Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) contractors will begin the rehabilitation of the historic Longfellow Bridge, which links Boston and Cambridge in the spring of 2013. The project will be completed in six phases. This seven and a half minute animation with music vividly portrays the process of reconstructing the bridge serving vehicles, the MBTA Red […]
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Boston, MA: Longfellow Bridge Construction Animation
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013Rail Grade: 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
Monday, March 25th, 2013
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Railroads are experiencing a competitive resurgence as both an energy-efficient freight transportation option and a viable city-to-city passenger service. In 2012, Amtrak recorded its highest year of ridership with 31.2 million passengers, almost doubling ridership since 2000, with growth anticipated to continue.
The New York Times: D-Plus Solutions For D-Plus Problems
Monday, March 25th, 2013
Richmond, VA: I-95 North Bridge Replacement
Thursday, March 21st, 2013The Interstate 95 North bridge over Overbrook Road (at mile marker 77) was replaced March 15-18, 2013, as part of a major project to restore 11 bridges along the I-95 corridor in Richmond, Va. This time-lapse video from shows crews replacing the nine bridge sections. For more information about the I-95 Richmond Bridge Restorations project, […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2013Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 24, No. 4
It seems like not a week goes by without fresh warnings about the nation’s “crumbling infrastructure” and renewed appeals to rebuild our aging highways and bridges. President Obama reinvigorated the campaign with his State-of-the-Union proposal for a $50 billion program of infrastructure investments, $40 billion of which would be devoted to a “fix-it-first” program targeted at urgent improvements such as “structurally deficient” bridges.
Reactions to the ASCE 2013 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Transportation for America’s Director James Corless: “Our country’s association of civil engineers continues to do the yeoman’s work of sounding the alarm on our country’s infrastructure — the roads, rails and waterways that we depend on to move our goods from place to place and get us where we need to go each day. But […]
View this complete post...Proposed 2014 Transportation Budgets Differ Wildly. Who Will Win?
Monday, March 18th, 2013
Transportation Issues Daily Congress is about to establish a 2014 budget blueprint, with the House and Senate miles apart on the numbers. The House is likely to pass its resolution this week. The Senate may take a little longer, depending on how the 2013 continuing resolution debate and votes go this week. House Republicans and […]
View this complete post...April 30th – March 1st: North American Midstream Infrastructure Finance Forum
Friday, March 15th, 2013
Euromoney Seminars proudly presents the North American Midstream Infrastructure Finance Forum, the only event focused on the financing of midstream energy assets.
Strong growth in North America’s upstream business has dramatically altered the energy supply mix and created new opportunities for growth. To access new sources of conventional and unconventional supply, the midstream sector is hard at work to build out the infrastructure needed to transport, process, and store the oil and natural gas extracted from shale plays and bring product to market.
View this complete post...Missouri DOT: Pothole Patrole 2013
Thursday, March 14th, 2013Maryland Transportation by the Numbers
Monday, March 11th, 2013
TRIP Executive Summary Maryland’s extensive system of roads, highways and bridges provides the state’s residents, visitors and businesses with a high level of mobility. This transportation system forms the backbone that supports the state’s economy. Maryland’s surface transportation system enables the state’s residents and visitors to travel to work and school, visit family and friends, […]
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