Road Structures

April 25, 2024
US$5 billion turnpike widening work spans Route 66
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August 29, 2013
Problem tyres played a part in 339 Finnish traffic accidents 2000-2009
Problem tyres played a role in nearly 15% of fatal passenger car and van accidents in Finland from 2000-2009, based on the accident database kept by…
August 29, 2013
New highway planned for Ethiopia
A new highway in Ethiopia will provide a key link for the country’s future economic development. The 218km Modjo-Hassan highway is expected to cost…
August 29, 2013
New Cameroon highway to connect key cities
A new highway will connect Cameroon’s key cities of Doula and Yaoundé. The 215km highway will be constructed by the Chinese contractor China First…
August 29, 2013
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Riyadh’s transport infrastructure upgrade programme
IRF chairman and mayor of Riyadh, Eng Abdullah A Almogbel, discusses the city’s massive infrastructure investment and the pressing need for this…
August 29, 2013
Panel supports €2.28bn Gotthard tunnel project, Switzerland
A new panel has been created in support of the €2.28 billion (CHF 2.8 billion) plan to build a new road tunnel alongside Switzerland’s Gotthard…
August 28, 2013
Key route widening for Pennsylvania
Work is now starting on the first construction phase of US Route 219 from Somerset to Meyersdale in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The project will…
August 28, 2013
Delays have hit Chile’s Chacao Bridge project
Delays now look likely to affect the construction programme for Chile’s Chacao Bridge project. The US$740 million bridge project, long in planning,…
August 27, 2013
ANAS draws more than €120mn of Italian road safety maintenance works tenders
Italian state-controlled road group ANAS has drawn a series of tenders worth over €120 million combined to improve road safety for extraordinary…
August 27, 2013
Transport investment up 28.86% in Kunming, China H1 2013
The Chinese city of Kunming has increased spending on transport by 28.86% to almost US$1.8 billion (CNY 10.99 billion) in the first half of 2013,…
August 27, 2013
New tunnel under Germany’s River Elbe
Plans are moving forward for the construction of a new highway tunnel under the River Elbe in Germany. The 6.5km tunnel will form part of the A20…
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