Savannah Serves Largest Vessel Ever to Call on East Coast
Savannah, Ga. - The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the largest container ship ever to serve the U.S. East Coast at 14,414 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), called the Port of Savannah today. Working the vessel with seven cranes at the 1,200-acre Garden City Terminal, the Port of Savannah is expected to move 4,500 containers (approximately 8,000 TEUs) on and off the ship. The GPA will work six other vessels simultaneous to the Roosevelt. "Not only do these massive ships play to Sa...
U.S. Driving Increases for Sixth Straight Year, New Federal Data Show
WASHINGTON – New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving topped 1.58 trillion miles in the first six months of 2017 – or more than 8,500 roundtrips from Earth to the Sun – continuing a streak of steadily increasing vehicle miles travelled (VMT) that began in 2011. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report – a monthly estimate of U.S. road travel – show that more than 280.9...
Fluor-led Joint Venture Breaks Ground on Maryland Purple Line
IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Purple Line Transit Partners joint venture team, comprised of Fluor, Meridiam Infrastructure Purple Line, LLC, and Star America Purple Line, LLC, broke ground on the Purple Line Light Rail project for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA). The groundbreaking was capped off with the signing of the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration’s...
Cortec MCI-309 Protects Post-Tension Strands During Construction of New St. Croix River Crossing
The St. Croix Crossing, dedicated August 2nd, 2017, is a significant new structure connecting Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, with St. Joseph, Wisconsin. The new bridge is expected to promote regional economic development and reduce congestion by replacing the historic but aging Stillwater Lift Bridge (destined for pedestrian traffic) with an engineering masterpiece. The new St. Croix Crossing is designed to carry tens of thousands of vehicles in uninhibited travel across the St. Croix National Sce...
High-Speed Amtrak Service from Chicago to St. Louis Will Shave Hour Off Trip
High-speed Amtrak rail trains powered by new locomotives should start whizzing between Chicago and St. Louis sometime in 2018, officials said Monday. The trains will travel at top speeds of 110 mph, which doesn't match the 200-plus mph levels of trains in Europe and Japan, but should reduce trip times from 5½ to 4½ hours, IDOT and Amtrak executives explained. With the modernization, customers will "have smoother rides, upgraded stations, crossing and signal improvements for safety, (and) g...
Judges Pick ‘Top 12’ List of State DOT Projects to Compete for Best in America
A "Top 12" group of infrastructure projects that state departments of transportation completed last year are competing as finalists for two national prized in then 2017 "America's Transportation Awards." That competition – sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the AAA motor club and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – spotlights excellence in projects that improve safety and mobility for the traveling public and improve the flow of commerce. The t...
New Destinations Available in the Lehigh Valley
WASHINGTON – Amtrak now provides expanded Thruway bus service between New York City and Philadelphia to destinations throughout the Lehigh Valley and southern Pennsylvania. Customers now have more convenient and affordable travel options from more than a dozen new locations including Kutztown, Allentown, Quakertown, Bethlehem and to Philadelphia 30th Street Station. Bieber Tourways, an intercity motor coach operator based in Pennsylvania, provides transportation throughout Pennsylvania and to...
Connecting Vehicles and Infrastructure in Wyoming
Dangerous high wind conditions can be a major cause of highway crashes and trucks blowing over, putting lives at risk and, in the case of places such as Wyoming, jeopardizing America’s freight. A key location for the movement of goods both across the country, Wyoming is the home of such important routes as Interstate 80, or I-80, a major corridor for east-west freight movement. Approximately 11,000 to 16,000 vehicles travel this corridor every day, with more than 32 million tons of freight tr...
TxDOT Ferries, Roads Along Texas Coast Could Close as Water Rises
AUSTIN – As Hurricane Harvey makes its way toward the Texas coastline, the Texas Department of Transportation is asking Texans to stay up-to-date on possible ferry and road closures. At this time, all ferry operations are running, but that could change quickly as water surges exceed 5 feet. At this time, it is now likely the ferries in Port Aransas will run through late Friday morning, conditions permitting. For updates on ferry operations, follow the TxDOT Ferry Twitter feeds, @Galveston...
Fluor-Led Joint Venture Advances First Span Completion for Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in New York
IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the first span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, formerly known as the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York, will open to drivers beginning August 25. The Fluor-led joint venture of Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC., comprised of American Bridge, Granite and Taylor Bros., will shift all four lanes of westbound traffic from the existing bridge to the new span overnight on August 25. The four eastbound lanes will be shifted onto the new...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
June Issue 2026
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