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Tennessee DOT Reviewing Troublesome I-440 Rehab

October 19, 2016

Interstate 440, a seven-mile stretch of highway in Nashville that opened in 1987, underwent a $9-million rehabilitation in 2009.

Transportation

U.S. DOT Begins to Release Post-Hurricane Highway Aid

North Carolina receives $5 million for repairs in wake of Hurricane Matthew

Tom Ichniowski

October 14, 2016

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Foxx says N.C. funds are only a "down payment" on eventual federal road repair aid there.

Renzi Urges Salini Impregilo To Complete Messina Span

Peter Reina

October 12, 2016

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Milan-based contractor Salini Impregilo S.p.A. has accepted an informal challenge by Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, to complete a long stalled contract to build a record-breaking suspension bridge over the Messina Strait, between the mainland and Sicily.

Infrastructure Finance

The 2016 U.S. Election: Beyond Trump and Clinton

Voters face hundreds of decisions on bonds to pay for vital improvements

Debra K. Rubin

Mark Shaw JT Long

October 12, 2016

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U.S. voters also will weigh big bucks for projects and big issues for business.

Shell Shelves Anacortes Oil Terminal Plan

October 12, 2016

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Shell Oil Co. has shelved plans to develop an oil-by-rail transfer facility at its refinery in Anacortes, Wash.

Chicago Transit Moves Forward on $2.3-Billion Expansion

October 12, 2016

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The Chicago Transit Authority has released the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed 5.3-mile-long extension of its Red Line train.

Disasters

Hurricane Matthew's Heavy Toll Brings Lessons and Pain

Tom Sawyer

Scott Judy

Jim Parsons

Tom Ichniowski Thomas F. Armistead

October 12, 2016

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Hurricane Matthew’s rampage through the Caribbean, the Bahamas and up the southeast U.S. coast tested storm and flood forecasters, utilities, contractor preparations and civil engineering works for more than 1,500 miles and, in some cases, found them wanting.

Industry Group Introduces a Pressed-Brake Short-Span Steel-Girder System

Aileen Cho

October 12, 2016

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Answering a call from the Federal Highway Administration, a group of steel-bridge advocates have introduced a new type of tub girder that requires less fabrication and installation time.

Project Runways: New Planes of Existence

Airports Power Up the Next Generation of Construction Programs

The societal and environmental impact are more important than ever before

Aileen Cho

October 6, 2016

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It’s a new age of design and construction for U.S. airports.

Disasters/Update

Facing Erratic Hurricane, States and Contractors Leave Little to Chance

Hurricane Matthew Expected to Strengthen to Category 4 as it Approaches Florida Today

Jim Parsons

October 5, 2016

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As Hurricane Matthew’s curious, inverted question mark-shaped forecast tracks keep weather experts guessing, transportation agencies in the Southeast are taking no chances.