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09/17/2008 English-French Rail Link Closed After Fire on Train

09/12/2008 $8-Billion Trust-Fund 'Fix' Gains Final Hill Approval

09/12/2008 Shuttle Train Triggers Chunnel Fire, 32 Treated for Smoke Inhalation

09/10/2008 Rare Single-Rib, Inclined-Arch Structure Rises In Ohio

09/10/2008 In Switch, DOT Backs Trust-Fund Rescue

09/05/2008 Citing Dire Trust Fund Picture, DOT Calls for $8-Billion Infusion

09/05/2008 Louisiana, Mississippi Get Emergency Federal Highway Aid

09/03/2008 Defects Found in Barriers On Chesapeake Crossing

09/03/2008 Utah Replaces Structures In Hours Using Transporters

08/30/2008 Emergency Repairs for Bay Bridge Following Fatal Aug. 10 Crash

08/27/2008 Laser-Equipped Van Eases Atlanta Runway Inspections

08/27/2008 Geosynthetic Layers Support Ohio County Abutments

08/20/2008 Milestone Hit in $850-Million Boston Job

08/20/2008 Austin's First Commuter Line Crosses Tracks and Critics

08/20/2008 Reconstruction Of Floating Landmark Hits Milestone

08/13/2008 Sandhogs Reach Milestone On $7-Billion New York Job

08/07/2008 ASCE Delegation Honors Machu Picchu For Engineering Excellence of Incas

08/06/2008 U.S. Contractor Off Nigerian Terminal

08/06/2008 $5-billion Scheme To Deliver Texas Wind Energy Approved

08/01/2008 MTA Names New Construction Head As AECOM Buys His Former Firm

08/01/2008 FHWA Nominee Backed at Confirmation Hearing

07/30/2008 Highway Trust Fund 'Fix' Stalls Out in the Senate

07/30/2008 Toronto Subway Project Gets Bump From New Money Train

07/30/2008 Jerusalem's Signature Span Is New Landmark in Old City

07/30/2008 'Thirsty' Materials Transform Alleys from Grimy to Green

07/28/2008 In Surprise, New Trust Fund Forecast Shows Smaller Deficit

07/25/2008 House Clears Bridge Inspection And Reconstruction Funding Bill

07/23/2008 House Approves $8-Billion Highway Trust Fund 'Fix'

07/23/2008 California Found All Steel Deck Truss Structures Safe

07/23/2008 No Decision Yet By Indiana On Spending New Federal Funds

07/23/2008 Structures in Southwest Among the Safest in U.S.

07/23/2008 No Problems Found in Florida, Georgia or South Carolina

07/23/2008 No Work Needed on Texas' Fracture-Critical Structures

07/23/2008 Minnesota Disaster Alters Design Of New River Span in Oregon

07/23/2008 States Show Mixed Progress In Year After Minnesota Failure

07/16/2008 Former NY DOT Chief Named to Lead FHWA

07/16/2008 Alaska Gas Line May Grow a Spur

07/09/2008 Louisiana Examines, Fixes Once-Submerged Roads

07/09/2008 As Dirt Flies and Contracts Are Let, Panama Canal Expansion is Moving

07/09/2008 World's Second-Longest Ocean Crossing Opens

07/02/2008 Manhattan Train Station Is Wired and Widened

07/02/2008 New Arches Hover Over Old Within a Jersey Structure

07/02/2008 Ninety-Year-Old Bascule Replaced in Four Days

07/01/2008 Three-Month FAA Stopgap Signed Into Law

06/26/2008 Senate Passes Three-Month Extension of Airport Funds

06/26/2008 Midwest Floods Drown Tracks And Whisk Away Bridges

06/25/2008 Highway Trust Fund 'Fix' Stalls in House and Senate

06/25/2008 Shuttle-Blasted Trench Wall Requires Fix Before October

06/19/2008 Downward Travel Trend Raises Highway Trust Fund Worries

 

 

06/18/2008 Building Information Models Are Now Crossing Over

06/11/2008 Contractors Stake Out Needs To Owners and Engineers

05/28/2008 Ohio Truss-Span Repair Expedited

05/28/2008 Report: I-35W Maintenance Recommendations Ignored

05/23/2008 Ten Minutes with Michael Della Rocca, President of N. America Halcrow Inc.

05/22/2008 Report: State DOT Ignored I-35W Bridge Recommendations

05/21/2008 Trucks Slams Overpass And Knocks Out Columns

05/21/2008 New Hudson River Crossing Moving

05/21/2008 Chicago Airports Throttle Up For Major Cash Infusions

05/14/2008 Spain's Flowing Tube Crossing Poses Challenges

05/09/2008 Financing Set for Planned $1.6-Billion Ontario Road

05/07/2008 Florida Pushes Ahead With Plan for New System

05/07/2008 Dulles Project: Not Dead Yet

05/07/2008 Pile-Driving Gantry System Debuts in North Carolina

05/07/2008 Contractors Must Fix Cracks On Tracks in Phoenix

05/05/2008 Bridge Modeling Pioneer Abdel-Ghaffar Dies at 61

05/02/2008 Phoenix Light-Rail Repairs: Who Gets Blame, Bill?

05/01/2008 Congress Clears SAFETEA-LU 'Corrections' Bill

05/01/2008 Dulles Metrorail Extension Back on Track

04/30/2008 Nevada Breaks Ground On First Design-Build Road

04/30/2008 Road-and-Rail Bridge Over Mississippi Gets a Physical

04/29/2008 Rutgers/PB-Led Research Team Will Study Hundreds Of Bridges

04/24/2008 Missouri and Illinois Select Designer for Mississippi Crossing

04/24/2008 Pittsburgh TBM Jams Again With New Two-Week Delay

04/18/2008 Senate OKs Highway Bill 'Technical Corrections'

04/17/2008 Former CA/T Director Tapped To Head Rhode Island DOT

04/16/2008 Record-Setting Dubai Bridge Moving into Design Phase

04/10/2008 Dubai Prepares to Build Record-Breaking Arch Structure

04/09/2008 Belgium Firm Awarded Major Contract For Panama Canal

04/04/2008 Belgian Firms Snags $177M Panama Canal Dredge Contract

04/03/2008 Longest Stress Ribbon Bridge Takes Shape In San Diego

04/02/2008 I-35W Crossing May Be Done Months Early on Fast Track

04/02/2008 Old, New and JetBlue Join At New York Airport

03/26/2008 Bent Gusset Plates Close Another Minnesota Bridge

03/21/2008 Minnesota DOT Shuts Bridge, Citing Bent Gusset Plates

03/21/2008 Officials Reopen Interstate 95 After Fixing Cracked Column

03/21/2008 NTSB Decides Not to Hold Hearing on Bridge Collapse

03/19/2008 I-35W Bridge Gussets, Loads Still Undergoing Scrutiny

03/12/2008 Aeronautically Inspired Truss To Take Flight In Seattle

03/10/2008 FAA Sees Slower Growth In Aviation During 2008

03/05/2008 With Eye on Costs, New York Agency Hopes Plan Will Fly

03/05/2008 Stopgap Clears Way For Airport Grants

03/03/2008 Plan for Mississippi River Span Moves Forward

02/29/2008 4-Month FAA Bill Signed, With Construction Grants

02/28/2008 Ex-FHWA Chief Capka Joins Lobbying Firm

02/27/2008 Speedy Carolina Crews Build Seven Spans in Seven Weeks

02/27/2008 Florida Codes Now Permit Use of Welding Technique

02/27/2008 Traffic Signals Eyed, and More

02/20/2008 New Cableway System Set For Hoover Dam Bypass

02/20/2008 Station Plan Could Serve As Beacon For New York Region

02/13/2008 First Composite Rail Bridge Undergoes Successful Testing

02/08/2008 Sinkhole Shuts I-25 in Denver; 66-in. Water Main Ruptures

02/05/2008 Footspan Placed in One Pick At Phoenix Convention Center

02/01/2008 Glasgow Officials Close Bridge After Cable Connector Snaps

01/29/2008 Va. Officials Struggle To Save $5-Billion Dulles Rail Project

01/24/2008 Capka to Leave as FHWA Chief

01/23/2008 Louisiana's Luling Bridge Stay Cables To Be Replaced

01/23/2008 Conference Eyes Transport Crisis

01/23/2008 Deal for D.C. New HOT Lanes Is Turning Out To Be Hot Stuff

01/16/2008 Public-Private Deal Brings Peace to Bliss

01/16/2008 NTSB Finds Fractured Gussets in I-35 Span

01/15/2008 Safety Board Finds I-35W Bridge Plates Too Thin

01/14/2008 Florida DOT Reopens I-4 After Emergency Repair Work

01/09/2008 Historic Cable-Stayed Link Taking Shape in Louisiana

01/03/2008 Authority Starts Bid Process For Lock Work in Panama

 


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