Smoky Mountains Foothills Parkway to see road closures
WALLAND, Tenn. — Great Smoky Mountains National Park is using $31 million in Great American Outdoor Act funding to rehabilitate a portion of the Foothills
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California port chief urges transformation of supply chain
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Southern California’s vital Port of Long Beach is still dealing with a backlog of waiting cargo vessels, its top official said
COVID-19 truck blockade in Canada shuts down Ford plant
TORONTO — A blockade of the bridge between Canada and Detroit by protesters demanding an end to Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions forced the shutdown Wednesday of
Canadian provinces lift COVID restrictions, protests remain
TORONTO — A rapidly growing list of Canadian provinces moved to lift their COVID-19 restrictions as protesters decrying virus precautions kept up the pressure with
COVID-19 protests threaten border trade between Canada, US
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian lawmakers expressed increasing worry Tuesday about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest border crossing between the U.S. and
Washington state’s House, Senate Democrats release $16B transportation package
OLYMPIA, Wash. — House and Senate Democrats in Washington state on Tuesday unveiled a $16 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that spends on a variety
Official: Crane fell at site of I-64 bridge-tunnel expansion
NORFOLK, Va. — A crane fell off a construction barge at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project site in southeastern Virginia on Tuesday morning, but
Michigan governor to propose $1 billion transportation budget boost
LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will propose a $1 billion, or nearly 20%, boost to Michigan’s transportation budget to repair roads and increase spending
Tensions in Canada boiling over as truckers continue protests against COVID-19 restrictions
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s public safety minister said Monday that U.S. officials should stay out of his country’s domestic affairs, joining other Canadian leaders in
Group seeks barriers to prevent suicides from major bridges
A suicide prevention advocacy group in Rhode Island is calling on the agency that operates and maintains the state’s major bridges to put up temporary
Gatik CEO sees future of autonomous trucking in short hauls
NEW YORK — Late last year, autonomous vehicle startup Gatik announced a big step: it eliminated the safety operator from behind the wheel of two
Initial report doesn’t ID cause of Pittsburgh bridge failure
PITTSBURGH — An initial review did not identify the cause of a recent bridge collapse in Pittsburgh but concluded it began at the structure’s west
Ruling could decide whether towns must maintain roads
MORA, Minn. — A central Minnesota town is asking the state appeals court to decide whether towns can maintain only portions of their roads. The
Q&A: Road proponents question Illinois governor’s gas-tax freeze plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants relief for pocketbook-pinched consumers when they visit the filling station. Gas averages $3.60 per gallon statewide and
Northeast grapples with icy roads as storm blows out to sea
Northeast residents were urged to stay off the roads with temperatures beginning to drop Friday evening as a major winter storm turned already slippery roads
Boeing donates $1M to California wildlife freeway crossing
LOS ANGELES — Boeing has donated $1 million toward construction of a bridge over a Southern California highway to allow mountain lions and other animals
Massachusetts to get $9.5B in infrastructure funds
BOSTON — Massachusetts can look forward to an influx of about $9.5 billion to help build and repair its transportation systems under the federal infrastructure
Big rig restrictions put into place as storm expected to glaze Pennsylvania, New England in ice
PHILADELPHIA — A major winter storm spread misery from the Deep South where a tornado claimed a life and tree limbs snapped under the weight
Storm leaving New Mexico but leaving bitter cold, icy roads
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A major storm was leaving New Mexico on Thursday but leaving bitterly cold temperatures and roads slick from ice and packed with
Ottawa’s top cop: Police likely can’t end vaccine protests
OTTAWA, Ontario — The police chief of Canada’s capital said Wednesday there is likely no policing solution to end a protest against vaccine mandates and