Hoping not only to improve transportation options and lower infant mortality rates in disadvantaged communities but also to serve as a case study for other cities, Columbus, Ohio, has won a $40-million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge.
The Ohio Dept. of Transportation completed the state’s first slide-in bridge project on Oct. 17-18, although on a somewhat different schedule following the discovery this summer of excess camber in two precast-concrete beams.
Seismic monitoring continues around a deep fracking wastewater well in Ohio after a magnitude-4.0 earthquake and 10 other earthquakes were tentatively linked to activity at the well.
