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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

YOU can imagine the job advert: “Highway engineer needed. Must like the cold and be prepared to travel to the ends of the Earth. Own snowshoes an advantage.” The requirements might sound ...

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.