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Infrastructure 2012: Spotlight on Leadership

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Aggressive government belt-tightening and financial market deleveraging restrain worldwide infrastructure investments for 2012 and probably the next five years. The need to invest the dollars that are available on projects that have the greatest effect on economic productivity, real estate demand, and global competitive position has never been more urgent. However, financial austerity and political fractures can stand in the way of better infrastructure decision making.

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Revisiting the Senate Highway Bill

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 16  “I have not been a student of the Senate bill because the Senate bill has been academic to me. But now that it’s becoming a potential reality and I’m a potential negotiator, I will become conversant with the Senate bill line by line and then I’ll have an opinion,” Rep. […]

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Pasadena, CA: I-210 Gold Line Bridge Construction

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

This time lapse video was produced to provide an overview of this very challenging element of the project and to give the public a rare look at the two-month activity. – goldlineblogger on YouTube

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Building a Highway: 1948

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Made from the collection: Prelinger Archives_ http://archive.org/details/Building1948music by–“The Old Favourite” by ChrisLoken is licensed under a Creative Commons Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/http://soundcloud.com/chrisloken “Down By The Sally Gardens” by The Aspect Band is licensed under a Creative Commons Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/http://soundcloud.com/the-aspect-band (No endorsement from any of the before Listed) This video by RVP/NC Apl,2012 (MrWCRoneyTC Channel) Cold Hen House Presentation – […]

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Seattle, WA: 84th Ave Overpass Construction in Time Lapse

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Crews working for WSDOT hustle to set 42 girders for a new lidded overpass on SR 520. See how much progress is made from a weekend closure of the roadway. – wsdot on YouTube

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Guest on The Infra Blog: John Robert Smith, President & CEO, Reconnecting America

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

John Robert Smith is the former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, and a long-time leader on behalf of passenger rail. He is co-chairman of Transportation for America, a former Chairman of Amtrak’s board, and a former member of the transportation committees of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, as well as […]

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Milton, KY: Milton-Madison Bridge Demolition

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Span 3 Explosive Demo – alstover75 on YouTube  

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Wayne County, MI: I-275 Preventive Maintenance

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

In 2012, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be resurfacing more than 5 miles of northbound and southbound I-275, between Ecorse and Ford roads in Wayne County. It’s all part of MDOT’s Asset Management Program, the most efficient and cost-effective way to invest taxpayer dollars in Michigan’s aging road system. – MichiganDOT on YouTube

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Great American Infrastructure: Seattle, WA: Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge-Evergreen Point Bridge

Monday, April 30th, 2012
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This is the seventeenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.

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Virginia: Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel 20th Anniversary

Friday, April 27th, 2012

The Interstate 664 Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel opened in 1992. Four-lane twin tubes connect Newport News and Hampton to Suffolk and Chesapeake. This bridge-tunnel facility will celebrate its 20th anniversary April 30, 2012. Visit http://www.virginiadot.org – vdotweb on YouTube

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