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    Interstate System

    The Looking Glass

    Dec. 2, 2008
    The Marquette Interchange, which links nearly one-third of Wisconsin’s freeway traffic to the rest of the country, is undergoing a facelift that will allow the roadway system ...
    Bridges

    Steely resolve

    Dec. 2, 2008
    The leaders of Omaha, Neb., had a bold plan. They would spend about $22 million building one of the world’s longest pedestrian bridges. It would wind across the Missouri River...
    Motor Graders

    Refining for refineries

    Dec. 2, 2008
    Oil production is on the rise in Sturgeon County, Alberta. Tar sands mining and oil refining are driving this development, with construction of three new refineries commencing...
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    A lending institution?

    Dec. 2, 2008
    In today’s road- and bridge-building industry, which answer is most correct? A public-private partnership (P3) is: A. A paradigm for private investment in public highways. B. ...
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    Gifts that give

    Dec. 2, 2008
    Meals on wheels It was love at first sight when Chris Owens laid eyes on a 25-year-old beauty in Noank, Conn. Unfortunately her asking price was $18,000. Owens, the owner of a...

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    Erosion Control and Soil Stabilization

    Perfect solution

    During normal precipitation conditions, soil under the surface of the ground expands and contracts with the variations in moisture levels. However, extremely dry seasons can cause...
    Concrete Maintenance

    Off-peak drilling

    Dec. 2, 2008
    There’s a popular saying in the Midwest about the seemingly small number of seasonal changes in this part of the country: “We have only two seasons: winter and road construction...
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    A DBE / not a DBE

    Dec. 2, 2008
    On Oct. 21, 2008, a federal appeals court in Ohio reinstated a lawsuit filed in 2003 by a consortium of Kentucky-based disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) subcontractors against...
    Highway Construction

    Inter-mission

    Dec. 2, 2008
    During the “golden age” of building expressways, the late 1950s and early ’60s, the construction of an 18-mile-long highway over relatively flat terrain would have been business...
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    Help needed

    Dec. 2, 2008
    A few in the highway and bridge industry were able to take that trip they always wanted to take in 2008. Most, however, were forced to make the one they have forever dreaded. ...
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    Can it

    Dec. 2, 2008
    Can he move people to stand idle in lines that stretch long past their comfort level? If it is for that Tonka fire station complete with all of the firefighting accessories—yes...