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Raleigh, NC: I-40 Widening Project
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012Virginia DOT: Hydraulic Cement Concrete Paving
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012The Route 58 rehabilitation project provides an alternative to the use of asphalt by overlaying a concrete pavement using hydraulic cement concrete instead. Visit http://www.virginiadot.org. – vdotweb on YouTube
View this complete post...Interactive Map: Save Our Bridges
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012![Save Our Bridges](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-shot-2012-10-15-at-1.29.01-PM.png)
SAVE OUR BRIDGES
By accessing the Save Our Bridges Map, users can enter a zip code to immediately see the dangerous bridges in their area. Families can see if their children’s school buses or their own commutes to work or church take them across a bridge that is both structurally deficient and fracture critical. Trucking companies and other suppliers can determine whether the routes their carriers take require that they cross these dangerous bridges.
Gary, IN: Gary/Chicago International Airport Runway Expansion
Friday, October 12th, 2012Airports capable of supporting passenger air carrier operations are required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to have Runway Safety Areas. To preclude shortening the usable runway length to achieve the required safety areas, GCIA is expanding Runway 12-30 and associated taxiways to the northwest by approximately 1,900 feet. The expansion requires relocation of Elgin, […]
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: Wildlife Crossings
Friday, October 12th, 2012![Great American Infrastructure: Wildlife Crossings](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-shot-2012-10-10-at-3.14.15-PM.png)
This is the twenty-fourth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: Our responsibilities to the natural and built environments converge in wildlife crossings which are sprouting up all over the United States, making sure infrastructure serves not only people, but also animals. When: The first documented wildlife crossings were […]
View this complete post...ArizonaDOT: Passenger Rail Public Participation
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment?
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012![Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment?](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-shot-2012-10-10-at-10.54.34-AM.jpg)
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed and now operates and maintains a water infrastructure network across the United States that includes dams, levees and coastal barriers for flood protection; locks and dams for inland navigation; ports and harbors; and hydropower facilities.
$11.4 Billion Cut in Federal Transportation Spending Recommended
Monday, October 8th, 2012Transportation Issues Daily The fiscal cliff and automatic budget cuts could be avoided by cutting$11.4 billion from federal transportation spending in 2013 and $187 billion over ten years. The recommended reductions from Taxpayers for Common Sense are part of a $2 trillion package of cuts to “inefficient, ineffective, or wasteful” programs and projects that would solve the […]
View this complete post...AASHTO Video: MDOT Finishes Vital Project Linking US and Canada
Monday, October 8th, 2012In this Transportation TV News Update we take you to Detroit, where AASHTO President and Michigan DOT Director Kirk Steudle lead a ceremony to mark the completion of the critically important — Gateway Project—designed to relieve major traffic congestion at the nation’s most heavily traveled border crossing. Also this week, passenger rail news was made […]
View this complete post...Davis County, UT: Shepard Lane Interchange Design Concept Animation
Friday, October 5th, 2012This animation depicts the Shepard Lane interchange alternative for the West Davis Corridor EIS. It demonstrates how traffic is expected to flow should the Shepard Lane alternative be selected. No final decision on an alternative has been made at this time. For more information, please visit www.udot.utah.gov/westdavis or contact a member of the project team […]
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