The Missouri Department of Transportation and the Nevada Department of Transportation recently gave the go-ahead to major bridge and highway improvement contracts. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] The Missouri DOT awarded a $21.3 million contract on August 12 that could eventually improve, repair, or replace more than two dozen bridges in the southeastern part […]
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The Iowa Department of Transportation released a finalized long-range plan for the state’s rest area system on August 12; a plant that will close a total of 18 locations while adding 247 truck parking spaces in total across the rest area network. [Above photo by the Iowa DOT.] “A number of rest areas in the […]
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The Michigan Department of Transportation will be disbursing $30,000 to $250,000 worth of grants via its two-year-old Community Service Infrastructure Fund or CSIF program to 23 villages and cities across the state with populations less than 10,000. [Above photo by the Michigan DOT.] Those grants will help fund a variety of projects, including road resurfacing, […]
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Ohio DOT, State Highway Patrol Form New Safety Corridor
editor@aashto.org August 14, 2020 0 COMMENTSThe Ohio Department of Transportation and Ohio State Highway Patrol are creating a new safety corridor along a section of State Route 2 running between Erie County and the Interstate 90 interchange in an effort to reduce motor vehicle crashes, along with the fatalities and injuries resulting from them. [Above photo by the Ohio DOT.] […]
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The Alabama Department of Transportation is launching an anti-litter campaign entitled “Trash Costs Cash.” The campaign will use television, radio stations, and social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube to highlight a major increase in litter fines and penalties authorized by the state legislature in 2019. [Above photo by the Alabama Governor’s Office.] The […]
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The North Dakota Department of Transportation is starting a more than year-long process of installing newly-redesigned “welcome signs” across the state. [Above photo by the North Dakota DOT.] The agency said the new signs feature a new state logo and includes the first photo background used on a North Dakota welcome sign. The North Dakota […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Special Committee on Research and Innovation recently saluted the winners of its “Sweet 16” awards, which recognizes state DOTs’ high value research or HVR projects implemented in their state within the last fiscal year. [Above photo by the Louisiana DOTD.] AASHTO’s Research Advisory Committee selected four […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has released Culvert and Storm Drain System Inspection Guide, 1st Edition to provide inspectors with guidelines for routine condition assessment of culverts and/or storm drains, along with a reliable and reproducible method to rate the condition of all system components. That component-based rating system will enable […]
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