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Yes… building safer streets. A safe system approach. Vision Zero. Let’s update our thinking, policies and standards to reflect what is needed. “We cannot claim to be all that different from other auto-oriented nations like Canada or Australia and yet our roadways are more than twice as deadly. It isn’t because Canadians don’t text or Australians don’t drink. To my knowledge, neither has superior cars or smarter teenagers or better engineers. Their roadway death rate is lower because their national leaders have adopted sensible, proactive roadway designs that recognize that people can make poor decisions and that time-tested, sensible street design can stop poor decisions from becoming fatal mistakes. Our roads are designed to encourage high speed driving. We pretend that 24 x 30 inch speed signs will slow a driver when every other environmental cue of the road is telling them to drive faster. “

Concerning news regarding the recent findings by the RAC Foundation, indicating that 4% of council-maintained road bridges in Great Britain are substandard. 🚧 This poses risks to public safety and highlights challenges in infrastructure management, worsened by changing weather patterns and budget limitations. It's crucial for the industry to prioritize training, and innovative engineering solutions to address these issues effectively. Collaboration and investment in infrastructure resilience are key for ensuring the safety and efficiency of our road networks. 🙌 What else do you think would make a big difference to this worrying news? Comment below 👇 https://lnkd.in/exkTfP4C #highwaysnews #highways #governmentfunding #construction #constructionnews

Treasure Coast - Monday December 11, 2023: Treasure Coast traffic will be affected this week by ongoing construction projects and maintenance work in Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties State Road 714/SW Martin Highway Widening Project Description: This 1.127-mile widening project began on August 6, 2021. Project improvements include widening SR 714/SW Martin Highway from a two-lane undivided rural roadway to a four-lane divided urban roadway, widening the bridge over Florida’s Turnpike, constructing seven-foot buffered bike lanes and six-foot sidewalks on both sides of the roadway, and installing signing, signalization, and lighting upgrades. Cost/Completion: $21.3 million/ Fall 2024. Florida Department of Transportation #highwayengineering #trafficengineering #bridgeengineering

On Stage 1 of the Mickleham Road Upgrade, we’re building extra lanes in each direction between Somerton Road and Dellamore Boulevard, adding new traffic lights and upgrading existing intersections. But before we can do all that, there’s an important piece of work we need to do, to protect or move utility services so we can make way for the extra lanes, upgraded intersections and new paths. Many of these services run along the entire length of Mickleham Road and parts of Somerton Road, and service thousands of homes and businesses across Melbourne’s north. We’re relocating these critical services you rely on every day, while keeping traffic moving. This includes more than: - 7km of telecomms cabling - 1.5km of water pipe - 1.6km of power cabling - 1.5km of gas pipe We also need to protect a 665-metre section of pipeline that delivers jet fuel to Melbourne Airport ✈️ and which runs beneath Somerton Road. Service relocation and protection is some of our most challenging work. We need to keep services running while keeping traffic moving, so you may not always see these works happening as much of it takes place underground or behind barriers to keep you and our workers safe. To sign up for project updates, visit https://bit.ly/3JXgJ3O or text MICKLEHAM to 0499 073 073. #Construction #Engineer #Infrastructure #Melbourne #RoadSafety Hume City Council, BMD Group, Service Stream

On Nov. 11, a fire damaged a portion of the I-10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles used by 300,000 commuters a day. The fire involved stored materials (wooden pallets) near the bridge. There was no structural collapse but dozens of reinforced concrete columns require repairs. It appears the freeway will reopen on Nov. 20. This was the second high-profile bridge fire incident in the U.S. in 5 months. On June 11, an overpass on the I-95 near Philadelphia collapsed after a tanker truck caught fire underneath. This highway carried 160,000 vehicles daily. The collapsed structure used steel girders. It reopened on June 23. Incidents of bridge fire collapse have occurred before, with both instances linked to vehicle fires (e.g., MacArthur Maze 2007) and storage underneath bridges (I-85 Atlanta 2017). Steel and concrete structures can both be affected. These incidents illustrate the need for resilience to fire hazard for key infrastructure. Modeling and probabilistic risk analyses can be used to assess the risk and design critical structures to achieve desirable levels of performance even in low probability events. In addition to life safety, resilience goals can be embedded in the design process. And as pointed out by Ali Ashrafi, the required performance should depend on the consequences of failure. https://lnkd.in/eWQvz6ac Johns Hopkins Department of Civil and Systems Engineering

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An ambitious construction season in the Springfield area is set to bring improvement to our transportation infrastructure. With funding from Gov. Pritzker's Rebuild Illinois program, the Illinois Department of Transportation will tackle its busiest construction season yet! Here's what's in store: 🔹10th Street Railroad Tracks: Underpasses and double tracking at Madison and Jefferson streets are underway, scheduled for completion this summer. Madison and Jefferson streets remain closed with a detour via Carpenter Street. 🔹 East Lake Shore Drive: Over the Illinois Central Railroad and Lake Springfield slough, with new bridge deck overlays. This project started this spring and will wrap up in the fall. Expect lane closures, but we'll keep at least one lane open each way. 🔹 Rail Splitter Rest Areas: On I-55 in both directions, getting a makeover. Demolition begins this summer, with new buildings expected by 2026. Rest areas will be closed during construction. 🔹 I-55 Business/6th Street: Resurfacing and patching from north of Stanford Avenue to Myrtle Street, starting in June and finishing in November. Lane closures will be in place, but we'll keep traffic flowing. 🔹 I-55 over the Sangamon River: Bridge deck overlay, patching, and shoulder reconstruction, starting this summer and wrapping up in the fall. Lane closures will be necessary, but we'll ensure there's always one lane open each way. This project sets the stage for future widening of the bridges, starting in 2025. 🔹 11th Street Over I-55/72: The bridge deck will be repaired starting in June and finishing in September. Lane closures will be in place, but we'll maintain one lane open each way. For more on these projects and others across Illinois, visit https://lnkd.in/dj3Wu5jq.

Credit to Joe Edwards July 21, 2024 Five Huge Bridge Projects Coming to the U.S. https://lnkd.in/gKa4PBjT 1). Gordie Howe International Bridge The Gordie Howe International Bridge project will connect the U.S. and Canada with what one of the developers behind it says will be the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America. Construction of the bridge deck began in December 2022, with work advancing from both sides of the Detroit River. Over the past few months, the two sections have been steadily approaching each other. By the end of May, all of the concrete slabs on both the Canadian and U.S. sides were in place, leaving just an 11-meter gap to complete the 2.5-kilometer-long bridge deck. 2). $1.3 Billion Movable Bridge, Connecticut Development will be getting underway for a new, movable, $1.3 billion bridge in Connecticut following the awarding of construction contracts by Amtrak. Amtrak says the new bridge will enhance reliability and reduce delays for its intercity services, the Connecticut Shore Line East commuter line, and freight operators along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), the busiest rail corridor in the United States. 3). I-55 Bridge Replacement Connecting Tennessee and Arkansas Tennessee Governor Bill Lee recently announced an $800 million project to replace the aging Interstate 55 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas. 4). Washington-Oregon Bridge The Oregon Department of Transportation is set to receive $1.4 billion for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program, which aims to replace the two aging vertical lift bridges that carry I-5 over the Columbia River, connecting Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) says the new bridges will be modern, seismically resilient and multimodal, offering safe and accessible options for driving, walking, biking, rolling and riding transit. 5). Sagamore Bridge Replacement Project, Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is set to receive $993 million for the Sagamore Bridge Replacement Project in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.