Mississippi Completes Expansion Project on One of State’s Busiest Highways
Officials including Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall held a Dec. 11 ribbon-cutting to formally conclude the Highway 25/Lakeland Drive Expansion Project that added a lane in each direction to the heavily used road near Jackson. "Highway 25 is one of the busiest stretches of roads in the state and a major economic driver for central Mississippi," said Reeves. "Any commuter has seen the difference this finished project has made over the past few weeks."...
RIDOT Receives Finding of No Significant Impact on Tolling Environmental Assessment for First Toll Locations
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) this week received notification from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that the Environmental Assessment process has been concluded for the first two locations for all-electronic truck-only tolling to be built along I-95 in southern Rhode Island. The FHWA determined that the implementation of the proposed action would not have a significant impact on the human environment and signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for th...
Pennsylvania DOT, Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners Opening 390th Bridge
Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) and its development partner, Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners, expect to finish the 2017 construction season with the opening of its 390th bridge this week. When this multi-year project is completed, PennDOT will have replaced 558 structurally deficient bridges with its Rapid Bridge Replacement Project. "Both PWKP and PennDOT have worked very hard on this innovative, complicated project that will speed the delivery of impro...
USDOT Statement on Amtrak Cascades Train 501
DUPONT — The Washington State Department of Transportation affirmed Tuesday that it is committed to running passenger trains on a recently completed bypass that was the site of Monday's deadly derailment. Janet Matkin, spokeswoman for WSDOT's rail division, said officials are confident a refurbished 14.5-mile section of track, known as the Point Defiance bypass, will resume operating once the investigation into Monday's accident is complete. "We've put in a lot of great improvements," Matkin s...
Indiana DOT Releases Mobile App for Traffic Information and News Updates
INDOT has developed the INDOT Mobile App to help motorists with their commute and contacting INDOT. The mobile app will allow for easier use of important traffic information and news updates. Features of the app include travel maps, Report a Concern, Central Office and district contact information, GovDelivery signup and social media feeds. The app can also send notifications about weather, construction projects and emergency closures. The INDOT Mobile App is available in the iTunes App St...
ARTBA Helps Secure Purple Line Victory in Federal Court
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Dec. 19 hailed a federal appeals court decision to overrule a lower court ruling blocking the Maryland Purple Line light-rail project, one of the nation’s most high profile transit public-private partnerships (P3). The association told the court that not allowing the Purple Line to proceed posed grave risks for future transportation projects and was an abuse of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Tr...
Acrow Bridge Furnishes Detour Bridge for Infrastructure Project in Indiana and Kentucky
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today it has provided the Indiana DOT (INDOT) a temporary detour bridge that is being used on US Route 41 over the Cheatam Slough in Evansville, Indiana. The project is part of the larger Fix For 41 construction collaboration between INDOT and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that will rehabilitate seven bridges on the highway from near the Interstate 69 interchange in Evansville...
Probe Starts of Fatal Amtrak Derailment Near Seattle
An Amtrak train operating from Seattle to Portland derailed on a bridge near Tacoma, Wash. on Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring as many as 100. The Amtrak Cascades Train 501 was carrying approximately 78 passengers and five crew members, when it careened off an overpass onto Interstate 5 below, leaving one rail car dangling and one upside down. Local officials said that several vehicles on the roadway were involved in an ensuing pileup, but no motorists were reported...
U.S. October Road Traffic Continues Run of New Record Highs
Motor vehicle travel on all U.S. highways and streets increased 1.2 percent in October from a year earlier – adding 3.3 billion more vehicle miles – and continued a string of record-high volume levels. The Federal Highway Administration in its latest monthly "Traffic Volume Trends" report said motorists racked up an estimated 275 billion vehicle miles in October as demand for roadway travel kept growing. After traffic volume set an all-time yearly high in 2016, it is on pace for another re...
Amtrak Train Derails onto Washington Highway
Amtrak train 501 derailed and is dangling onto Interstate 5 in Washington state. Witness Greg Mukai describes the incident. Source: CNN
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