From Transportation For America: Friday was a shocking day in the House of Representatives. A House committee majority went ahead with their plan to punish everyone who rides public transportation, as well as jeopardizing thousands of jobs in the public transit, construction and manufacturing industries. In doing this, House leadership and this committee ignored broad, [...]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Midway, WA: Cracked Pavement on Interstate-5
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012One of our top complaints? Interstate 5 is terrible! We know! We’re repairing as we get money, it one panel as a time. Interstate 5 is the most important highway in the state. It’s part of an interstate system that connects Mexico to Canada and is our economic lifeline. The roadway, designed in the 60′s [...]
View this complete post...Pottawattamie County, IA: Keg Creek Bridge Replacement
Monday, February 6th, 2012(Re-posted with permission from Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2)) This time-lapse video shows accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques being used by a local contractor with standard equipment to replace a three-span bridge on U.S. 6 over Keg Creek in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The $2.7 million reconstruction project is a cooperative effort involving FHWA, the [...]
View this complete post...New York City, NY: Henry Hudson Bridge Stringer Replacement
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Henry Hudson Bridge is undergoing work to replace decades-old structural elements. – mtainfo on YouTube
View this complete post...2012 Pocket Guide to Transportation
Monday, January 30th, 2012U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration produces the Pocket Guide to Transportation as a compact resource that provides snapshots of the U.S. transportation system and highlights major transportation trends.
Medina, WA: SR 520 Timelapse
Monday, January 30th, 2012Crews installed two million pounds of concrete girders for future lidded overpasses on SR 520 the weekend of Jan. 13 to 16. Work occurred at 92nd Avenue Northeast and Evergreen Point Road. The SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project widens SR 520 from four to six lanes from Medina to Bellevue and includes rebuilding [...]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Hon. Joseph P. Riley, Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. is widely considered one of the most visionary and highly effective governmental leaders in America.Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. is widely considered one of the most visionary and highly effective governmental leaders in America. First elected Mayor in December 1975, Mayor Riley is serving an unprecedented ninth term. Under his leadership, Charleston has increased its commitment to racial harmony and progress, achieved a substantial decrease in crime, experienced a remarkable revitalization of its historic downtown business district, seen the creation and growth of Spoleto Festival U.S. A., built the beautiful Waterfront Park, developed nationally-acclaimed affordable housing, and experienced unprecedented growth in Charleston’s size and population.
View this complete post...Illinois to Missouri: The New Mississippi River Bridge
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Construction work on the Mississippi River Bridge project has begun.The new Mississippi River Bridge is the first bridge built connecting downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois in more than 40 years. Currently, the only urban interstate bridge between Illinois and Missouri is the Poplar Street Bridge, known locally as the PSB. The PSB is one [...]
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: Redridge Steel Dam
Monday, January 16th, 2012This is the twelfth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...March 7th-9th, Washington DC: 5th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention
Friday, January 13th, 2012From TransportationSummit: The purpose of the Convention is to educate policy makers on the current transportation and infrastructure issues at the local, state, and national levels. The Convention brings together the leading transportation and infrastructure officials from the current Administration, Congress, and State legislatures, providing us the opportunity to dialogue personally with those who have [...]
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