At a length of about 60 km, the first phase of this highway project to connect Cameroon’s two largest cities, Yaoundé and Douala, has taken just over seven years to reach completion.

Reports from key industry events in the California/Northwest region.

With ramps, rubblization and double roundabouts, the $2.5-billion Transform 66 project is living up to its name.

A $1.6-billion project to revitalize the convergence of three major highways in Southern Tarrant County has been awarded to a joint-venture partnership of Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. and Austin Bridge & Road.

Mitigating impacts to day-trippers, commuters and truck drivers will challenge a Kiewit-Fann joint venture when it begins construction in 2022 on the high-volume 23-mile stretch of I-17 from Anthem Way to Sunset Point less than an hour north of Phoenix.

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. 

The smoother, safer path afforded by the three-mile truck climbing lane and wider shoulders belies the unexpected challenges encountered during the three-year construction process.

The puzzle over how the fracture occurred, and how the bridge was still standing, remains as the bridge reopens.

Arkansas highway expansion overcomes a time-consuming triple culvert, weak soils, supplier slowdowns and even endangered mussels.