The Virginian-Pilot & VDOT - Wed April 30, 2025
First Phase of I-64/Denbigh Boulevard Interchange Work to Begin Soon in Newport News, Va.
Construction will start late 2025 in southeastern Virginia on a new Interstate 64 interchange that state and local transportation officials hope will improve traffic flow in northern Newport News. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is planning to build the I-64 Denbigh Boulevard Interchange Project, which will add a new diamond interchange between those at the intersections of Fort Eustis Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue....
Utah Department of Transportation - Mon April 14, 2025
UDOT Crews Use Ultrasonic Testing Methods On Bridges
Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) crews recently inspected one of Salt Lake's "Spaghetti Bowl" bridges with ultrasonic testing. This technology uses a transducer to transmit high-frequency sound waves into difficult-to-see parts of a bridge, searching for damage, deterioration or any other factors that may raise safety concerns....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue January 23, 2024
Federal Highway Administration Officially Eliminates Its Domestic Manufacturing Waiver On Federally Funded Projects
In mid-January, FHWA published a final rule on the 1983 waiver of the regulation on the use of American-manufactured products on federal projects. The waiver limited application of the agency's Buy America requirements to iron and steel....
Nevada Department of Transportation - Wed January 22, 2025
Nevada DOT Secures $16.8M Grant to Protect Tortoise
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $16.8 million grant to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to build 61 wildlife crossings and install 68 mi....
Oregon Department of Transportation - Tue January 07, 2025
$33.2M Grant Announced for First Wildlife Crossing Over I-5
A $33,200,100 federal grant award will allow the Oregon Department of Transportation to construct a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 in southern Oregon in the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument. This will be the first wildlife overcrossing for Oregon and the entire stretch of I-5 between Mexico and Canada....
American Concrete Pavement Association - Tue March 12, 2024
American Concrete Pavement Association Announces Formation of Consortium to Support FHWA Low Carbon Funding
In recognition of the funding announcement from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) — the Low-Carbon Transportation Materials (LCTM) grant program —the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announced the formation of a supporting industry consortium, the Reduced Carbon Concrete Consortium (RC3)....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu September 07, 2023
Some DOTs Installing Solar Panel Fields Along Interstate Stretches
The dead space between stretches of interstate is coming alive across the country as states fill these neutral areas with solar panels. California is an early adopter of the concept, putting miles of otherwise empty expanses of land to good use....
TxDOT - Tue March 21, 2023
TxDOT, FHWA Sign Agreement On Houston's $9B Project
TxDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) signed a Voluntary Resolution Agreement (VRA) resolving the FHWA Title VI investigation of the I-45 North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) and lifting FHWA's pause on the project....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 26, 2023
No Quick-Fix for 'Fix-It-First' Policy
The transportation construction industry is squaring off against the FHWA in a two-year battle to get states to fix existing highways rather than expand the nation's road system with new ones. Framed as a "simple internal guidance document" in 2021, the "fix-it-first" memo has resulted in threats to challenge the rule in Congress....
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration - Wed November 02, 2022
Federal Funds to Be Used for 40 Bridges Along I-84 in Utah
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently announced the first round of grants from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's competitive Bridge Investment Program....
