In February 2020, heavy rains caused a landslide on U.S. 231 between Arab and Huntsville, Ala., making the highway impassible and dangerous.

The city of Fountain wanted safer connectivity and traffic progression in a fast-growing part of town. As ground zero for a planned major residential development, the area also is a main route for both the school system and provides the only access to the regional landfill.

This freeway expansion project added a third travel lane in each direction along an eight-mile section of the toll road between Quincy Avenue and Interstate 70. 

ODOT adds 300 projects worth nearly $2 billion to its eight-year plan.

The $3.8-billion Hampton Roads tunnel project is moving fast toward its planned mid-2022 start of boring for twin two-lane 7,500-ft-long tubes, doubling the existing crossing’s capacity.

Remote site, political tensions and pandemic all added to delays in construction.

Massachusetts transportation agency gears up for $60-million project in what it dubs the “Acceler-8” project.

Flatiron Construction floated an 830-ft-long tied arch span on barges on the Ohio River on April 26.