Transportation - Articles - Page 185 | Engineering News-Record

Concrete Towers Top Out on New NY Bridge Project

December 20, 2016

Eight 419-ft-high concrete towers, which will support the 2,230-ft-long, cable-stayed main spans of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement over the Hudson River in New York, topped out in early December.

Feds Finalize $500M Grant for Texas Airport Rail

December 20, 2016

No Comments

Federal Transit Administration funding will push 27-mile commuter-rail line between Fort Worth and Dallas-FW Airport.

Feds Probe Civil Rights Issues on I-70 Project

Review follows a civil rights complaint that the $1.2-billion Denver highway expansion harms minority community.

December 20, 2016

No Comments

Review follows a civil rights complaint that the $1.2-billion Denver highway expansion harms minority community.

Infrastructure

Two Big Cable-Stayed Spans Taking Shape in the UK

River Mersey crossing is just beginning, while Firth of Forth bridge's stays are nearly all in place

Peter Reina

December 13, 2016

No Comments

International teams are due to complete both three-towered bridges by next year, but the bridges differ in financing, structural form and construction methods.

Infrastructure Funding

Stopgap Spending Bill a Mixed Bag for Construction

Measure has $4B for storm repairs, $170M for drinking water, but freezes highway aid.

Pam Hunter McFarland

Tom Ichniowski

December 13, 2016

No Comments

Water industry welcomes aid for Flint, Mich., system and funds for WIFIA loans. But bill cuts highway and transit aid from FAST Act's 2017 levels.

LA Metro To Pay Kiewit $297.8M Settlement on Freeway Job

Greg Aragon

December 7, 2016

No Comments

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has reached an agreement with Kiewit Corp. and will pay the contractor $297.8 million for project change orders on the Interstate 405-Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, in Los Angeles.

Caufield-to-Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project

Global Sourcebook

Firms See Uptick in Transit Projects

Rail megaprojects planned or underway in many cities

Pam Radtke Russell

December 7, 2016

No Comments

There is growing excitement about rail in the transportation sector.

Infrastructure Plan May be Chao's First Big Task

Tom Ichniowski

December 7, 2016

No Comments

In choosing Elaine L. Chao as his nominee to head the Dept. of Transportation, President-elect Donald J. Trump picked a former Cabinet secretary who has held senior positions at DOT and was a board member of two prominent construction industry firms.

Float-In of MassDOT Span Sails, But Delay Dispute Lingers

Johanna Knapschaefer

December 7, 2016

No Comments

The Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation and a contracting team are in discussions regarding fabrication issues that caused a two-year delay in the completion of a key crossing between Quincy and Weymouth.

Transportation