Large Scale Wind Turbine Power Farm West of Amarillo, Texas. These are three-bladed cantilevered construction by Siemens and the power output is controlled by blade pitch regulation. – justinarm on YouTube
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Posted by Infra on Friday, February 10th, 2012Prince, WV: Thomas Buford Pugh Memorial Bridge Restrictions
Posted by Infra on Thursday, February 9th, 2012Safety concerns have lead to some restrictions on the Thomas Buford Pugh Memorial Bridge in Prince, West Virginia. The WV Division of Highways is looking into the possibility of closing the bridge. Publice Hearing: February 15, 2012 at the Prince Amtrak Station from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. There will be no formal meeting. – TheWVDOT […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Troy, OH: Adams Street Bridge Construction
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012February 6th, 2012. One of the first arches is raised during the construction of the Adams Street Bridge project in Troy, Ohio. Each one of these concrete molded beams was individually transported one per semi. – 003sullivan on YouTube
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Midway, WA: Cracked Pavement on Interstate-5
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012One of our top complaints? Interstate 5 is terrible! We know! We’re repairing as we get money, it one panel as a time. Interstate 5 is the most important highway in the state. It’s part of an interstate system that connects Mexico to Canada and is our economic lifeline. The roadway, designed in the 60’s […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Pottawattamie County, IA: Keg Creek Bridge Replacement
Posted by Infra on Monday, February 6th, 2012(Re-posted with permission from Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2)) This time-lapse video shows accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques being used by a local contractor with standard equipment to replace a three-span bridge on U.S. 6 over Keg Creek in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The $2.7 million reconstruction project is a cooperative effort involving FHWA, the […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...New York City, NY: Henry Hudson Bridge Stringer Replacement
Posted by Content Coordinator on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Henry Hudson Bridge is undergoing work to replace decades-old structural elements. – mtainfo on YouTube
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Cincinnati, OH: The BRIGHT Ride
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012The BRIGHT Ride from ArtsWave on Vimeo.
Cincinnati area cyclists created a visual spectacle of serendipitous art with the first ever BRIGHT Ride in December 2011.
Lebron James Bikes to Work
Posted by joannm on Monday, January 30th, 2012LeBron James rode his bike 40 mins. to AmericanAirlines Arena.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Medina, WA: SR 520 Timelapse
Posted by Infra on Monday, January 30th, 2012Crews installed two million pounds of concrete girders for future lidded overpasses on SR 520 the weekend of Jan. 13 to 16. Work occurred at 92nd Avenue Northeast and Evergreen Point Road. The SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project widens SR 520 from four to six lanes from Medina to Bellevue and includes rebuilding […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Phoenix, AZ: Loop 303/Greenway Road Construction Bypass
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, January 27th, 2012Uploaded by ArizonaDOT on YouTube.
Remember this awesome time-lapse video showing the construction of a temporary bypass at Greenway Road and the Loop 303?
Well, today we’ve got an even more in-depth look at how crews built the new intersection – complete with temporary barriers, fences and traffic signals – in just about 43 hours!
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