The I-580 freeway extension between Reno and Carson City opened in late August 2012. This time lapse video shows construction of the freeway’s showcase bridge, the Galena Creek Bridge.
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Washoe County, NV: Constructing I-580’s Galena Bridge
Monday, July 14th, 2014Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland
Monday, July 14th, 2014
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America’s rural heartland plays a vital role as home to a significant share of the nation’s population, many of its natural resources and popular tourist destinations, and as the primary source of the energy, food and fiber that supports America’s economy and way of life. The strength of the nation’s rural economy relies greatly on the quality of its transportation system, particularly its roadways, which link rural America with the rest of the U.S. and to markets in other countries. The economy of rural America, which supports the quality of life for the approximately 46 million Americans living in rural areas, rides on the quality and connectivity of the rural transportation system.
Virginia DOT: Restoring the I-95 Bridges
Monday, July 7th, 2014
VDOT project manager Scott Fisher talks about the I-95 Bridges Restoration Project that took place in Richmond, Va.
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Chicago: Demolishing the Ontario Street Ramp
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
Time-lapse video of the demolition of the westbound Ontario Street to southbound I-90/94 (Kennedy Expressway) ramp over the Kennedy Expressway Saturday, June 21, 2014.
View this complete post...Oregon DOT: Satellite Guidance Facilitates Road Work
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Oregon DOT supports and expands use of intelligent construction systems and technologies.
View this complete post...Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
This project addresses the questions of how to (1) achieve interagency agreement on ecological solutions, (2) identify and leverage existing ways to increase predictability and assurance that credit will be allowed for addressing agency conservation and restoration priorities early in planning, (3) identify and leverage existing tools to increase resource agency confidence that mitigation commitments will be kept, and (4) make decisions last over time and across jurisdictions.
Interactive Map: Roadwork in Massachusetts
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
A new interactive map from massDOT pinpoints traffic incidents and scheduled road work throughout the state of Massachusetts. In addition to its useful information, another fascinating aspect of the roadwork map is the sheer volume of projects it shows taking place simultaneously. With everything from bridge inspection to highway paving on the daily docket, it’s clear why road maintenance is more than a full-time job.
View this complete post...States’ Fiscal Initiatives Offer a Solution to the Impending Trust Fund Shortfall
Friday, June 6th, 2014Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 25, No. 8
While transportation stakeholders and the Washington press corps are agonizing about the impending Highway Trust Fund shortfall and its impact on the federal transportation program, they are ignoring developments outside the Beltway that go a long way toward mitigating the prospective funding shortage. For in fact, individual states, far from standing idly by, are responding to the fiscal uncertainties in Washington by stepping up and augmenting their transportation budgets.
View this complete post...Washington State: Road Closures for Rock Blasting
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Have you ever wondered what goes on during the rock blasting closures on I-90? This is a montage of rock blasting operations on I-90 from 2013.
View this complete post...Sisters, OR: Rebuilding the Highway Before Tourist Season
Friday, May 30th, 2014
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