MDOT’s Matthew Chynoweth shows some of the innovative materials being used to reconstruct the Pembroke Avenue bridge as part of the M-39 (Southfield Freeway) project in Detroit.
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Michigan DOT: In the Field Reports – “Innovative Bridge Rebuilding Materials”
Posted by Infra on Monday, March 14th, 2011Doing Less with Less
Posted by williamedavis on Thursday, March 10th, 2011The conversation around infrastructure spending is usually dominated by voices calling for more—more spending, more construction, more employment, just more—but the reality of both our current and future economic growth, which would fuel additional spending, is the polar opposite of more. We are going to have to do less because we are going to have […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Mad Men on Trains
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Vincent Kartheiser & Rich Sommer sit down in 1965 to discuss trains and why we need them. Trains get you where you want to go, more directly than planes too.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Detroit Light Rail in Stop-Motion
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011It’s time for Detroit to reclaim the mantle of transportation innovation. A light rail line running down the middle of Detroit’s Woodward Avenue, “Mainline Option A,” will be faster, safer, and more reliable than the side-running alternative, “Mainline Option B.” Let’s bring the trains down the middle! Tell it to the feds by March 14: take a moment to submit a comment to woodwardlightrail@detroitmi.gov. See TransportMichigan.org for more information.
-TrainsDownTheMiddle on YouTube
Intelligent River – Brad Putman
Posted by Infra on Monday, March 7th, 2011We can engineer the pavement material to have porosity. We can engineer voids into the material so that instead of 4% air voids, we can have up to 20% air voids that allow water to penetrate through the pavement surface.
With the porous pavement option, we have water flowing through the surface of the pavement and into the stone where we can store the water. Then it will eventually infiltrate into the natural sub-grade that we have underneath.
Energy 101: Solar PV
Posted by Infra on Friday, March 4th, 2011Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can generate clean, cost-effective power anywhere the sun shines. This video shows how a PV panel converts the energy of the sun into renewable electricity to power homes and businesses.
-USdepartmentofenergy on YouTube
Washington State: SR 99 Viaduct On Ramp Demolition
Posted by Infra on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011Crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) fired up the demolition equipment at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, and spent the night crunching and breaking the nearly 60-year-old First Avenue S. northbound on-ramp into bits.
-wsdot on YouTube
Video: Transporting America: Proterra
Posted by Content Coordinator on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011Proterra was founded in 2004 to build the “bus of tomorrow.” And with the help of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration, the company has succeeded–creating an electric bus that can be recharged in under ten minutes. But Proterra is doing more than just creating a greener, cleaner mode of transportation–it’s […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Utah: MVC Construction Progress Update February 2011
Posted by Infra on Friday, February 25th, 2011The Mountain View Corridor is a new roadway which requires extensive grading and excavation (earthwork), relocating utilities, acquiring property, constructing drainage systems, building bridges and structures, and laying new pavement. Take a look at the progress.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Video: Fort Eustis, VA Bridge Construction
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011The Fort Eustis Railroad Bridge is constructed out of thermoplastic composites, and is built out of nearly 100% recycled products. –IGSfederal on YouTube
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