More Articles for Utah Department of Transportation
Utah governor names former deputy director as UDOT chief
Carlos Braceras
Utah Governor Gary Herbert named Carlos Braceras as executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), according to the Deseret News.
Braceras, who has served for the past 12 years as UDOT deputy director, is replacing former UDOT ... Read More...
Landslide closes Utah road
About 12 miles of State Route 14 in Utah used by truckers will be closed for months to make repairs after a recent landslide, the Utah Department of Transportation said.
The landslide in southern Utah carrying about 1.5 million ... Read More...
Asphalt Recycling Section
A New Road at a Good Price
By Daniel C. Brown, Contributing Editor
The Utah Department of Transportation estimates that it saved more than $1.2 million with the Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) process for SR-68 near Saratoga Springs – compared to remove-and-replace reconstruction.
FDR ... Read More...
Featured Article: Intelligent vehicle systems defy bad weather
By Tina Grady Barbaccia
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) in partnership with the University of Minnesota Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute developed a pilot project using an Intelligent Specialty Vehicle System (ISVS) for winter maintenance vehicles. The ISVS ... Read More...
Better Bridges: Building blocks for bridges
Constructing a bridge via Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) that uses lightweight fill material can involve what appears to be assembling giant building blocks. But these are made of polystyrene so contractors are working with huge plastic foam blocks.
“They are literally ... Read More...
