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Mesquite, NV: I-15 Bridge Slide

Posted by Infra on Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Uploaded by NVDOT on YouTube.
See how the Nevada Department of Transportation and our contracting partners are using acclerated bridge construction and a bridge slide to improve the I-15 interchance 120 in west Mesquite.

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Chicago, IL: The Grant Park Bike Tunnel

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Bike Tunnel under xxx Drive in Grant Park Chicago – MchaelStavy on YouTube.

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Huron, OH: ConAgra Building Demolition

Posted by Infra on Monday, January 9th, 2012

A demolition of the ConAgra building in Huron Ohio. – VinillaVlogs on YouTube

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Farmington, UT: Davis School District Construction Update

Posted by Infra on Friday, January 6th, 2012

Two major construction projects are well underway in the Davis School District. A new school building is beginning to take shape adjacent to Wasatch Elementary. Students will move to the new building in the fall. In Farmington, construction is ongoing at the Vista School. That project is being constructed in phases. Students are still attending […]

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Long Island City, NY: Tunnel Boring Machine Breakthrough

Posted by Infra on Thursday, January 5th, 2012

This video shows the break-through of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for Tunnel “A” of the East Side Access project in Long Island City, Queens. It finished its drive on 12/26/2011 when it reached its receiving pit destination as seen in this video. Tunnel “A” will eventually convey trains westbound into the LIRR’s new Grand […]

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Salt Lake County, UT: Mountain View Corridor Winter 2012 Progress Update

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

In Salt Lake County, construction of the Mountain View Corridor is about halfway complete. View the video to see just how far we’ve come. Crews are on schedule to complete initial construction of the Mountain View Corridor by the end of 2012. – UtahDOT on YouTube

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Logan, UT: Opening of 10 West Project

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Vic Saunders from Utah Department of Transportation talks about the opening of 1000 West in Logan Utah – TheValleyChannel on YouTube

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“Ghost Bikes” – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 85) [HD]

Posted by Infra on Friday, December 30th, 2011

Uploaded by GNYBerlin on Youtube

Ghost Bikes can be found all over Brooklyn, New York City and most of the world. They are memorials to bicyclists who have been killed on the street.

A bike painted white is locked to a permanent fixture at the nearest location to the actual crash – oftentimes there is a plague with the cyclist’s name. It is a somber reminder of that individual person who died and a call to make our streets safer for everyone.

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The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy

Posted by Infra on Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN’T resonance.
And I defer all arguments to the elocution of Profs. Billah and Scanlon: http://www.ketchum.org/billah/Billah-Scanlan.pdf

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“Brooklyn Bridge Ride” – In A Brooklyn Minute

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

On Monday late afternoon I rode my bike across the Brooklyn Bridge and filmed it with a GoPro for you.

The result is nothing like I expected. So I let frustrations and happy accidents fall where they may and bring you a ride that almost looks like an “impressionist painting stop-animation” of biking across the Brooklyn Bridge.

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