October 2005

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The 2004 hurricane season created plenty of cleanup work throughout Lee County on the Gulf Coast of Florida, including its largest city, Fort Myers. The county’s Gradall excavators...

In sparsely populated Fallon County, Mont., the actions of county government come under close public scrutiny. Residents personally know their elected and appointed officials ...

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 ...

Maintaining the roads, highways and bridges across Ontario is a demanding, full-time job. That’s why Carillion Canada’s joint venture subsidiary TWD Roads Management Inc. relies...

After approval of a grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation, the city government of Bloomington began to look for an accurate and efficient way to gather traffic data...

Villager Construction Inc. is one of those businesses that live by the credo “You get what you pay for.” The company owns and operates road-milling construction equipment on jobsites...

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 ...

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...

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 tiny sliver of what happened in New Orleans looked a lot more manageable in my kitchen sink.

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...