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What would “Ike” do? June 29 marks the 60th anniversary of the day President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the law that authorized the construction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System and created the Highway Trust Fund to pay for it.

Two key public works projects are moving forward again but running about a year late.

The North Carolina DOT’s design-build totals soon will increase to more than 110 projects, with a value of close to $6 billion. That includes the 2.7-mile Bonner Bridge replacement, delayed for four years by lawsuits.

No longer a novelty, the project-delivery method concept is spreading and evolving as transportation agencies look for best practices.

The world’s longest and deepest tunnel opened in Switzerland on June 1, after almost two decades of construction work.