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Roadbuilding
Report ranks five states as having worst infrastructure in U.S.
The 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers report card states that the United States needs to spend approximately $4.5 trillion over the next five years to fix the country’s roads, bridges, dams, and other infrastructure, CNBC reports. However, some states are in much worse shape than others. The following five states are considered to be the […]
July 26, 2019
Roadbuilding
R.I. begins collecting first tractor-trailer-only tolls; trucking associations plan legal challenge
The electronic toll systems will target tractor/truck tractors, pulling a trailer/trailers, deemed as Class 8 or above. Tolls will be added on other highways.
June 12, 2018
Roadbuilding
Dismantling the old Sakonnet River Bridge in R.I.
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) began dismantling the 62-year-old Sakonnet River Bridge on Thursday morning, April 11, the Providence Journal reports. The support beams on either side of the large central arch segment of the bridge were cut, and the bridge section was slowly lowered onto waiting barges. Four metal columns capable of […]
April 30, 2018
Roadbuilding
Is your state red, yellow or green in new traffic-safety law ratings?
Six states and the District of Columbia earned good ratings and 13 states received poor ratings in a recent report gauging the number of traffic safety laws a state has enacted. The rest were deemed yellow, for caution. The 2018 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws rates all the states and the District of Columbia […]
January 26, 2018
Roadbuilding
Failing to remove snow, ice from vehicles against the law in some states
It can be a hassle to clean snow and ice off your car, but failing to do so can be deadly. New Hampshire state police in early December received about 20 reports of snow and ice coming loose from cars, trucks and tractor-trailers and striking other vehicles and, in some cases, shattering windshields, reports the […]
January 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
Commercial truck toll helps R.I. replace bad bridge
A Rhode Island bridge that has been deemed structurally deficient for almost two decades has been replaced six months ahead of schedule, says the state’s department of transportation. The Rhode Island DOT says more such projects are to come as the state tries to dig out from its bottom rating in the country for bridge […]
December 8, 2017
Dealers
New England Manitowoc crane dealer marks 60th year
Shawmut Equipment is celebrating its 60th anniversary of selling and renting cranes, serving as one of Manitowoc Cranes’ leading distributors. Shawmut was founded in 1957 in Connecticut by George O’Connell as a crane distributor for Connecticut and western Massachusetts. It represents all Manitowoc crane brands: Manitowoc, Grove, National and Potain. It became one of Grove’s […]
December 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
Iowa gas-tax hike increases local road, bridge projects
Iowa’s 10-cent gas-tax increase, enacted in March 2015, has brought in an additional $515 million for road and bridge projects, the Quad City Times reports. The additional revenue has been coming to cities and counties and must be used for critical road and bridge projects. The state has also used about half of the money […]
November 17, 2017
Roadbuilding
New exit signs coming to R.I. Interstate 295
Rhode Island drivers will soon see a change to exit signs on Interstate 295 as the state department of transportation prepares to mark exits by their mile markers. The work will begin the week of November 27 and is expected to take two weeks. Signs will be changed going north to south, interchange-by-interchange. RIDOT says […]
November 16, 2017
Roadbuilding
R.I. I-295 exit signs to answer ‘how far have we gone?’
Rhode Island will soon renumber its exit signs on Interstate 295 in a way that will let drivers know how far they’ve traveled. Currently, the exit signs follow numeric order of 1, 2, 3, etc., but the Federal Highway Administration has asked states to adopt a standard of numbering exits by the mile marker. So […]
September 26, 2017
Roadbuilding
More than half of all U.S. states have raised fuel taxes for highway funding
With transportation revenue lagging, 26 states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation to raise the gas tax in the past four years, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). The most recent additions in 2017 include California, Indiana, Montana, South Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In addition, Utah enacted […]
August 4, 2017
Class 7-8
Crane co.’s overweight haul hit with biggest ticket in R.I. history
The most expensive ticket in Rhode Island history just went to a trucking company that did not have an overweight permit for a 280-ton truck. Bay Crane Northeast was fined $57,000 Tuesday for attempting to travel through Rhode Island recently in an unpermitted 560,000-pound rig destined for Massachusetts, according to wpri.com. The truck, which was […]
July 24, 2017
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