Revive Wacker Drive, a multimillion-dollar infrastructure reconstruction project in downtown Chicago, is set to see completion in fall 2012. On Friday, August 26, 2011, the fourth...
By The Numbers 100 million tons: The amount of recycled asphalt product (RAP) that we use each year in the U.S., making it the No. 1 recycled product in the country. 3%: The amount...
Gravel loss, primarily in the form of dust, is a common problem on Wyoming’s gravel roads. The loss of the fine materials that compose dust leads to degraded road surfaces as ...
The American economy will probably scrape the bottom of the trough through 2012 before a substantial recovery finally sets in, said Ed Sullivan, chief economist of the Portland...
Concrete is the material of choice for America’s roads, bridges, buildings, dams, and more. Yet, just like our cars, phones and computers, new advancements and technology have...
The Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C., was named the eighth-busiest airport in the U.S. and the 24th-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic...
Like many state highway agencies, the Oregon DOT has had recurring instances of transverse deck cracking in girder bridges. ODOT has conducted previous research on the cause and...
Sustainable development—a construction concept that began by focusing on buildings—has expanded to other sectors, including road construction. At its core, sustainable development...
Eight Mile Road Bridge, a short-span concrete structure built in 1940, needed to be replaced in Hamilton County, near Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to replacing the bridge deck...
Three exits on South Carolina’s I-385—SC 308 (Exit 2), SC 49 (Exit 5) and State Road 23 (Metric Road, Exit 10)—that had been closed during the rehabilitation project were scheduled...
Home of the free Parents of McGovern Elementary School students in Medway, Mass., are raising a stink over Paul Trufant’s septic-sewage service. It isn’t Trufant’s line of work...
Given my work over the last few years, I sense that many contractors are not well prepared to handle issues that arise during construction because they are using the same planning...
Your typical commute in 1906 would have been far different than it is today. For starters, you would not be traveling by automobile unless you were extremely wealthy. Instead,...
The Mississippi DOT knows it pays to be nice to politicians—and alligators. Still trying to recover from the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, the agency has been waiting patiently ...
Dear ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to this international trade press conference! Many of you have already taken part for many years. Visiting bauma is a must for you. Together...
A traffic engineer should have caught my sister in the act 20 years ago. This way it would have been flushed out of the system by now and the Europeans could keep their flaunting...
Thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome. I cannot tell you how pleased I am to be part of this 50th anniversary celebration. And I congratulate the...
Earlier this year, for example, Illinois Tollway engineers researched the possibility of including relatively new cable median guard-rail systems on roadway projects already ...
The New Orleans area celebrated as the final two lanes (westbound structure) of the 5.4-mile I-10 Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain opened earlier than anticipated on Jan. 6. Nicknamed...
The development and deployment of high-performance steel (HPS) for highway bridges originated with a joint effort of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Navy and the...
If the roads are to be paved with gold, you want to get it right the first time. The sub-base and base also must be prepared with utmost precision. Fortunately, the roads are...
Making miles of asphalt Asphalt Drum Mixers Inc. of Huntertown, Ind., manufactures a complete line of portable and stationary plants available in both counter-flow and parallel...
Oriving into New Orleans from the southeast frequently involves traveling for more than five miles across Lake Pontchartrain on the I-10 twin span bridges. That was until Aug...
When my grandfather passed away almost eight years ago, I went to hell and back. In March of 1998 the Great Lakes area was hammered with one of the most vicious snowstorms I ...
Joining environmental sensitivity with innovation, the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) met the many challenges of constructing the new U.S. 20 Iowa River Bridge in Hardin...
Beginning in Texas in 2003 and continuing around the country, the Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer (ACTT) program is transforming the way highways and bridges are...
Here’s a little known historical fact: The idea of “Work Zone Awareness Week” came from an assistant resident engineer in Virginia DOT’s (VDOT) Bristol District, named Allan ...
It has been several years since we’ve heard much from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about “ergonomics”—the science of fitting the workplace to the ...
The St. Croix River Bridge on I-94 at Hudson, Wis., is one of only three river crossings between the states in a 22-mile stretch from Prescott, Wis., to Stillwater, Minn. When...
Rapid growth in the Colorado Rocky Mountain foothills southwest of Denver brought increasing traffic congestion on winding U.S. 285 in the 1970s, prompting concerned residents...
In March of 2005, an inspection team led by Weidlinger Associates Inc. completed an in-depth inspection of the segmental portion of the Red River Bridge in Boyce, La., for the...
our typical commute in 1906 would have been far different than it is today. For starters, you would not be traveling by automobile unless you were extremely wealthy. Instead,...
Prestressed concrete evolved into a practical solution for the design and construction of highway bridges in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The development of prestressed technology...