Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 23, 2018
NMDOT Won't Cave in to Sinkholes on U.S. 82
When it comes to road construction, engineers and construction crews must be prepared for anything, including the possibility that the road will be there one day and gone the next. Fortunately, on U.S....
HAWAII Department of Transportation - Wed May 23, 2018
HDOT Continues to Deal With Volcano-Related Disruptions
The Hawaii Department of Transportation continues to battle highway cracking and other fallout from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano. Those efforts include placing steel plates fitted with insulated material and/or heat-resistant concrete pads over roadway cracks along the Keaau-Pahoa Road — also known as Highway 130 — caused by volcanic activity and related earthquakes, as well as investigating the installation of electronic monitors near several such fissures to monitor heat levels and gas emissions as sulfur dioxide (SO2) is emitting from the cracks....
AASHTO Journal - Wed May 23, 2018
Hawaii DOT Finds Itself Dealing With Two Major Highway Crises at Once
The Hawaii Department of Transportation is now managing two major highway crises simultaneously: clearing and reopening the Kuhio Highway on island of Kauai, closed due to mudslides triggered by heavy rains on April 14, while also prepping roadway detours on the “big island” of Hawaii due to the eruption of the Kilauea Volcano that began on May 3....
NDOT - Wed May 23, 2018
NDOT Continues Slope Improvements
On May 7, single lane closures were put in place on U.S. 50 near Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe as the Nevada Department of Transportation completed roadside slope repairs. In the winter of 2016-2017, numerous boulders the size of large passenger vehicles fell from a roadside slope onto eastbound travel lanes of U.S....
South Mountain Freeway - Tue May 22, 2018
Rock Removal Begins for Next Phase of SMF Project
Controlled rock blasting for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway west of 32nd Lane began April 19, requiring brief closures of a road leading to a residential development currently under construction. Periodic closures of Shaughnessey Road are expected to last approximately 30 minutes, as crews need to secure and clear the area before breaking large rock into smaller, more manageable pieces to create a path for the freeway through two ridges at the southwestern edge of South Mountain Park....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue May 22, 2018
ADOT's $24.4M I-17 Project Improves Travel to Flagstaff
An Arizona Department of Transportation project started April 30 to deliver a smoother driving surface along 28 mi. of northbound Interstate 17 leading to Flagstaff, a stretch battered by repeated cycles of freeze and thaw during the winter....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 22, 2018
$76M I-20 at Ranger Hill Work Under Way
A $76 million I-20 at Ranger Hill reconstruction project will provide safer and swifter driving conditions on the 3-mi. stretch of highway in north-central Texas, about halfway between Abilene and Fort Worth....
South Mountain Freeway - Tue May 22, 2018
Salt River Bridges Reach New Heights
The longest bridges on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, two half-mile-long spans over the Salt River, are quickly emerging in Laveen, Ariz. Construction is now two-thirds complete on these bridges, which will serve growing areas of the southwest Valley when the freeway opens by late 2019....
Collin County - Tue May 22, 2018
Collin County Voters Will Decide 2018 Bond Program in November
The Collin County Commissioners Court unanimously agreed on May 7, 2018, to hold a $750 million bond election come November to help keep pace with county growth. Transportation authorities have estimated that Collin County will need more than $3 billion in roadway expansion and construction over the next decade to deal with increased traffic and rapidly growing cities and towns....
Texas Department of Transportation - Tue May 22, 2018
TTC Approves New Projects
Texas Transportation Commissioners approved more than $258 million in new construction projects including more than $11.1 million approved for the Lufkin District in Shelby, Angelina and Polk counties....
