Maintaining and improving the nation's infrastructure is one of the most important challenges facing the United States, with the primary focus on highways and bridges. The Third Edition of Highway ...

Recently I came across an article that commented on the fact that many state highway departments are still promoting increased road construction. Their motivation is reduced congestion and reduced CO2 ...

Hugh G. Downs Jr., retired chief engineer with the State Highway Administration, died Friday of complications from an aneurysm at Washington County Hospital. The Hagerstown resident was 82. In his ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American At their most fundamental level, brains are ...

UNDER the pressure of modern conditions, the art of road-making has of necessity become the science of highway engineering, in the process beginning to borrow freely from those older branches of ...

SINCE the advent of the motor-car the use of bituminous materials in road-making has become more and more widespread, and a definite knowledge of the chemical and physical characters of these ...

With more than three decades of service under his belt, one of Monroe County’s veteran employees will be moving on next month. Bill Williams, county public works director and highway engineer, will ...

The Motor City ignited the roar of the 1920s. Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, each in Detroit, Michigan, emerged as the world's three biggest automakers early in the Roaring '20s. Customers needed ...

Scott Wanagat has been named the new County Highway Engineer for the Macomb County Department of Roads (MCDR). “Macomb County roads connect commerce, communities and people,” Macomb County Executive ...

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (WAND) – The embattled county highway engineer in Shelby County, Alan Spesard, has submitted an apparent resignation letter saying he intends to retire no later than Oct. 31, 2021.

A project designed to improve safety and keep traffic moving through one of Rice County’s busiest corridors is now earning statewide recognition.