Mon February 20, 2017
Bayonne Bridge Opens After Four Years of Construction
The Bayonne Bridge officially reopened Feb. 20, after years of construction to raise its deck. The bridge connects New Jersey to Staten Island. A $1.3 billion construction project beginning in 2013 raised the deck by 64 feet to allow bigger cargo ships to reach ports in the New York City area....
Mon February 20, 2017
UDOT Uses High-Pressure Water Jets for Bridge Demolition
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is utilizing an innovative system of high-pressure water jets to refurbish bridge decks on the I-215 project. This is one of the first times UDOT has used this hydro demolition process to reconstruct a bridge deck, and the first in the Salt Lake Valley....
Mon February 20, 2017
Feds OK Project to Widen Interstate 70 in Northeast Denver
Federal transportation officials have given Colorado the green light to move forward with a $1.2 billion project to widen Interstate 70 through northeast Denver. The Denver Post reported that the federal “Record of Decision” ends a thorough environmental impact study and allows the Colorado Department of Transportation to move forward with the project, which will likely face new court challenges....
Mon February 20, 2017
Study: Facebook Data Center Could Net $2B in Economic Impact
A study done by a consulting firm for the village of Los Lunas estimates nearly $2 billion in fiscal and economic impacts from Facebook's new data center over 10 years. The Albuquerque Journal reported the study by California-based David Taussig & Associates came out in December, more than a month after Facebook broke ground....
Lori Tobias - Mon February 20, 2017
WSDOT Expects to Have Point Defiance Bypass Operational This Fall
When Friday rolls around, crews on the Point Defiance Bypass Project are ready to attack their job building new rail line, but when Monday arrives, it's back to business for the railroad. It's a tightly synchronized operation of a $150 million project that will make rail travel all that more efficient in the corridor stretching from Vancouver, B.C....
Fri February 17, 2017
Transportation Group Claims Motorists Spent $758 Million Each Year Due to Shoddy Roads in W.V.
A nonprofit transportation group says most West Virginia major roads are in shoddy shape and that motorists spent $758 million each year in extra vehicle operating costs from driving on them. The report released Thursday by Washington, D.C.-based TRIP found 29 percent of the major roads in West Virginia were in poor condition, 55 percent were in mediocre or fair condition and 17 percent were in good condition....
Thu February 16, 2017
Gov. Baker Seeking $200M for Local Road, Bridge Projects
Gov. Charlie Baker is seeking $200 million for local transportation projects across Massachusetts. The Republican governor said Feb. 16 he's filing a bill requesting the money to help cities and towns make needed upgrades to roads and bridges....
Wed February 15, 2017
$75.1 Million Bridge Comes Together Over Illinois River
The new, state-funded $75.1 million bridge that will carry Illinois 104 over the Illinois River at Meredosia is approximately 45 percent complete, but the most dramatic portion of the construction will begin this summer....
Wed February 15, 2017
Mainstreaming Road Safety in Transportation Projects: Scaling up Global Commitment
In a policy statement released today, the International Road Federation affirmed the essential role of road safety audits and inspections, and called on multilateral institutions to introduce qualitative benchmarks and capacity strengthening programs to ensure countries progress towards a safe and forgiving road system....
Wed February 15, 2017
Nearly 56,000 American Bridges on Structurally Deficient List, New Analysis of Federal Data Shows
The length of the nation's structurally deficient bridges if placed end-to-end would stretch 1,276 miles, half the distance from New York to Los Angeles, a new examination of federal government data shows....
