ARTBA Helps Secure Purple Line Victory in Federal Court
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Dec. 19 hailed a federal appeals court decision to overrule a lower court ruling blocking the Maryland Purple Line light-rail project, one of the nation’s most high profile transit public-private partnerships (P3). The association told the court that not allowing the Purple Line to proceed posed grave risks for future transportation projects and was an abuse of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Tr...
Acrow Bridge Furnishes Detour Bridge for Infrastructure Project in Indiana and Kentucky
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today it has provided the Indiana DOT (INDOT) a temporary detour bridge that is being used on US Route 41 over the Cheatam Slough in Evansville, Indiana. The project is part of the larger Fix For 41 construction collaboration between INDOT and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that will rehabilitate seven bridges on the highway from near the Interstate 69 interchange in Evansville...
Probe Starts of Fatal Amtrak Derailment Near Seattle
An Amtrak train operating from Seattle to Portland derailed on a bridge near Tacoma, Wash. on Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring as many as 100. The Amtrak Cascades Train 501 was carrying approximately 78 passengers and five crew members, when it careened off an overpass onto Interstate 5 below, leaving one rail car dangling and one upside down. Local officials said that several vehicles on the roadway were involved in an ensuing pileup, but no motorists were reported...
U.S. October Road Traffic Continues Run of New Record Highs
Motor vehicle travel on all U.S. highways and streets increased 1.2 percent in October from a year earlier – adding 3.3 billion more vehicle miles – and continued a string of record-high volume levels. The Federal Highway Administration in its latest monthly "Traffic Volume Trends" report said motorists racked up an estimated 275 billion vehicle miles in October as demand for roadway travel kept growing. After traffic volume set an all-time yearly high in 2016, it is on pace for another re...
Amtrak Train Derails onto Washington Highway
Amtrak train 501 derailed and is dangling onto Interstate 5 in Washington state. Witness Greg Mukai describes the incident. Source: CNN
CH2M, Walsh Construction Updating One of Ohio's Busiest Bridges
CLEVELAND - Approximately 170,000 vehicles per day cross over the I-480 Valley View Bridge, making it one of the state's busiest structures serving local and interstate traffic in the greater Cleveland area. The twin bridges, originally opened to traffic in 1977, cross over the Cuyahoga River Valley in Cuyahoga County. Because of the bridges' age and heavy volume of traffic, the existing concrete decks are nearing the end of their useful life. In October, the Ohio Department of Transportat...
Caliper Corporation (Maptitude, TransCAD) Joins the USGS Coalition
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - Caliper Corporation, a privately held GIS, transportation, and mapping software company, has announced that it has become a member organization of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coalition. The USGS Coalition is an alliance of more than 80 organizations united by a commitment to the continued vitality of the USGS and its ability to provide critical data and services to the nation. The Coalition supports increased federal investment in USGS programs that underpi...
National Park Service, FHWA Unveil $227M Plan to Fix Arlington Memorial Bridge
Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said federal agencies have put together $227 million for a project to rehabilitate the iconic Arlington Memorial Bridge that spans the Potomac River and links Arlington, Va., with Washington, D.C. Major construction will begin next autumn, the DOI said, but minor repairs will begin soon on the weight-restricted bridge owned by the National Park Service that is a major commuter route and runs between Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and the Li...
State DOTs, MPOs, Transit Groups Seek One-Year Delay of Federal Reporting on Performance
With an important regulatory deadline approaching Jan. 1 for state departments of transportation, transit agencies and metropolitan planning organizations to begin reporting on their performance management, industry groups jointly asked U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to delay the reporting period by one year. The chief executives of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the American Public Transportation Association and the Association of Metropoli...
Acrow Bridge Recognized by Department of Commerce for ‘Export Achievement’
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – 12 December, 2017 – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, today noted that Sandra Montoya, Acrow’s international sales coordinator, accepted on behalf of the company the Export Achievement Certificate from the U.S. Commercial Service, the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. The award was presented to Montoya by Brian Beams, senior international trade specialist for the De...
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