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transportation news archive
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12/27/2007 Scots Opt to Replace Bridge Over the Firth of Forth
12/27/2007 Delayed Las Vegas Expansion Finally Draws To A Close
12/26/2007 Panama Canal Authority Calls For Bids on Lock Segment
12/19/2007 Miami Closes Funding Gap In Port Tunnel Package
12/19/2007 Four PPP Concessionaires Vie for $1.5-B Fla. Road Job
12/19/2007 Indiana Firm Settles Fraud Claims
12/18/2007 Las Vegas Completes Widening $520-million U.S. Hwy 95 Project
12/17/2007 Core-Swap Claim Costs Contractor $8 M to Settle
12/12/2007 Cianbro Considers Building $1-Billion Maine Toll Road
12/12/2007 Backed by Tax Hike, Transit Takes Off in Utah
12/12/2007 Navy Adopts Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
12/12/2007 With Passengers the Goal, Officials Hurry Terminal Work
12/11/2007 No Injuries, Only Anxiety After Pa. Bridge Collapse
12/05/2007 Arizona Bridge Collapse Will Lead to New Shoring Rules
12/05/2007 Moscow Crossing Sports Innovative Cable-Stay Span
12/05/2007 Pacific Northwest Pounded By Vicious Winter Storm
12/04/2007 Bridge Collapse Forensics Prompt ADOT to Change Spec
12/03/2007 Canal Authority Digs In, Awards 2nd Excavation Pact
12/03/2007 Report: Ontario Requires
$2 Bil. to Fix Bridges
12/03/2007 Engineers Fine-Tune Moscow's Striking Cable-Stayed Bridge
11/30/2007 Design-Build Team Selected For Kansas City's Cable-Stayed "Icon"
11/28/2007 North Carolina System Opens
11/28/2007 Sinking Approaches Unsettle Delaware's Bridge Plans
11/28/2007 In Tallahassee Redesign, Steel Makes The Grade
11/21/2007 Chicago Rail System On Verge of Collapse
11/21/2007 Despite Rocky History, Pennsylvania Road Will Open
11/19/2007 Four International Teams Vie For Panama Canal Locks Job
11/15/2007 House Approves Final Transportation Bill
11/14/2007 After Five Decades, Maryland Connector May Move Forward
11/14/2007 Billion-Dollar Bayport Terminal Barrels Onward
11/14/2007 Improved Passive Airplane Barriers Gaining Popularity
11/09/2007 Conferees Hike Road Funds, Add $1 Billion for Bridges
11/08/2007 Consortium Wins $1.1-B NYC Subway Tunnel Contract
11/07/2007 Court Order Clears Minneapolis Bridge's Groundbreaking
11/07/2007 Old Railroad Span Gets a New Life Without Taking a Break
10/31/2007 Utah Embraces Accelerated Construction Method
10/31/2007 Success of Illinois Extension Overcomes Difficult Past
10/31/2007 At I-35W, Engineers Develop Bridge-Collapse Scenario
10/31/2007 $2-Billion Oberstar Bridge Bill Clears House Committee
10/24/2007 Seattle's Highway-Transit Package Faces Two-Pronged Opposition
10/24/2007 Feds Hush Engineers Probing I-35W Collapse
10/24/2007 Cross-London System Draws From High-Speed Channel Tunnel Link
10/23/2007 Laval Bridge Collapse Report Fingers Multiple Culprits
10/18/2007 Citizens File Suit Against MNDOT I-35W Rebuild Award
10/17/2007 Policy, Safety Issues Mark Converging Conferences
10/17/2007 Fiery Crash Shuts Route Indefinitely
10/16/2007 St. Louis Bay Spans on Pace, Despite Accident, Lost Time
10/10/2007 Agency Awards Flatiron Team Twin Cities Replacement Job
10/10/2007 Panel: Termination Lacked Needed Written Explanation
10/10/2007 California To Exorcise Devil Of A Road Section With Bypass
10/10/2007 London Mega Project Gets Green Light for Construction
10/08/2007 MNDOT Awards I-35W Contract
And Unveils Conceptual Design
10/03/2007 State DOTs Focus On Bridges, Funds
10/03/2007 Pier Design, Falsework Questioned In Fatal Vietnamese Bridge Collapse
10/03/2007 Billion-Dollar Plan Now in Jeopardy
10/03/2007 Untangling Starts on Unusual Baltimore Bottleneck
10/02/2007 Pylon Design, Scaffolds Eyed In Vietnam Bridge Collapse
09/28/2007 Hill OKs Stopgap Funds, Also Extends FAA Programs
09/26/2007 Contractor Appeals Charge In Stalled Oregon Highway Job
09/26/2007 North Carolina Airport Shapes A Common-Use Vision
09/24/2007 NYC Pols Propose State Infrastructure Commission
09/24/2007 I-35W Bidders Question "Best Value" Protocol
09/21/2007 UDOT Unveils State's First Continuous Flow Intersection
09/20/2007 Aviation Bill Passes House; Construction Grant Boost
09/20/2007 Flatiron, Figg Clinch I-35W Rebuild
09/19/2007 Construction Lobby Supports Four-Year Aviation Bill
09/14/2007 New Los Angeles Light Rail Line Gets Final Funding Boost
09/13/2007 Senate Passes DOT Spending Bill, Rejects Plan to Waive Davis-Bacon
09/12/2007 Construction To Begin Soon on New Runways in Florida
09/12/2007 Complex Belgium Rail Tunnel Contract Is Still Pending
09/11/2007 Panama Canal Expansion RFP Issued for Pacific Side
09/11/2007 Senate Votes to Hike FY '08 Bridge Spending
09/06/2007 Rep. Oberstar, DOT's Peters Split on Funding Plan
09/06/2007 NTSB: I-35W Gusset Failure Could Have Been 'Catastrophic'
09/05/2007 FAA Reports On Airport Grants
09/05/2007 Bay Bridge Rehab Gets a Lift With 6,500-Ton Deck Section
09/05/2007 Quebec Overpasses Under Scrutiny After 2006 Collapse Near Montreal
09/05/2007 Houston Contractor Nabs Hefty Performance Bonus
08/29/2007 Quebec Inspects Bridges As 2006 Collapse Effects Linger
08/29/2007 Minneapolis Bridge Bidders Are Busy Crunching the Numbers
08/29/2007 New York City Conference Attendees Reflect on History of Structural Failures
08/28/2007 Prequalification Request Marks First Step In Panama Canal Locks Competition
08/24/2007 Minnesota Offers Big Bonus for New Crossing
08/23/2007 Span's Anti-Ice Chemical May Have Speeded Corrosion
08/22/2007 Design Process Advances For New Minneapolis Bridge
08/22/2007 Methods Rather Than Structural Design Flaw Eyed in Arizona
08/22/2007 Fast Span of Attack Flings Crossing Over Biloxi Bay
08/21/2007 Minn. DOT Delivers Design Sketch for New I-35W
08/20/2007 Biloxi Bridge Gets Leg Up On 2007 Hurricane Season
08/15/2007 Contractor Nabs $11.4 Million For Houston Fast-tracking
08/15/2007 Arizona DOT Puzzled Over Bridge Collapse
08/15/2007 Federal Probe Eyes Gusset-Plate Design
08/15/2007 Engineers Swarm on U.S. Bridges To Check for Flaws
08/15/2007 New Jersey Relic Will Be Restored to Former Glory
08/15/2007 Subway Hub Bids on Horizon Despite Budget Bumpse
08/10/2007 Feds Release $50 Million For Minnesota Recovery
08/10/2007 NTSB's Gusset Alarm Perplexes Engineers
08/10/2007 Arizona Highway Bridge Falls During Construction
08/09/2007 Bridge Falls, Bush Stands On Tax Hike Opposition
08/09/2007 Five Teams File with MNDOT For Bridge Replacement
08/08/2007 Powers Fasteners Indicted in CA/T Plenum Collapse
08/08/2007 House Committee Chair Seeks Bridge Repair Trust Fund
08/07/2007 In Venice, Even Bridges Must Travel by Canal
08/06/2007 NTSB: Bridge Contractor Had Prior I–35W Experience
08/06/2007 Minn. Bridge Replacement Placed On Fast Track
08/06/2007 Summer Paving Halted Critical Bridge Inspections
08/06/2007 Feds Deploy Laser Scanners For Bridge Forensic Probe
08/03/2007 DOT Sec'y Peters: Money No Issue for I–35W Repair
08/03/2007 I–35W Bridge Damaged Mississippi Lock, Shut Down Waterway
08/03/2007 U.S. DOT Calls For Nationwide Inspections of Steel Deck Truss Bridges
08/02/2007 Multiple Reports, Video Could Shave Months Off Investigation of Fatal Minnesota Bridge Collapse
08/02/2007 DOT, Congress Move to Provide Repair Funds for Minnesota
08/01/2007 Report: Epoxy Reps at Site During Boston Ceiling Work
08/01/2007 Bridge Engineer Lou Silano Dies
08/01/2007 Georgia To Mull Funding Options
08/01/2007 Dulles Line's Cost Doubles; Federal Funding at Risk
07/26/2007 Epoxy Supplier Challenges Boston Tunnel Report
07/25/2007 House Passes DOT Spending Bill, But Takes A Toll
07/25/2007 Hidden Landslides To Halt Oregon Design-Build Job
07/19/2007 Panamanian Contractor Wins First Canal Excavation Contract
07/18/2007 Contractors Rehabbing London Metro Seek Protection from Creditors
07/18/2007 Congestion Crisis Looms For Growing California
07/18/2007 Trust Fund Outlook Worsens, Sparking a Hunt for Revenue
07/18/2007 Collapse Report Stirs Debate on Epoxies
07/13/2007 Ruptured Detroit Water Main Floods and Closes Highway
07/11/2007 Fire Damages Control Tower At Miami International Airport
07/11/2007 Epoxy and Inspections Cited For Boston Tunnel Accident
07/06/2007 Road Contractor Doubles As Health Care Provider
07/05/2007 Smell of Green May Soon Replace Asphalt's Acrid Odor
07/05/2007 South American Highway Progresses Despite Cracks, Climate and Jungle
07/05/2007 Denmark, Germany Plan New Massive Baltic Sea Crossing In Next Decade
07/05/2007 Crews Undertake "Herculean" Effort in California Delta
07/05/2007 Contractor Buckles Down To Finish Virginia's Springfield Interchange
07/04/2007 Sole Bidder Is 50% Over Estimate For Next Phase of Huey P. Long Bridge
07/02/2007 High Huey P. Bids Send LDOT Back to Square 1
06/29/2007 House Panel Clears Aviation Bill With Hike in Construction Funds
06/27/2007 NASCAR Track Replacement Progresses Fast and Furious
06/20/2007 After Angry Drivers Attack, Work Site Closes to Traffic
06/20/2007 Incremental Work on Mississippi Bridge Begins Four Days After Deadly Collapse
06/19/2007 County Approves Elevated Link for Dulles Airport Rail Line
06/18/2007 Second Victim Recovered In Fatal Mississippi Bridge Form Collapse
06/15/2007 Mississippi Bridge Form Collapse Leaves One Dead, One Missing
06/13/2007 Minnesota-Wisconsin Link Faces Another Lawsuit
06/13/2007 Simi Valley Freeway Is Stuck As Construction Costs Rise
06/12/2007 Approved Florida Runway
Could Face Turbulence Ahead
06/07/2007 Broward Commissioners OK Controversial Florida Runway
06/06/2007 Panama Canal Authority Looking For Expansion Program Manager
06/06/2007 Illinois Highway Builders Keep Massive Job On Track
06/06/2007 Complex and Controversial, Jerusalem Span Takes Shape
06/06/2007 Salt and Pepper Bridge Slated For Major Rehab in Boston
05/30/2007 President Papoulia Dedicates Greece's Corinthian Crossing
05/30/2007 Early Opening Earns Highway Contractor $5-Million Bonus
05/30/2007 Innovative Mix With Fly Ash Is Still Not Widely Used
05/30/2007 FAA, Airport Group Chart Capacity, Infrastructure Needs
05/25/2007 $5-Mil Bonus for Contractor In Bay Area Bridge Repair
05/21/2007 Another Boston Tunnel Requires Rehabilitation
05/17/2007 AIG Repays $58.5 Million In Big Dig Premium Funds
05/17/2007
Chinese Airport Plans Taking Flight, On High-tech Wings of Green
05/16/2007
Panama Waterway Expansion Raises Opportunity and Issues
05/09/2007
Contractor Bids Low on Maze Fix
05/09/2007 Spain's High-Speed Rail Route Worries Cathedral Builders
05/09/2007
Repairs Start on Colorado Tunnel To Halt Crack Lengthening
05/09/2007
Pennsylvania Desperately Seeks Turnpike Construction Funds
05/09/2007
French, Aussies Win Miami Bid
05/04/2007 Key Senators Propose Aviation Bill, With Hike in Construction Grants
05/03/2007 Contractor Ahead of Schedule On Biloxi Bay Bridge Erection
05/02/2007 Caltrans Scrambles To Fix Fire-Damaged Maze Fast
04/25/2007 Abu Dhabi's 'Illogical' Crossing Slowly Takes Shape
04/18/2007 Squeezed Route Gets Boost From Near-Record Wall
04/18/2007 Mississippi Crossing Rising Fast Out of Katrina's Rubble
04/12/2007 Florida DOT Mulls Bids on $1-Billion Miami Tunnel Job
04/12/2007 Granite Seeks Out of 'Landslide' Plagued Oregon Job
04/11/2007 British Engineers Tackle Corroded Cables on Trio
04/09/2007 Glass Panels Mark Final Phase for Ohio Crossing
04/09/2007 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Waits for Delayed Expansion Joint
04/09/2007 Caltrans Advances Controversial Project Funding Method
04/02/2007 Miami Officials Hope Turbulence Is Easing
04/02/2007 Medley of Tunnel Techniques Take Transit to Heathrow
04/02/2007 Runway Cracks Highlight Thailand's New Hub Woes
04/02/2007 Veteran Transportation Engineer Abreu Epitomizes Immigrant Success
03/31/2007 VDOT Names D-B Team for DC Metro Expansion
03/26/2007 Light Rail Line Planned for Toronto
03/26/2007 Double-Decker Planes Try On U.S. Facilities for Size
03/19/2007 Fallen Bridge Part Spurs Retrofits
03/19/2007 Link of Historical Proportions Squeezes Into Vermont Site
03/15/2007 London-Dublin Team Looks for Ireland's Roads to Riches
03/15/2007 Fate of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct Murkier Than Ever
03/12/2007 Toronto Turns to the Future and Prepares to Spend
03/12/2007 Green Efforts, Technology Highlight Reno Conference
03/12/2007 Los Angeles Revamps Terminal to Save International Business
03/05/2007 World's Biggest Borers Begin Digging New Chinese Link
03/01/2007 Despite High Bids, Bridge Project to Proceed
02/26/2007 Reno Researchers Shake Things Up
02/26/2007 Contractor Faces Tight Schedule And Rough Terrain on U.K. Job
02/24/2007 Deciding Vote Due in March on Alaskan Way Viaduct
02/19/2007 Paving Contractor Defaults on Georgia Highway Contract
02/19/2007 $1-Billion Overrun for New York Transit Terminal Is Not Acceptable
02/19/2007 New York Labor May Be Imported
02/14/2007 DOT Releases Proposal to Revamp Aviation Funding
02/13/2007 Q Stands for Question: Where are Bridge Bidders?
02/05/2007 Hoover Dam Bypass Date Pushed Back Two Years
02/05/2007 Cash-Strapped Agency Looks for Way Out on Route
02/05/2007 Conference Emphasizes Better Tolling, Stewardship
01/29/2007 São Paulo Officials Launch Probe After Deadly Collapse
01/29/2007 European Storms Damage German Rail Station and System
01/29/2007 Second-Low Bid Is Way Up High
01/25/2007 Joint Venture Team Drops Bid For Missouri's 800-Bridge Rehab
01/25/2007 Will Change at New York Airport Lead to Expansion?
01/24/2007 U.S. DOT to Propose Aviation Bill Soon
01/22/2007 Firm Says No Mea Culpa in Pave Job
01/20/2007 Skanska's NYC Tunnel Bid Leaves $160M on the Table
01/20/2007 Caltrans Will Ramp Up Innovative Project Delivery Methods
01/20/2007 Brazilians Seek Cause of São Paulo Metro Disaster
01/19/2007 Dubious Deals Launch Florida Road Probe
01/17/2007 Honolulu Elevated Megaproject Leaves the Starting Gate
01/15/2007 Nevada Bets on New DOT Chief
01/11/2007 FAA Gets New Top Airport Official
01/10/2007 Florida Expressway Chairman Resigns Following Allegations of Impropriety
01/08/2007 South American Project Stretches Ocean to Ocean
01/08/2007 Tent Allows Work on the Road To Continue in the Rainy Season Cable
01/08/2007 As Delayed Job Regroups, Pontoons Float into Position
01/08/2007 Los Angeles Light-Rail Project Makes Breakthroughs
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