| Project Spotlights |
| Taking control on Alabama highways |
| November 18, 2009 CE News |
 In Chilton County, Ala., about 30 miles south of Birmingham, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) was tasked with updating the north- and southbound highway rights-of-way along an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 65, a main artery that dissects the state and is heavily traveled. Several vehicle run-off areas were identified as being in need of widening. The project scope included clearing existing terrain and revegetating the rights-of-way to meet the FHWA safety requirements. |
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| Product Applications |
| Special Report: Sorting through pipe materials, applications, and suppliers |
| October 29, 2009 CE News |
| Pipe is perhaps one of the oldest and most common products used in water infrastructure construction — potable water, wastewater, and stormwater. The amount of pipe of all types installed and, in some cases, ongoing failures caused by improper application or simply pipe reaching the end of its lifecycle, have spawned a highly competitive market, technology advancements, and a wide choice of materials and suppliers. CE News presents this special report to help civil engineers begin sorting through all of the pipe choices they face when designing water projects. |
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| Importing pavement innovation |
| October 21, 2009 CE News |
 The use of geotextiles in pavements is hardly a new thing. They can be commonly found between and within subgrade and base layers to mitigate the effects of poor quality materials, as a filter around subdrains, and along embankments for stabilization. However, the use of geotextiles as an interlayer between cementitious layers in concrete pavements is not common in the United States — at least until now. |
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| Project Spotlights |
| First and 10: ODOT tackles $147 million Willamette River Bridge |
| October 16, 2009 Oregon Department of Transportation |
| The golden shovels flashed in the Oregon summer sun on Aug. 11, 2009. Transportation advocates U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio helped Oregon Department of Transportation Director Matt Garrett and those of us on the project team break ground to begin construction on the Interstate 5 Willamette River Bridge at Eugene and Springfield.
With the groundbreaking, the goal line is finally in sight, though we still have many yards to go: The bridge’s anticipated completion date at the end of 2012 is now closer than the beginning of our journey to the kickoff ceremony... |
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| Chisholm Trail gets five-level interchange |
| October 3, 2009 CE News |
During the late 19th Century, Texas cattlemen started pushing their longhorns along the Chisholm Trail to reach the Kansas rail heads. Little did these trailblazers realize that their efforts to drive cattle northward to market would ultimately influence transportation infrastructure in the state. Now, more than a century later, HDR and its collaborative team are helping the North Texas Tollway Authority, Texas Department of Transportation, and the city of Fort Worth to design an interchange to drive people along the routes of this founding cattle trail.
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Department of Transportation makes steps to ensure the structure's ecological footprint is as small as possible, leaving room for natural habitats to flourish.
