Acrow’s Modular Steel Bridge Restores Flood-Damaged Route in Remote Montana Wilderness
Rapidly installed structure provides access for area residents and visitors to the Custer Gallatin National Forest (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has noted one of its modular steel bridges was recently installed to restore access to East Rosebud Lake in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Montana. The area had been cut off to vehicles since historic flooding in June 2022 caused catastrophic damage to homes, businesses...
Meridiam increases its ownership in New York’s LaGuardia Terminal B
Meridiam announces it has entered into a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Skanska for the acquisition of an additional c.16% ownership of LaGuardia Gateway Partners LLC in New York. LaGuardia Gateway Partners is responsible for the investment, development and operation of the reconstructed Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, completed in July 2022, as part of a public-private partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Following this transaction, Meridiam will hold a c.48...
Biden-Harris Administration Awards $110 Million in Grants to Improve Safety on America’s Roadways by Preventing Deadly Wildlife-Vehicle Crashes
Investments will help reduce wildlife vehicle collisions that result in thousands of serious human injuries, hundreds of fatalities and more than $10 billion in medical costs, property damage, and more WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $110 million in grants for 19 wildlife crossing projects in 17 states, including four Indian Tribes. The funding is made possible by a new program in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infr...
ITRCC Announces Completion of Northwest Indiana Bridge Rehabilitation Project
ELKHART, Ind. - ITR Concession Company LLC (ITRCC) is announcing that all mainline construction activities on the Northwest Indiana Bridge Rehabilitation Project will be completed on November 19. Key project milestones will be met and all major traffic restrictions will be lifted as of this date. This project took nine months to construct and included the rehabilitation of 18 bridges. Six bridges are in the area of the Westpoint Toll Plaza, and 12 bridges are in the vicinity of Exit 10 in Gar...
Acrow’s Detour Solution Minimizes Traffic Disruptions During Historic Bridge Renovation in Italy
Modular steel structure enables rapid restoration of damaged crossing on critical route (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced one of its modular steel bridges has been installed as a long-term detour solution to maintaining traffic flow during a bridge renovation project in a suburb of the Italian city of Vicenza. Prior to the opening of the Acrow 700XS® bridge, motorists had been required to detour 12–15 kilometers...
Infrastructure Law Turns Two; Impacts Increasingly Felt Across America
WASHINGTON – States have committed federal funds to support more than 56,000 eligible transportation improvements in all 50 states during the last two years, spanning nearly every U.S. county, according to a review of the latest available federal data conducted by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law November 15, 2021. To mark the anniversary, ARTBA released the following data po...
Video: AASHTO Showcases New “Transportation Operations Manual”
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) released a video showcasing the first edition of its “Transportation Operations Manual” – a new guidebook for transportation systems management and operations or TSMO efforts approved for publication by the AASHTO board of directors. To order a copy of this publication or for more information about AASHTO publications, visit the AASHTO Store online at store.transportation.org. [Image by AASHTO]
Driving Innovative Solutions for Advancing Use of ‘Plastic’ Roads
Driving innovative solutions for advancing use of ‘plastic’ roads from Mizzou News on Vimeo.University of Missouri researchers are on the leading-edge of developing sustainable plastic waste road pavement mixtures.
NSBA Congratulates PennDOT, High Steel for I-95 Reopening Five Months After Truck Fire
CHICAGO - Philadelphia drivers along a stretch of Interstate 95 are once again traveling on permanent lanes, thanks to extraordinary collaboration between the Pennsylvania government and local partners like High Steel Structures. The first section of six permanent lanes opened November 6. Authorities expect to complete the other six and reopen the northbound interchange next year. That section of I-95 closed less than five months ago after a June 11 tanker truck crash and subsequent fire d...
NRDC Scorecard Ranks State Transportation Policies
WASHINGTON – With record amounts of federal funding for transportation projects underway, a new NRDC scorecard released today ranks the states on their transportation policies and spending priorities. The scorecard, Getting Transportation Right: Ranking the States in Light of New Federal Funding, comes two years after the passage of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provided a record amount of new funding for bridges, roads, bike infrastructure, and public transportation. ...