Road Construction
Road paint facts you never knew you wanted to know – Lehigh Valley Business Cycle
According to PennDOT spokesman Ron Young, PennDOT goes through 1.6 million gallons of paint on road projects statewide every year. As Young pointed out, you could fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools with that much paint and still have about 300,000 gallons left over. All that paint can cover 114,000 miles. To put that in perspective, the Earth has a circumference of 24,901 miles.
October 10, 2018 10:07 pm Update
The NYSDOT maintains 521 miles of state highways and interstates in Erie County and 515 miles of state highways in Saint Lawrence County. 🚧
In contrast, they maintain only 130 miles in all five of New York City boroughs, mostly parkways and expressways that don’t fall under city or Triborough Authority maintenance.
20 Funny Hacked Electronic Road Signs
Pratical Engineering – Why Bridges Move…
With warmer weather coming up the next few days, you might notice bridge expansion joints are spread out making for a bumpy ride. This video explains the various components of the bridges that allow for the natural expansion and contraction of the steel bridge beams.
What Are Those Squiggles of Tar on the Road?
"Spend a good amount of time driving, especially in rural areas, and you've probably noticed those messy-looking black squiggles that cut across asphalt road surfaces in what seems like haphazard fashion. But rest assured that they're not simply the result of some sloppy tar work by a road crew that decided to have a few beers before the end of the shift."
"Instead, what you're noticing is crack sealing. It's a time-honored technique for remedying the damaged road surfaces, without inflicting even more pain upon taxpayers by tearing up and repaving the entire road."