Tag: Interstate 81

Safety

Va. contractor faces $300K in penalties for silica dust violations

Virginia Occupational Safety and Health observed Lanford Brothers of Roanoke, VA, violate five areas of worker safety and issued citations for each. Learn more.

September 5, 2018

Roadbuilding

I-81 resurfacing project in Pa. begins, thanks to Resurface PA initiative

The $15.6M resurfacing project will include milling, patching, and paving I-81, not to mention pavement markings and guide rail upgrades. Learn more today.

August 24, 2018

Roadbuilding

I-81 coalition forms in Va. to improve safety, reduce congestion

A group of regional chambers of commerce in Virginia are banding together to try to get improvements to Interstate 81. The coalition wants traffic relief and a safer highway, as accidents and truck and passenger-vehicle volumes increase, according to the Augusta Free Press newspaper. The coalition says the need is urgent and congressional and legislative […]

February 5, 2018

Roadbuilding

I-81 tunnel in Syracuse would cost $3 billion or more, study says

Building a tunnel in Syracuse to replace a 1.2-mile section of Interstate 81 would cost $3 billion to $4.5 billion and take nine to 10 years to build, according to Syracuse.com. That conclusion came from a $2 million study commissioned by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Before the study, the New York State Department of […]

December 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Gannet Fleming’s I-81 emergency design project wins ACEC Pennsylvania award

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania (ACEC/PA) has presented Gannett Fleming with its 2015 Grand Conceptor Award for design work done on the Interstate 81 River Relief Route Emergency Design Project. The Grand Conceptor award is the highest honor presented during the ACEC/PA’s Diamond Awards for Engineering Excellence competition. The I-81 project was […]

March 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

Skid Steer stolen from I-81 bridge project

Work crews for New Enterprise Lime & Stone Co. were stunned when they arrived to a construction site on Interstate 81 near Wiles Barre, Pennsylvania recently. They had been working on a bridge project in Jenkins Township and had left a skid steer at the construction site overnight, according to WNEP. When they returned the […]

January 2, 2015