More Articles for Texas Department of Transportation
TxDOT implements three new road safety features (VIDEO)
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has launched its latest road safety features, which include the use of Automated Flagger Assistance Devices (AFADs), temporary rumble strips and flashing-yellow, left-turn arrows.
AFADs increase worker safety by allowing TxDOT crews to route traffic ... Read More...
Beware Premature Aging of Binder
Take care with liquid asphalt binder to avoid thermal crack failure
Thermal cracking – also known as low temperature cracking – in bituminous pavements appears as a series of transverse cracks that extend across the pavement surface in response to cold ... Read More...
Contributed Story: Fort Worth’s gateway bridge project
City of Fort Worth, Texas DOT, Sundt Construction collaboratively redesign West 7th Street Bridge
(Photo: Texas DOT)
The West 7th Street Bridge in Fort Worth, Texas, is handling its heaviest loads ever as a dozen 300-ton arches are moved into place ... Read More...
TxDOT introduces workzone safety feature on I-35
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has introduced the state’s first highway safety feature to prevent workzone collisions by using an End-of-Queue Warning System and temporary rumble strips.
The End-of-Queue Warning System measures the speeds of approaching vehicles via a sensor, ... Read More...
Better Bridges 2012 Bridge Inventory
Getting Better all the Time
America’s structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridge count slowly, steadily falling
By Tina Grady Barbaccia
They aren’t numbers to throw a party for yet, but once again, the number of structurally deficient (SD) or functionally obsolete (FO) bridges ... Read More...
Young execs learn to shape national transporation policies
Thirty-four transportation design and construction industry “rising stars” came to the Nation’s Capital May 29-June 1 to participate in the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) 17th annual Young Executive Development Program (YEDP). The intensive, three-day ... Read More...
Rosedale Street bridges in Forth Worth reopen to traffic
The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) has reopened the Rosedale Street bridges along Interstate 30 near the southwestern edge of downtown Fort Worth.
Reconstruction of these bridges allows for the future Chisholm Trail Parkway construction beneath Rosedale Street.
When constructed, Chisholm Trail ... Read More...
