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Large sinkhole opens up in downtown Pittsburgh
Engineers are scrambling to figure out why a 100-foot-long, 20-foot-deep sinkhole opened up on 10th Street in downtown Pittsburgh on October 29, according to TribLive. City officials say it could take a while to determine the cause and noted the city’s advanced age. “We’re building on top of 250 years of development, and there are […]
November 7, 2019
Roadbuilding
PennDOT: Most of rehab work on Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge complete
Pennsylvania DOT says most of the rehabilitation work of Liberty Bridge is finished, but improvements will still be made through January 2019. Learn more here.
October 5, 2018
Dealers
H&K becomes largest Taylor forklift distributor in Mid-Atlantic
H&K Equipment has expanded its territory to become the largest distributor of Taylor Machine Works forklifts in the Mid-Atlantic region. H&K now provides sales, service and support for Taylor products in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and Garrett and Allegany counties in Maryland. Its affiliate Taylor Northeast already covered eastern […]
April 30, 2018
Roadbuilding
Pittsburgh shifts money to streets after harsh winter causes abundance of potholes
The Pittsburgh City Council agreed to shift more than $720,000 to the streets budget as a result of the 3,700 reported potholes caused by the freeze-thaw cycles this winter, bringing the city’s resurfacing budget to nearly $16.8 million. The funds will repave approximately 67 miles, according to estimates from chief operations officer Guy Costa, with […]
March 23, 2018
Roadbuilding
Andy Warhol Bridge to reopen in Pittsburgh after $26 million rehab
The rehab of the Andy Warhol Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh is finished, and the bridge reopened November 18 after being closed since August 2016. Also known as the 7th Street Bridge, it opened in 1926 as one of the first self-anchored suspension bridges in the United States. It is one of the city’s famous three […]
November 20, 2017
Dealers
Bandit dealer expands to N.Y., Pa.; new Fla. dealer announced
Anderson Equipment Co. will now offer Bandit tree chippers and grinders in New York and parts of Pennsylvania. Bandit also announced that Hoistlift of Fort Myers, Florida, has become its newest authorized dealer. Hoistlift will provides sales, service and parts for all Bandit hand-fed chippers and stump grinders, including the new 12XPC and 15XPC utility chippers […]
September 18, 2017
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Bridge workers rescued 100 ft. up after being trapped by collapsing rebar
Two workers at a highway construction site in Union County, Pa., were trapped when steel rebar on a bridge pier collapsed the morning of May 1, Penn Live reports. One construction worker was able to free himself, but emergency responders were called out to free the other, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 3 […]
May 10, 2017
Roadbuilding
PennDOT applies to become USDOT proving ground for automated vehicle tech
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation to become a designated Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Pilot location. The Pennsylvania Autonomous Vehicles Testing Policy Task Force recently developed guidance for creating policies for overseeing testing of highly automated vehicles for PennDOT. The guidelines are open to public comment through Jan. […]
January 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
USDOT partners with mobile solar technology firm for Smart City Challenge
The U.S. Department of Transportation has partnered with mobile solar technology firm DC Solar Solutions for the agency’s Smart City Challenge. The company will provide $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators to the winning city. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city in to the first in […]
June 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Two construction workers hit by car near Westinghouse Bridge in Pittsburgh
Two construction workers were hit by a vehicle near the Westinghouse Bridge in Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning. CBS Pittsburgh reports that the accident happened on the Route 30 bridge just before 10 a.m. The construction workers were reviewing the area for a bridge replacement that is due to get underway next weekend, according to the Pennsylvania Department of […]
May 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
Seven cities named finalists for USDOT’s $50 million Smart City Challenge
Seven cities have been named as finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, which aims to convert one city into the first in the country to “fully” integrate into their transportation network technologies including smart sensors and autonomous and connected vehicles. Originally, only five finalists were to be selected. The seven […]
March 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
Tidy explosion drops Pittsburgh’s century-old Hulton Bridge into Allegheny River
A Pennsylvania bridge with more than a century of history was demolished Tuesday morning with more than 500 explosives above the Allegheny River. The Hulton Bridge connected the eastern Pittsburgh suburbs of Oakmont and Harmarville for 107 years, but the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that it was time to make way for the new bridge in part of a $66 million project. […]
January 27, 2016
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