District DOT Launches $441M Project to Replace Aging Frederick Douglass Bridge
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser broke ground last month on a three-year, $441 million project to build a new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge to replace the 68-year-old that spans the Anacostia River and has required special repairs and truck traffic restrictions for years. Bowser said the work to build a new, wider bridge alongside the present one is part of a broader set of projects that include reconstruction of the Suitland Parkway/I-295 interchange plus rebuilding and widening...
USDOT Awards 41 TIGER Grants Across 43 States
The U.S. Department of Transportation said March 9 that it awarded nearly $500 million in fiscal 2017 TIGER grants to 41 recipients in 43 states, including to some projects directly sponsored by state DOTs. Days earlier, the USDOT had informed members of Congress and many had announced their own projects individually. The announcement said the grants are going to road, transit, maritime and rail projects, that more than 64 percent will aid rural areas and $39.18 million of the awards is fo...
New Ads Urge Action on Infrastructure, Permanent Solution for Highway Trust Fund
WASHINGTON - “If we’re stuck in gridlock, so is our economy. Congestion drives up the price of everything we make, buy and export. It’s a $160 billion hidden tax.” That’s the key message of a new ad campaign urging Congress and the Trump administration to act now to develop and pass a robust transportation infrastructure investment package and a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund. The ad campaign, developed by the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) and Americans for Transpo...
One-Year Delay of Gateway Project Will Cost $1.6 Billion and 366,000 Tons of CO2
New York, NY – March 12, 2018 – Common Good, the nonpartisan reform coalition, today released its estimate of the cost of a one-year delay in construction of the Gateway Rail Tunnel Project under the Hudson River. This estimate builds upon Common Good’s landmark 2016 report “ Billions for Red Tape ,” which found that improved permitting for the Gateway Project could save taxpayers billions and avoid significant environmental harm. That report is credited with speeding up the approv...
Stantec Selected to Design Hampstead Bypass and US 17 Improvements in Hampstead in New Hanover and Pender Counties, North Carolina
RALEIGH, NC (March 9, 2018) NYSE, TSX:STN: Division Three of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) selected international consulting design firm Stantec to provide analysis and engineering services for Hampstead Bypass from I-140 to US 17 north of Hampstead. Corridor improvements to existing US 17 in Hampstead are also included in Stantec’s design services. These projects, totaling $250 million in construction, will greatly improve north-south mobility along the North Carolina...
ITD's Buehrig Traveling to Tiny Village in Panama to Build Bridges To Prosperity
BOISE - Opportunities like the one in front of Idaho Transportation Department Bridge Engineer Alan Buehrig are few and far between. Buehrig is traveling to Panama March 16 for two weeks to participate in the Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) program. Buehrig's group will construct a steel suspension bridge -- the 100-foot span will connect a portion of the community to the outside roadway. The bridge will provide safe pedestrian access across the Rio Tuancle (from one side of the community to t...
State of New York Chooses FiberSPAN-C Cantiliver Sidewalk System To Replace Aging Walkway Without Exceeding Load Capacity
DAYTON, Ohio : When deterioration forced the State of New York Office of General Services (OGS) to close a downtown Albany pedestrian bridge walkway, the crew chose to replace bridge components and enlarge the sidewalk. The pedway supports daily foot traffic of nearly 700 state employees and links agency offices with parking. The OGS crew considered traditional concrete and lightweight concrete but both options proved too heavy for the vehicle bridge. And internet search led OGS to Composite Adv...
Steeplejacks Climb Cables, Chip Ice to Help Restore Mackinac Bridge Service
Michigan's Mackinac Bridge Authority recently turned to steeplejacks to climb up the cables of the iconic structure and chip away ice that led to a series of traffic closures. "Sheets and chunks of ice falling hundreds of feet from the bridge towers and cables have the potential to severely damage vehicles and injure or kill passengers in them," the authority said. It added that crews monitor bridge conditions throughout any closure, both by going out on the bridge and through the MBA's netwo...
Mississippi Opens New Coldwater River Bridge to Replace One Closed by 2016 Flood
The Mississippi Department of Transportation has opened a new highway bridge over the Coldwater River in Tate County after a nearly two-year closure of the previous flood-damaged structure. "We are pleased to announce the completion of the project reconnecting Tate and DeSoto counties, and the rest of the region, on [US] Highway 51," said Mike Tagert, northern district transportation commissioner. "About 3,200 motorists used the bridge each day before it was damaged by flooding in 2016. Resid...
42 More Transportation Project Professionals Become "Safety Certified"
(WASHINGTON) - Forty two individuals from 13 states, representing 13 companies have earned the “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™” (SCTPP) credential so far in 2018, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation announced today. The certification is valid for three years. The SCTPP program is aimed at the thousands of transportation project workers, supervisors, foremen, inspectors, managers, manufacturers and materials suppliers, des...
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