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Why Oregon DOT’s curve speed advisory update led to increased limits
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is changing out speed advisory signs across the state,  increasing the speed in many instances. The effort will extend over the next three years on public roads with more than 1,000 vehicles per day traveling across them. This shift is due to several reasons, including federal requirements to have […]
May 11, 2016
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT to begin displaying weekly tallies of highway deaths
The Colorado Department of Transportation wants to help make the roads safer by giving drivers a weekly reminder of those who have died in crashes this year. CDOT announced that it would begin to display a weekly tally of the year-to-date deaths in the state each Wednesday on digital signs across the state. The signs, […]
January 27, 2016
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Fan replaces signage on Bowie Street in Austin to honor David Bowie
Some Austin music lovers took street naming into their own hands to honor David Bowie after he died this week, and the Austin Transportation Department is letting them be heroes—but for more than just one day. The Austin American-Statesman reported that signage on Bowie Street near Fifth Street in Austin was replaced by an unknown person […]
January 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
Watch Caltrans install new, safer retro-reflective signs
The California Department of Transportation is installing new retro-reflective signs to replace older road signage. According to CalTrans, the orange retro-reflective signs are more fully illuminated by vehicle headlights in order to be more visible at night. The signs don’t require electricity to be illuminated, so this saves money for the department while increasing safety. Caltrans District […]
January 8, 2016
Roadbuilding
Man arrested for stealing road signs, rebar from Pennsylvania construction site
A Pennsylvania man is facing theft charges after he was caught with stolen road signs and rebar from a highway bridge project. Brian Pennington, 54, was allegedly seen by an officer at an area Salvation Army early Monday morning taking metal from a dumpster and putting it into his Chevrolet pickup truck. The officer approached the […]
August 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
TDOT’s creative sign contest begins
Are you feeling creative? If so, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)  has a contest you may want to consider entering. TDOT is currently holding a contest to allow drivers to choose creative messages for the state’s highway signs., according to WATE 6. The contest, which will run through January 16th, is currently taking entries […]
January 5, 2015
Roadbuilding
Fun With Road Signs
While running the Emerald City Half Marathon in Dublin, Ohio, in late August, I managed to pass the miles by reading the amusing signs spectators made to cheer on friends and family – and the funny signs that some runners wore themselves. (I love wearing my shirt that bears the phrase, “In my dreams, I […]
September 3, 2013
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Illinois speed limits increased
Truck speed limits on non-interstate highways in Illinois increased Jan. 1. Big rig speeds on various four-lane roads will rise to 65 mph from 55 mph on more rural roads outside of Chicago, matching the passenger car speed limit. Truckers are advised to hold off on increasing speeds until road signs have been changed, the […]
January 3, 2012
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