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Posted by Infra on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Deteriorating Subway Station in Brooklyn
Posted by Infra on Monday, April 11th, 2011Looking at these pictures, it’s hard to believe it’s the United States of America, much less New York City. Unfortunately, it is just one of the many deteriorating subway stations in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. I know because I live there. – Kwokmanchung on YouTube
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Posted by Infra on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011“This map shows areas of equal seismic hazard and indicates the minimum peak horizontal ground acceleration value, a measure of the how hard the ground shakes in a given area. The map also shows locations of the 63 US nuclear power plants. The data comes from the US Geological Survey Geological Hazards Team and the US Energy Information Administration.”
-Greenpeace.org
MTA LIRR Proposed Colonial Road Improvement Project
Posted by Infra on Monday, March 28th, 2011MTA Long Island Rail Road is conducting an environmental review of its proposed replacement of the Colonial Road Bridge in Great Neck and extension of an existing pocket or turning track crucial to improving service on the Port Washington Branch.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...WA DOT: Road Widening
Posted by Content Coordinator on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011In 2011, WSDOT will widen more than four miles of SR 522 to four lanes from just west of the Snohomish River Bridge to 179th Avenue SE in Monroe. We will also build four new bridges, including a new bridge across the Snohomish River, add median barrier to separate oncoming traffic, build a roundabout at […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Bridge Ahead Structurally Deficient
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011“Terry OʼSullivan, who is the wonderful President of the [Laborers International Union of North America], Terry sponsored, just with their funds, billboards in four states…They put up a billboard, as youʼre about to cross a bridge that was declared structurally deficient, and the billboard says, ‘The bridge you are about to cross is structurally deficient’
-Edward G. Rendell, former Pennsylvania Governor & Co-Chair of Building America’s Future (Guest on The Infra Blog)
Missouri DOT’s MoDOT Minute: Potholes & Amtrak
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, March 18th, 2011With warmer weather comes the melting and refreezing that is the main cause of those potholes we see popping up on our roadways. MoDOT crews routinely scout for potholes and make temporary repairs to the pavement…As fuel prices continue to rise, so do the number of passengers on the Missouri River Runner. In fact, a heightened demand for seats recently caused Amtrak to add two additional cars on the St. Louis to Kansas City run. Since June, the Missouri River Runner has seen a jump in passengers of nearly 16 percent.
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Posted by Infra on Thursday, March 17th, 2011The second segment of the new Proctor Lane bridge is moved into place.
-UtahDOT on YouTube
Photo Collection: Connected by Rail
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Our states are connected by more than just highways.
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