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Thu April 14, 2005

TDOT’s Interstate 81 Honored by APA

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has won a 2004 Perpetual Pavement Award for a section of Interstate 81 in Washington and Sullivan Counties from the Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA). The award will be presented by Jack Lettiere, Jr., 2005 president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, at a May 18 ceremony at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University in Auburn, AL....

Wed April 13, 2005

DOT Unveils Possible Routes for Interstate 73 in S. Carolina

DILLON, SC (AP) Economic development was a top concern for those who turned out for a public hearing on possible routes to build Interstate 73 from North Carolina to the Grand Strand. Planners are conducting an economic impact study in four counties — Marlboro, Dillon, Marion and Horry — as they consider routes for the expressway in South Carolina....

Wed March 23, 2005

Review Process Sets Pace for VDOT’s Interstate-64 Project

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in partnership with contractor E.V. Williams Inc., released a schedule for all remaining construction on the I-64 Coliseum Central Highway Improvement Project in Hampton....

Pete Sigmund - Mon March 28, 2005

Interstate 69 to Blaze New Trail of Economic Growth

Blazing new trails has always been part of America. In the 21st century, you still have to chart the route, cross rivers and mountains, and get enough funding to do the job. Interstate 69 (I-69) is being discussed, studied, and mapped as a route to new wealth, like the Oregon Trail of old....

Pete Sigmund - Wed August 11, 2004

U.S. Interstate System -- From I-4 to I-99

The next time you drive on an interstate highway, remember the mud. People are still alive from the early days of the 20th century, when a federal road census reported in 1907 that there were just 141 mi....

Mon July 26, 2004

Lawmakers Propose Two New Interstate Highways in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) Lawmakers from Georgia want the U.S. Department of Transportation to look into building two new interstate highways that would cross the state, one from Savannah to Knoxville, TN, and another from Augusta through Macon and Columbus....

Tue February 17, 2004

Interstate 99 in PA Hits Another Snag

STATE COLLEGE, PA (AP) The $700 million Interstate 99 construction project has hit a serious snag, with crews unearthing vast quantities of a "wicked" pollutant that threatens a waterway, state officials said....

Cynthia W. Wright - Fri February 20, 2004

FDOT Prepares for Volusia Growth With Interstate 95 Project

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently began widening Interstate 95 to accommodate the increasing influx of people moving into the Sunshine State. From one mile north of Volusia County’s S.R....

Thu January 16, 2003

Interstate 540 to Extend South in Wake County, NC

RALEIGH, NC (AP) Interstate 540 will be extended south from I-40 through Research Triangle Park (RTP) to NC 55 in western Wake County under terms of a highway contract approved by the state Board of Transportation....

Fri December 05, 2003

In 1974, I-20 Bridge Completed MS’s Interstate Construction

VICKSBURG, MS (AP) When the Interstate 20 Mississippi River bridge opened in 1974, local residents welcomed the improvement. Giving east-west traffic four lanes between Vicksburg and Delta, LA, the bridge ended the bottleneck the two-lane U.S....