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  • January 2004

    • January 2004

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    What a move

    Feb. 17, 2004
    The exhibit, celebrating our nation’s transportation growth, sets the tone like a famous composer, with each note carefully placed and ready to climax. Smithsonian’s National ...
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    Everybody follow Vermont

    Jan. 16, 2004
    When you enter a work zone, it should really feel like stepping into a Wal-Mart. This country carries thousands of the discount superstores, but each one has a familiar look. ...
    Bridges

    A commitment to quality

    Jan. 16, 2004
    For the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), replacing a deteriorated drawbridge built in 1922 resulted not only in a gleaming new structure, but in a project distinguished...
    Concrete Maintenance

    Have it repaired

    Jan. 16, 2004
    Technical experts at the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) and its chapter and state affiliates address thousands of technical issues every year. In response to the...
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    Honored for memorial work

    Jan. 16, 2004
    Many state DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) programs include a provision entitling the state DOT to recover “liquidated damages” for any shortfall in DBE participation...

    More content from January 2004

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    On their way to work

    Jan. 16, 2004
    The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is hoping members of Congress will do some reading off the train. A new ad campaign is urging the House and...
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    Roads Report: The customer is always right

    Jan. 16, 2004
    You're being towed A Virginia man's desperate attempt to start his stalled motorcycle landed him a spot on the latest Darwin Awards list. According to the book dedicated to the...
    Safety

    Fresh to the core

    Jan. 16, 2004
    Focusing on our motto, “Safer Roads Save Lives,” is the message that American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) staff and volunteers are taking to Capitol Hill in support...
    Bridges

    Next performance

    Jan. 16, 2004
    During the past 10 years, the design and use of high-performance concrete (HPC) has become more common, with hundreds of structures created using the material. Signature bridges...
    Safety

    A walking example

    Jan. 16, 2004
    Wilton Watson couldn’t feel his smokeless chewing tobacco. After flying 35 ft into a highway ditch the lone missing sensation was a blessing. It could have been worse--a lot worse...
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    Spanning the News

    Jan. 16, 2004
    Scranton Gillette Communications chairman, CEO passes away Halbert Scranton Gillette, chairman of the board and CEO of Scranton Gillette Communications, publisher of Roads &...
    Concrete Roads

    The joint connection

    Jan. 16, 2004
    To ensure the concrete pavements we are building now will continue to serve the needs of the traveling public well into the future, it is essential to take into account all design...
    Safety

    Quality of life

    Jan. 16, 2004
    Unflinching attention to safety and sure-handed traffic control plans: these were two quality principles that landed the New Jersey Department of Transportation, designer Parsons...
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    Tough acting, long lasting

    Jan. 16, 2004
    As the American Concrete Pavement Association marks its 40th anniversary this year, we also are commemorating the 50th year of the interstate highway system. The 46,677-mile interstate...
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    A full-time show

    Jan. 16, 2004
    It's not often the Super Bowl is treated like another one of its commercials. But at the American Traffic Safety Services Association's (ATSSA) 34th Annual Convention and Traffic...
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    Biggest and brightest

    Jan. 16, 2004
    Visitors to the World of Concrete 2004 next month will be able to see if concrete looks any different under the Florida sunshine. The concrete industry will be gathering in Orlando...