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Missouri DOT: Explaining the MoDOT Results Document

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, February 12th, 2019

This video explains The Results Document, a document that shows the performance of the enterprise of MoDOT.

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What is a Hydraulic Jump?

Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, February 8th, 2019

Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And fluids don’t always behave the way you’d expect. On this episode of Practical Engineering, we’re talking about one of the most interesting phenomena in open-channel flow: the hydraulic jump.

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Utah DOT: Understanding the I-80 Wildlife Overpass

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

The new wildlife overpass on I-80, just west of Parleys Summit, is now complete! In coordination with UDWR this overpass, the first in the state designed and built solely for wildlife, will help improve safety by cutting down on the high number of wildlife-related collisions in the area. In order to make the crossing as successful as possible, it’s important that the overpass is used by wildlife only. Check out this video and help us spread the word to #KeepItWild!

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Oregon DOT Improves Downtown La Pine, Oregon

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

Oregon DOT creates sidewalks, lights, pedestrian crossings and more with a new project through downtown La Pine.

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Seattle, WA: Roosevelt Light Rail Station Construction

Posted by Infra on Monday, January 21st, 2019

Check out the progress building the Roosevelt light rail station. It’s part of the Northgate Link extension opening in 2021. See more at: https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/fresh-pics-going-underground-roosevelt-station

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Tappan Zee Bridge explosive demolition

Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, January 18th, 2019

  The eastern section of the Tappan Zee Bridge was brought down by controlled explosive charges. The bridge formerly spanned the Hudson River and was replaced by the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. –NJ.com on YouTube

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1938 Michigan State Highway Department film: Safer Roads

Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, January 18th, 2019

Vintage Michigan Department of Transportation (then called the Michigan State Highway Department) film from 1938 discussing the innovations of the time to increase roadway safety.

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Recap of the 2019 North Carolina Transportation Summit

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

This week on NCDOT Now: People from around the world gathered at the Raleigh Convention Center for the first ever Transportation Summit.

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The Great Gray Bridge: the George Washington Bridge Under Construction, 1929

Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, January 11th, 2019

The construction of the Hudson River Bridge (it was not called the George Washington Bridge until it was nearly done) was one of the engineering marvels of its day. The longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened, it opened a year early because construction went faster than planned.

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Road Diet Strategies Around Oklahoma

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019

Video from Oklahoma DOT outlines a number of road diet strategies already in place around the Sooner State, from mid-block pedestrian crossings to lane reductions. The goal of road diets is to multi-modal use, inducing speed calming, reducing the speed differential and preventing collisions.

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