The pavement repair project at Cherry Point Marine Air Station was to an expansion joint that joined concrete to asphalt. The location was at the intersection of an asphalt taxiway...
The 1990s expansion of Ft. Lauderdale’s Broward Blvd. placed the new lane directly above the area’s primary east-west concrete storm drain system. When the road began to sink ...
In northern Illinois, Rockford Blacktop Construction Co.’s mission to always conduct business with integrity and honesty, while striving to maximize profitability, has held true...
Residents of the Daybreak Community in Salt Lake City will have a signature grand entrance into their new multimillion-dollar home development. The largest precast concrete arch...
Interstate-29 runs south from the Canadian border through the Dakotas and Iowa and into Kansas City, Mo. Along the way it connects with important highways like I-94, I-90, I-80...
When engineers from Short Elliot and Hendrickson Inc., St. Paul, Minn., were asked to specify a coating for a bridge in International Falls, Minn., one of their primary concerns...
The Commodore Barry Bridge, built in 1971, represents a major passageway linking southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, transporting over 35,000 vehicles per day across...
The Coal Combustion Products Partnership recently awarded first prize to a cold in-place (CIP) asphalt recycling project that was developed jointly by the Cement Division of Lafarge...
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is living up to its mission “to provide a world-class transportation experience that delights customers and promotes a prosperous...
When the New Mexico Department of Transportation decided it needed to find a solution for the high costs of repairing their impact attenuators within the “Big I” (the junction...
Asphalt pickup has been a long-standing nuisance for paving contractors. When fine particles separate from the aggregate structure and adhere to the surface of a roller, openings...
A W 2000 acquired at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2005 in Las Vegas is powering the growth of a new cold milling contractor in Utah and represents the first Wirtgen machine to be based in ...
The Middlesex Corp. is the general contractor for a new $19.5 million interchange on the Florida Turnpike at the Rte. 408/East-West Expressway for the Florida Turnpike Authority...
In 2004, Richard Holmes, president of Holmes & Murphy Inc., (H&M) Orchard Park, N.Y., described his purchase of a Terex | Cedarapids CR552 Remix paver as a “leap of faith.” He...
A project was undertaken just north of Niagara Falls, N.Y., to replace the existing surface of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. It is a four-lane divided structure between the U...
Among the many tons of steel, dirt and concrete you might expect to find on a bridge construction project, a compact track loader may not be the first piece of machinery that ...
Winters in upstate New York are often harsh, with freezing temperatures, gusting winds and heavy snowfalls. In the city of Rochester, N.Y., ice storms—when rain and snow freeze...
The coast and Cascade Mountain ranges run through the state of Oregon, dividing it into three separate regions. Highways that link the regions rely on tunnels to go under the...
A new software tool available from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is providing transportation agencies and contractors with a helping hand in the design and construction...
If there was ever a bridge in need of an anti-icing solution, it was the Ironwood Bridge on U.S. 20, a heavily traveled route circling South Bend, Ind. Located just 20 miles ...
Where did the time go? Anyone with a driver’s license in the U.S. knows that preparing for a trip to the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) is like preparing for a weekend camping...
The cable-stayed stayed. Standing up to the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, the Cochrane Africatown USA Bridge in Mobile, Ala., took a hit from an oil platform and lived to carry ...
Asphalt pickup has been a long-standing nuisance for paving contractors. When fine particles separate from the aggregate structure and adhere to the surface of a roller, openings...
The Kensington Expressway . . . it’s called the “Gateway to the City of Buffalo.” It’s the section of Highway 33 that stretches from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport...
After more than 25 years, there still seems to be confusion over what is an eligibility issue for disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) and what is a counting issue for prime...
