April 2005

After a major automobile accident caused by high winds on the Severn River Bridge near Annapolis, Md., and Hurricane Isabel disrupted traffic on the Thomas Johnson Bridge in southern...

With the ever-increasing construction repair to sidewalks and crosswalks, navigating alternate routes can be challenging and dangerous, especially for the visually impaired. The...

Erle Asphalt Co., Farmingdale, N.J., does general contracting, site work, new construction, reconstruction, milling and paving. “When you’re running night crews, it gets very ...

Winter has just ended and the challenges of the last season are still fresh in your mind. You may have asked yourself; “How can we make it better for the next season?” “Is there...

The E. R. Snell Contractors of Snellville, Ga., is a full-service, fifth-generation contractor. It was founded by E. F. Snell in 1926. Today, in addition to covering the northern...

Problem: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports, needed a new runway to accommodate more air traffic. The only available site was...

The main backbone of the Towpath Trail in Ohio passes by the Carnegie Avenue Bridge, where thousands of visitors travel every year. The city of Akron turned to BridgeTek, provider...

A series of major road improvements is addressing the problem of increased numbers of vehicles and its attendant congestion in Australia. The most recent is the Lane Cove Tunnel...

City of Stephenville, Tex., officials have at least a dozen reasons to endorse using cement to rehabilitate their streets. None of Stephenville’s cement-recycled streets have ...

Platform migration is never easy, especially when mission-critical applications must remain online. Farid Saddik, chief information officer for R&L Brosamer Inc., a highway-heavy...

The new Visitor Center for the Pennsylvania State University has been designed as a “sustainable” building. In keeping with the concepts of sustainability, Cahill Associates Environment...

CASS is a Cable Barrier System that consists of C-shaped posts of mild steel that can be either driven, or installed in concrete post foundations with a steel sleeve. Three 19...

To protect against and combat this summer’s return of the West Nile virus (WNV), Krylon Products Group provides an insect repellent with the industry’s ideal concentration of ...

In 2004, plans were implemented to replace the existing surface of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge in Niagara Falls with a fifth lane by eliminating the pedestrian access route ...

Few rocks are chosen as pets these days, but it’s still a good idea to give them adequate housing.

The Kansas City, Mo., skyline—and future—is looking much brighter these days. With the flip of a switch, three Missouri River bridges recently were transformed into an elegant...

When the Pennsylvania Turnpike was constructed in the late 1930s, its seven tunnels were considered an engineering marvel of the day. Indeed, the press heralded the toll road...

Picture this fictional scenario: A customer purchases a new Humvee largely because the salesman says it’s a new hybrid version that can get up to 40 miles per gallon. After a ...

In February 2004, scaffolding supporting a 105-ft concrete span of the under-construction Clearwater (Fla.) Memorial Causeway Bridge buckled, and the span dropped 7 in. at one...

Few people enjoy having their buttons pushed. And I would think even fewer would gladly take the time for someone to sit on them, bounce around a few times and swish their bottom...

For more than six decades, the Pennsylvania Turnpike has served as a vital link to travelers throughout the Northeastern U.S. The essence of the turnpike is to surmount barriers...

Giving off a strange vibe Homeland Security is not only keeping our roads safe from nuclear weapons, they’re also cracking down on cancer patients. Last month in Escondido, Calif...

Troy Gilbertson has been with the North Dakota Department of Transportation for 15 years and currently serves as a highway maintenance coordinator for a five-county district ...

A series of major road improvements is addressing the problem of increased numbers of vehicles and its attendant congestion in Australia. The most recent is the Lane Cove Tunnel...