FAA Invests $479.1M in Safety, Sustainable Infrastructure at Airports
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $479 million in airport infrastructure grants to 123 projects at airports across all 50 states, American Samoa and Puerto Rico. View an interactive map with all the awards. “These grants will help strengthen our country’s airports and the communities they serve by making investments that create jobs and increase safety, sustainability and accessibility.” U.S. Transportation Secretary...
Second phase of improvements to I-5 wraps up in Lakewood
Third phase of construction begins in 2023 LAKEWOOD – There is great news to share for travelers who use Interstate 5 in Lakewood. Phase two of construction to widen the highway and rebuild intersections is now substantially complete. That means the end to continuous overnight detours and ramp and lane closures on I-5 from Gravelly Lake Drive in Lakewood to 41st Division Drive at JBLM. There may still be some occasional ramp, single lane and shoulder closures as some fin...
Seattle’s Northgate Link Extension Now Open for Service
WSP USA provided Sound Transit with final design service for an underground and elevated guideway rail extension that connects Downtown Seattle with city’s northern neighborhoods. SEATTLE — The Northgate Link Extension, a new 4.3-mile, three-station extension of Sound Transit’s light rail network that includes three miles of tunnel and 2,200 feet of aerial guideway, opened for passenger service on Saturday, Oct. 2. As part of the McMillen Jacobs Associates-led team, WSP USA, a...
PennDOT Tallies Ongoing Safety Benefits Of Roundabouts
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently noted that overall fatalities, injuries, and crashes decreased at 26 roundabouts at 23 locations statewide over the last 20 years. [Above photo by PennDOT] PennDOT recently reviewed data for 26 roundabouts located at intersections on state routes on state routes that were previously controlled by stop signs or traffic signals. Department data based on police-submitted crash reports from 2000 through 2020 indicates fatalities at those l...
SPMT Cantilever Solution Allows for Swift Setting of Rail Bridge Girders in Colorado
Mammoet’s cantilever system transporting girder into position. Innovative approach reduces install time from one day to one hour Mammoet was contracted to assist in two phases of work to set twelve steel rail bridge girders. The girders were located directly under Interstate 70 in Colorado, which prevented any cranes from performing the work. Each girder measured approximately 21m (70 ft.) long and would be set on bearing pads over an existing dirt pit. Mammoet’s team cam...
Mammoet removes bridge section in confined city center
A DEMAG Crawler Crane CC 8800-1 lifts the bridge section, copyright: ASFINAG Exact planning and custom engineering ensure on-time delivery with minimum disruption in Vienna, Austria More than 30 years ago, a freeway junction on the Vienna southeast tangent in Austria was built but never put into operation. As part of a recent redevelopment program, the last bridge section of this "closed exit" would be demolished. Due to an elevated road below and confined space around the ta...
NTSB Investigating Deadly Amtrak Derailment
An Amtrak car lies on its side after derailing on Saturday in Montana. Source: CNN An Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest derailed in a remote part of Montana on Saturday afternoon, killing three people and hospitalizing five others, authorities said. Eight cars from Amtrak's Empire Builder train 7/27 headed westbound to Seattle/Portland derailed at about 4 p.m. near Joplin, Montana, a town around 30 miles south of the Canadian border with a p...
Skanska transforms new interchange in Florida, USA , for USD 82M, about SEK 690M
Skanska has signed a contract with the Florida Department of Transportation to design and build a new interchange at Interstate 75 (I-75) and Big Bend Road in Hillsborough County, Florida, USA. Skanska will include the contract worth USD 82M, about SEK 690M, in the US order bookings for the third quarter of 2021. The project includes the widening and reconstructing of Big Bend Road and reconfiguration of the I-75 ramps, improving traffic flow and reducing delays. The overall configuration will...
Three Teams Identified to Move Forward in Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership Initiative Procurement Process
Harrisburg, PA – As the public-involvement and environmental-review process continues on candidate bridges in the Major Bridge P3 Initiative, the state's Public-Private Transportation Partnership Office today announced that three teams will be invited to submit proposals competing to enter into a progressive public-private partnership (P3) with PennDOT to administer the initiative. "Combined with potential federal and state action on transportation investments, this initiative will ensure cri...
Guidebook on Airport Response to UAS Threats, Developed by Woolpert, Published by National Safe Skies Alliance
The information is designed to help airports develop planning, response and recovery protocols. DENVER (Sept. 22, 2021) — The “Airport Response to Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Threats” guidebook has been published by the National Safe Skies Alliance through its Program for Applied Research in Airport Security (PARAS). PARAS is funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and modeled after the Airport Cooperative Research Program of the Transportation Research Board. The guidebook was cr...
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