Video: Nevada DOT Brightline West Ground Breaking
The Nevada Department of Transportation released a video of the ground breaking ceremony for the 218-mile-long Brightline West high speed rail project that will operate between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
How the Safe System Approach Can Improve Safety for All Road Users
Beth Wemple and Olivia Polinsky Share How the SSA Can Be Implemented to Reduce Traffic Fatalities in North America For nearly three decades, the Safe System Approach framework has been used in communities around the globe to plan and implement infrastructure that reduce traffic fatalities. The principles used in the SSA have slowly been incorporated into projects in cities in the U.S. through Toward Zero Deaths and Vision Zero programs that aim to cut the number of traffic deaths to zero...
Video: Teton Pass Detour Opens
Thanks to an emergency contract and round-the-clock work, the highway over Teton Pass is once again open to traffic following the June 8, 2024, landslide. Featuring: John Eddins, WYDOT District Engineer - Rock Springs
Critical dewatering operations ensure on-time delivery of bridge construction project in the Philippines
Atlas Copco’s footprint and expertise have improved critical dewatering operations on a strategic infrastructure project in The Philippines. The Dipolog-Dapitan bridge project is one of several development initiatives on the island of Mindanao, intended to boost economic growth in the region. Despite high levels of rainfall, safe working conditions have been maintained and the project has been kept on schedule through the deployment of Atlas Copco dewatering pumps. The island of Mindana...
WSP Congratulates Miami-Dade on Groundbreaking for Transit Center
WSP’s design-bid-build contract for the South Dade Transit Operations Center (SDTOC) advances the county’s climate action strategy to integrate more electric buses into its fleet. MIAMI — The Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) has begun construction on a state-of-the-art Transit Operations Center (TOC) that will charge, service, operate, maintain and house its new sustainable fleet of battery electric buses (BEB). The SDTOC is the first of i...
Acrow to Supply 186 Modular Steel Bridges to the Republic of Angola
Major infrastructure program will enhance connectivity and support transformative economic development (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce a project to supply 186 modular steel bridges to the Republic of Angola. The structures will contribute to efforts to modernize Angola’s road and transportation infrastructure and will be installed throughout the country by Angolan engineers, technicians and contractor...
Video: Middle Mile Broadband Initiative - Caltrans Build
[Above photo by Caltrans] The California Department of Transportation recently released a video that details how the agency is helping the California Department of Technology install thousands of miles of broadband infrastructure statewide – especially in rural areas.
The Eads Bridge, engineering marvel and St. Louis landmark, marks its 150th anniversary this Fourth of July
Eads Bridge. Photograph by W.C. Persons, 1920. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collection. Rivers 333. n14019. Scan © 2008, Missouri History Museum. Eads Bridge at 150 exhibit at the Missouri History Museum examines the complexities of the bridge’s design, its construction, and the important role it has played since it opened in 1874. LOUIS, MO – As a child traveling to St. Louis for the first time, James B. Eads and his family lost everything as their steamship caught...
USDOT Awards Nearly $60 Million in Advanced Vehicle Technology Grants to Arizona, Texas and Utah to Serve as National Models and Help Save Lives on Our Nation’s Roadways
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced that it is awarding $60 million in grants under the Saving Lives with Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment program to advance connected and interoperable vehicle technologies. The grants to recipients in Arizona, Texas and Utah will serve as national models to accelerate and spur new deployments of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies. “As this Department explores every measure...
Acrow Bridge Installed in Italy’s Vicenza Province to Provide Access for Pedestrians and Cyclists
Detour solution is also carrying utilities during a major bridge reconstruction project PARSIPPANY, N.J.- Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced one of its modular steel bridges has been installed to provide access for pedestrians, cyclists and relocated utility lines during a project to reconstruct an aging and functionally obsolete structure in Northeast Italy. After many years of service, the bridge spanning the Bacchiglione River on Provincia...