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Roadbuilding
My crazy winter weather story
The winter weather this year has wreaked all sorts of havoc throughout the nation. The South and Southwest, which aren’t used to the snow and ice, were crippled by the weather with people stuck on the highways for hours and kids being stuck at schools and on buses as road crews tried to deal with […]
February 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
Winter storms back up Indiana roadways; Crews help southern states without power
During the rough winter weather storms caused by the polar vortex the week after the New Year holiday, snow and ice caused cars to slide off the road, semis to get stuck and some interstates to shut down for hours. According to a News-13 WTHR.com report, the roads were particularly difficult for large trucks because […]
February 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway deploys ‘Zero Weather Road Patrols’
Subzero temperatures last week started again sweeping through the Midwest and other areas as part of what has been dubbed as “Polar Vortex Part 2.” (The first Polar Vortex hit much of the country in early January, bringing temps as cold as minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit with the wind chill in Chicago and close to […]
February 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS: Ohio DOT’s plow operators share their extreme winter weather stories
Continuing our extreme winter weather snow and ice stories coverage, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) shared with Better Roads some of its photos from the extreme winter weather during the polar vortex at the beginning of this month. Much of Ohio was hit pretty hard (I can personally attest to this!), especially the Northwest […]
January 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
VDOT tackles winter storm with 12-hour shifts
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is putting plenty of hours and resources into snow and ice control on state roads. VDOT crews are working 12-hour shifts and using 2,000 pieces of snow removal equipment to clear roads during the most recent winter storm, Richmond’s CBS 6 reported Wednesday. The storm, dubbed the “Polar Vortex […]
January 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
Extreme winter weather causes massive semi, vehicle pileup (PHOTOS)
Another round of extreme winter weather, including subzero temps and whiteout conditions, has hit some areas of the United States, which is being dubbed by some as “Polar Vortex Part 2.” In Northwestern Lake County, Indiana, more than two feet of lake-effect snow fell in less than 10 hours on Tuesday (Jan. 21), causing white-out […]
January 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
MoDOT battles winter weather with team of two plows
Check out this video the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Southeast District submitted for our series on “Winter Weather War Stories” and snow and ice control. Tony Scholl, senior maintenance worker from the agency’s Perryville Facility, was driving the tow plow with Jeff Leible, Perryville facility supervisor, following the tractor plow. Perryville is located in […]
January 22, 2014
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Low temps freeze construction equipment and materials beneath Vermont bridge, delay concrete pours for Cincinnati streetcar
Count these two crews in Vermont and Cincinnati among those in the construction industrystymied by the freezing temperatures of the Polar Vortex earlier this week. In Brattleboro, Vermont, a crew with PCL Civil Constructors Inc. found a crane, an aerial lift and a load of materials for a bridge repair on Interstate 91 frozen in the […]
January 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
Watch an ice construction crew build and drive a truck made of ice
Were you affected by the polar vortex that brought sub-zero temperatures to some parts of the U.S. this week? In Chicago, temperatures dropped to as low as -45 degrees Fahrenheit. Thank goodness for heaters, right? But what if the vehicle you were driving was -40 degrees cold and you couldn’t turn on a heater? That […]
January 9, 2014
Business
Sub Zero: Polar Vortex causes equipment breakdowns, sends construction workers home and indoors in Minnesota and North Dakota
We told you yesterday about a crew in Louisville used to working in the cold that was forced to pack it up thanks to this Polar Vortex. Today we’ve got an even better idea about just how formidable this thing is with news of the hardened crews of Minnesota and North Dakota having to take […]
January 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Submit your extreme winter maintenance stories and photos
With the polar vortex that has made temperatures in the Midwest drop to subzero temps (with the windchill, temps are as cold as -45 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago and close to -30 in the Columbus, Ohio, area where I am now), this graphic made me laugh. It’s on days such as these I am grateful […]
January 7, 2014
Business
How Louisville construction workers stand up to the wind, snow and frigid cold of the Ohio River Bridges project
There’s been a lot of talk about the Polar Vortex lately that’s giving a great deal of the country a pretty good feeling of what it’s like to live in an arctic climate. And yet, there are those who are still going out there each and every day and facing that cold like it’s no […]
January 6, 2014
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