September 2005

Black Out the Noise

April 3, 2007

The general public has become more vocal in the demand for DOTs and other highway agencies in the U.S. to reduce the noise generated by highway transportation systems. The Federal...

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Creating a Better Concrete Pavement

April 3, 2007

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...

Bridge Design

Old enough to drive

Sept. 14, 2005

It’s fair to say now that transportation design-build has graduated from its evolutionary phase. During the last 10 years, the growing pains and changes in the process have had...

Road Design

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Sept. 14, 2005

Last summer, the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA) opened the Fort Bend Parkway, a 6.2-mile-long toll road serving residents traveling to and from Houston. Connecting...

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A texture message

Sept. 14, 2005

There are two immutable facts about urban noise. First, it comes from several sources and, second, it is the subject on the minds of a range of people, including residents who...

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A limit on unlimited

Sept. 14, 2005

Recently I have worked on a couple of matters for contractors who were expecting unlimited access to their construction site, only to find the DOT had given the prime access point...

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Show me the way to Tuscaloosa

Sept. 14, 2005

Hand springing into action Sometimes all you need to fight crime is a little cheer. Or at least the Lincoln High varsity cheerleading team from Ypsilanti, Mich. The squad was ...

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Room for natural growth

Sept. 14, 2005

Expanding existing roadways within large urban areas frequently leads to the building of large highway interchanges. Since most are located within expanding urban areas, their...

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Now taking donations

Sept. 14, 2005

I hope there isn’t a New Jersey lottery winner out there who made a significant political contribution before their winning digits were called. If there is, well, their number...

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The porous fortune

Sept. 14, 2005

It seems like you hear about it everywhere. People are talking about noise. People living near heavily traveled roadways are becoming more vocal in their complaints about traffic...

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IDOT takes a step back

Sept. 14, 2005

The curved steel girders were clinging to life hours after a fatal accident on Illinois’ I-80/294/94 interchange. All six would eventually meet their demise as crews recovered...

Highway Construction

Do be so sensative

Sept. 14, 2005

Architect Eliel Saarinen said, “Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context—a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment...

Safety

The safety collision

Sept. 14, 2005

Picture this: A tractor-trailer with a bumper sticker stating “Safety is Priority #1” is moving at 55 mph, head-on toward a dump truck in a roadway work zone. The dump truck has...