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    • May 2009

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    True to form

    May 11, 2009
    Ohio is among the many states redoing their sidewalks to include curb ramps with a special truncated dome pattern that improves accessibility for people with disabilities. A major...
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    Sharp as a donut

    May 11, 2009
    Stuck in the car An ordinary trip to the gas station was anything but for a Saginaw, Mich., man in March. Victor Harris was trying to pour some gas treatment into his Lincoln ...
    Asphalt

    Runway talent show

    May 11, 2009
    Interest in the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) has increased dramatically since the recent price increases in crude oil and energy in general. This interest will probably...
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    Not all at once

    May 11, 2009
    The Ohio Department of Transportation also has “pencil-ready” projects. In late April, the agency announced it would use $57 million in stimulus funds for the planning and development...
    Bridges

    Do-over of the Rainbow

    May 11, 2009
    Following a devastating nor’easter in April 2007, residents and business owners in the townships of Pittsgrove and Salem County, N.J., found their community lake reduced to a ...

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    Public schooling

    May 11, 2009
    The discussion on how to fund the transportation system we need in the U.S. is a challenging one. We have grossly underfunded transportation at the state and federal level for...
    Safety

    Functionally absolute

    May 11, 2009
    The collapse of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis in August 2007 briefly diminished public confidence about the nation’s aging infrastructure. Among engineers and lawmakers alike...
    Joints

    Triple jointed

    May 11, 2009
    Often, the joint layout for a concrete pavement is determined while developing project plans to aid in bidding procedures. By doing so, the designer produces bird’s-eye views ...
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    Zoned in

    May 11, 2009
    My newly acquired Washington insider could not tell me where my rental car was parked. Clearly this relationship was getting off on the wrong foot. For the first time in my life...
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    No smiling matter

    May 11, 2009
    Several of my colleagues and I have been following the appeal of a 2006 U.S. Court of Federal Claims trial decision, under which a contractor forfeited its $64 million claim against...
    Asphalt

    18-mile cut-off

    May 11, 2009
    Maine, along with many other states, is facing the daunting task of dealing with an aging interstate system. Built with concrete slabs in the early 1970s, I-295 from Gardiner ...
    Bridges

    Running with Elk

    May 11, 2009
    During the late 1990s, the Oregon Department of Transportation noted deterioration of conventionally reinforced concrete bridge structures throughout the state. Historically, ...
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    Seven slow

    May 11, 2009
    The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has created a monthly report tracking the expenditure of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) ...
    Asphalt

    Strong approval rating

    May 11, 2009
    With a large video screen showing coverage of America’s inauguration of change just off to the left, Lindy Paving stood together on a subtle stage in a ballroom at the San Diego...
    Bridges

    Beauty in hiking boots

    May 11, 2009
    Singer John Denver’s 1971 hit single “Take Me Home, Country Roads” pays tribute to the rugged beauty of West Virginia’s mountains and rivers. But neither Denver nor the residents...
    Asphalt Pavers

    The ABCs of asphalt paving

    May 11, 2009
    There is a slight parallelism between the state of our country today and in 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed landmark legislation intended to shore up the nation...