Sun September 06, 2015
Spider Provides Floating Platform for California Bridge Maintenance
Spider, a division of SafeWorks LLC, provided the suspended scaffolding solution for maintenance on a wooden suspension bridge that spans the south fork of the American River in Placerville, Calif. The seventy-five year old Mosquito Bridge is just nine ft....
Sat September 05, 2015
Historic Highway 1 Designated the ’Ultimate Road Trip’
California has 72 Officially Designated Scenic Highways, but only one has been named the “Ultimate Highway Trip,” by Sunset Magazine this June: Highway 1. The curvy, two-lane Pacific Coast Highway hugs the western edge of where the ocean laps into California, sometimes just feet from the highway or below breathtaking cliffs....
Irwin Rapoport - Sat September 05, 2015
Infrastructure Upgrades to Help Cut Water Use in San Diego
The ongoing drought in California has the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) investing in infrastructure — new and upgrades — to help conserve water in the immediate and for the future....
Christian Wihtol - THE REGISTER-GUARD - Fri September 04, 2015
ODOT Repairing Stretch of Highway 101
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) A 17-mi. (27 km) stretch of Highway 101 north of Florence is in such bad shape the state plans to undertake a major rebuild that will cost nearly $10 million. The pavement is deeply cracked in many places, plus in spots the subsurface gravel base is likely eroded, requiring excavation and complete rebuild in those locations, said Rick Little, a spokesman of the Oregon Department of Transportation....
Ellen Knickmeyer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri September 04, 2015
California Plans Taking Land for Huge Water Tunnels
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) State contractors have readied plans to acquire as many as 300 farms in the California delta by eminent domain to make room for a pair of massive, still-unapproved water tunnels proposed by Gov....
Thu September 03, 2015
$30M Battery Recycling Plant Breaks Ground in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) A California company has broken ground on a $30-million battery recycling plant in Nevada that federal officials say will be the first of its kind in the world. AquaMetals is building the plant at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center east of Reno where Tesla Motors is building its electric battery factory....
Chuck Harvey - Thu September 03, 2015
Construction Nears End on Cajon Pass Project
Construction is in the home stretch on California’s I-15 Cajon Pass Rehabilitation Project that involves freeway upgrades through the well-traveled Cajon pass in San Bernardino County. Caltrans expects the project to be completed in spring of 2016, a few months ahead of schedule....
Lori Tobias - Fri September 04, 2015
Frisco Hopes to Score Big With ’Boys’ Training Complex
The booming town of Frisco, Texas, is making headlines for its partnership with the Dallas Cowboys and the Frisco Independent School District to build the Cowboys’ new training facility. The Star is one of numerous projects this city, 25 minutes north of downtown Dallas, has to cheer about....
Thu September 03, 2015
Workers Uncover Deadly Past in Pennsylvania Coal Town
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - It was a morbid discovery along a Schuylkill County highway - a scattering of human bones, including a leg, ribs, skull fragments and a piece of jawbone. The bones had been resting below a grass-covered stretch for a century or so as the country road alongside it grew into Route 61, taking traffic from Interstate 78 through the anthracite patches....
Wed September 02, 2015
Armstrong State University Awaits New Liberty Center
Recognizing the demand for higher education from the military and civilian communities, Armstrong State University and the city of Hinesville are awaiting completion of the two-story, 21,000 sq. ft. (1,950.9 sq m) Armstrong Liberty Center....
