Ed Mortimer, Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, talks about America’s infrastructure needs.
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Monumental Issues: Talking Infrastructure with Ed Mortimer
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016Puyallup, WA: The Historic Meridian Street Bridge
Monday, June 20th, 2016
For more than eight decades the Meridian Street Bridge over the Puyallup River has served as a portal for cities along the Puget Sound to community of Puyallup, Washington. Significant for its design, it is the only one of its kind in Washington, and may very well be unique in the United States, if not the world.
View this complete post...Saginaw County, MI: M-13’s New Bridge Beam (Timelapse)
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
During the week of May 9, 2016, the Michigan Department of Transportation set bridge beams for the M-13 bridge over the Flint River in Saginaw County.
View this complete post...Washington State DOT: First Drive on the SR 520 Floating Bridge
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
At 3:50 a.m. on April 11, 2016, WSDOT Incident Response Team drivers completed the maiden voyage across the new SR 520 floating bridge. The westbound lanes on the new bridge are now open to all drivers. Eastbound lanes will switch to the new bridge during the weekend of April 22-25.
View this complete post...Outstanding Engineering: Michigan’s “96fix” Highway Rehabilitation
Monday, April 11th, 2016
96fix was the largest single-season construction project in state history. Reconstruction of the seven-mile stretch of the 40-year-old freeway included the rehabilitation of 37 bridges, installation of LED lighting and storm sewers, and safety improvements. The $153 million project was completed early and under budget, and brought I-96 in line with current standards. Innovative technologies included visual modeling to gain public support for closing the freeway during construction and 3-D design model for fine-tuning paving work. The process saved taxpayer dollars, cut freeway closure time, and improved pavement quality and safety.
View this complete post...Lake Quinsigamond, MA: Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge Construction Time-Lapse
Thursday, March 31st, 2016
Watch progress for the Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge Replacement Project with EarthCam’s time-lapse movie. See construction for the new 870-foot-long bridge from August 2012 to November 2015 with stunning HD imagery.
View this complete post...Outstanding Engineering: Capacity Improvements on Alaska’s Glenn Highway
Monday, March 14th, 2016
With increased traffic expected to exceed the highway’s design capacity in the coming years, the project team was tasked with designing new lanes that will be used for both regular and high-occupancy vehicle traffic, reducing the grade on a steep approach to the northbound Eagle River Bridge, designing new bridges over the Eagle River, and creating new frontage roads.
View this complete post...Alabama: Top 50 Projects to Support Economic Growth and Quality of Life
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016TRIP
While the modest funding increase and certainty provided by the FAST Act are a step in the right direction, the funding falls far short of the level of needed to improve conditions and meet the nation’s mobility needs and fails to deliver a sustainable, long-term source of revenue for the federal Highway Trust Fund.
St. Louis, MO: Demolishing Boone Bridge
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
Arizona DOT: Replacing the Hell Canyon Bridge
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
Hell Canyon Bridge on State Route 89 is located 18 miles north of Chino Valley and serves as a key connection linking Prescott and northern Arizona…ADOT is constructing a new four-span steel-plate girder bridge to the east of the existing bridge and removing the existing three-span steel deck truss bridge, which has been classified as structurally deficient by bridge inspectors.
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