after […]

October 26, 2017