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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
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
Curvy roads in Wash. county get special skid-resistant surface
Curvy roadways in south Pierce County, Washington, were resurfaced with a special, “high-friction” material to help prevent motorists from sliding on wet pavement, The Dispatch reports. The following five roads were selected for the project based on curve alignments, speed of traffic, and rate of fatal or serious-injury crashes: Spanaway Loop Road South – curve […]
September 12, 2017
Roadbuilding
Erie County (NY) wraps up 2016 program to patch and resurface rural roads
Erie County, New York, recently wrapped up its 2016 rural road repair program, consisting of patching and resurfacing 172 miles of gravel roads in Aurora, Clarence, East Concord, and Hamburg, The Buffalo News reports. County crews used more than 12,000 tons of patch to repair potholes, and then covered the road surface with an oil and chip process that used […]
September 2, 2016
Roadbuilding
Florida DOT announces work on 3 Jacksonville bridges
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced plans to work on three Jacksonville bridges, News 4 Jax reports. Work on the Ortega River Bridge has already begun, and work will begin soon on Dames Point Bridge and Hart Bridge. Preliminary work on the Ortega River Bridge on Roosevelt Boulevard (U.S. 17) began in early June and is […]
July 4, 2016
Roadbuilding
Tennessee General Assembly votes to increase county roads, bridges funding
There’s a lot of road work ahead for county roads and bridges in Tennessee. The Tennessee General Assembly voted to triple the amount of funding allotted for county roads and bridges with an additional $42 million to divide between the counties, whjl.com reports. It also voted to allow counties to pay only 2 percent of the cost for road and bridge […]
June 6, 2016
Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers
We rail when the roads are bad; when they’re good, we complain about how much it cost.
January 1, 2011
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INDOT awards first of several contracts
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced the first of many contracts designed to address roadway and traffic concerns for the closed S.R. 912 (Cline Avenue). Walsh and Kelly Construction Company of Griffith was the low bidder at $927,922.95 for the project to resurface the Michigan Avenue ramp to Cline Ave. in East Chicago, […]
May 21, 2010
Roadbuilding
Applications and Innovations: A Road from the Past; A Road for the Future
Paving Central Avenue may not be significant in most cities that have a street by that name. But for downtown Albany, N.Y., that’s not the case.
October 1, 2009
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