Tom Odula - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue March 22, 2016
Roar of Construction Work Scaring Lions
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) A leading Kenyan wildlife expert has said the noise from road construction is scaring lions out of Nairobi National Park and could lead to the death of people or the lions. A lion injured a 63-old man March 18 after it strayed from the Nairobi park into a major highway during the morning rush hour....
Mon March 21, 2016
RIDOT Establishes Weight Limit on Mink Street Bridge
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that effective March 2, a weight limit for trucks was in place on the Runnins River Bridge, which carries Mink Street over the Runnins River on the Rhode Island/Massachusetts border in East Providence....
Irwin Rapoport - Mon March 21, 2016
ConnDOT's I-95 West River Bridge Reconstruction Proceeding on Schedule
With the West River Bridge (built in 1958) nearing the end of its serviceable life, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), agreed in 2012 to replace the 1,020 ft. (311 m)-long bridge linking New Haven and West Haven....
Brian M. Fraley - Mon March 21, 2016
ECA Drilling Rigs a Perfect Fit for Viaduct Replacement
A Bauer BG 18 H rotary drilling rig sits wedged between an earthen embankment, a shotcrete-covered bridge abutment, a maze of rusty steel trestles and the underside of a historic railroad viaduct in Swarthmore, Pa., on a glacial January morning....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon March 21, 2016
Crews Work to Stabilize MD 135 After Rock Slide
The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Adminstration (SHA) is currently working to remedy a rock slide that occurred in western Maryland near the Allegany/Garrett County line in early January....
Fri March 18, 2016
UDOT Continues Plan to Improve Busy Highway
The Utah Department of Transportation announced several updates as part of its plan to keep traffic moving on Bangerter Highway. Environmental studies are underway on four intersections at 5400 South, 7000 South, 9000 South and 11400 South to evaluate construction of freeway-style interchanges....
Irwin Rapoport - Thu March 17, 2016
Freeport West Builds ARA Development in West Valley City
Construction is proceeding rapidly as Freeport West Industrial Properties continues to develop 130 acres of land in West Valley City, Utah, just outside Salt Lake City. “With this new industrial campus enterprise, we are adding capacity for new large-scale storage, warehousing, distribution, office and showroom space within the Wasatch Front, where it has been tapped out,” said Bradley J....
Thu March 17, 2016
Edmonds Pier Expected to Close
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) The city of Edmonds is closing its fishing pier while the structure gets upgraded with about $1.6 million in repairs. The Daily Herald reports that the 944-ft. (287.7 m) -long pier will be closed for three months starting Monday, March 14....
Lori Tobias - Thu March 17, 2016
Highway 20 Project Ready to Move to Phase Four
Part 2 of a 3-part series: Project leaders on the Pioneer Mt. — Eddyville Highway 20 project are readying to make the final big push on the last construction phase of this overdue project. Phase four will involve straightening one final hard curve, building buttresses for landslide mitigation, paving, striping and installing guard rails and drainage....
Fri March 18, 2016
Port of Gulfport Awaits Special Delivery
The website shipmspa is reporting that three new ship-to-shore gantry cranes for the Port of Gulfport are arriving by ship and are expected to be in Gulfport between March 17 – 20, 2016 (depending on weather concerns)....
