Archive for May, 2006
Interstate work may not end traffic snarls
Providence Journal – “Route 195 westbound’s still jammed all the way to the Mass. line. . . .” — Morning radio traffic report. PROVIDENCE — When the state gets finished spending $550 million to move and improve the section of Route 195 between the Washington Bridge and
Float your boat, safely
Wearford Democrat – TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS (TAHLEQUAH, Okla.) TAHLEQUAH, Okla. Few things will really mess up your summer like drowning in a boating accident. Some mishaps just can t be avoided, but the huge majority of them can. And while it s not a law in
Howard Stringer, Sony’s Road Warrior
Star-Banner – SAY hello to George Osborne, Britain’s shadow chancellor of the exchequer. Chat up the pop musicians Sir Bob Geldof and Peter Gabriel. Plant a quick kiss on the cheek of Tessa Jowell, Britain’s secretary of state for culture, media and sport. It is a
State sells bonds for road work
Statesman Journal – The state successfully sold Oregon highway-user revenue bonds, which brought in $301.78 million Monday to repair and replace bridges in Oregon. Beginning in 2001, the Legislature passed a series of bills known collectively as the Oregon
Deadly quake strikes Java
Baltimore Sun – BANTUL, Indonesia // At least 3,700 people were killed and thousands more were injured yesterday in a powerful earthquake that struck densely populated central Java island and reduced thousands of homes to rubble. When the earth began trembling at
State praises motorists in bridge work
Evansville Courier-Press – The Kentucky Department of Highways is commending motorists’ patience for helping crews complete the annual cleaning and deck maintenance on the U.S. 41 twin bridges in record time last week. Workers described their work this week as “going smooth
Rescue Crews Continue To Search For 4-Year-Old Missing In Flood Waters
WKYT 27 – Search efforts continue Friday evening in Breckinridge County. That’s where rescue crews are looking for a missing child, believed to have been swept away by flood waters early Friday morning. Rescue workers say they hope this rescue mission won’t
Quebec City: far from the summertime crowds
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - 2 hours ago… I love Quebec City. There are similarities between the two. Both cities overlook a majestic river. The tourist attractions include architecture, monuments and …
Check it out!
Times & Transcript (subscription), Canada - May 22, 2006… popular board game doesn’t plan to include Atlantic City’s Boardwalk property in … game board will feature streets, neighbourhoods and national monuments from 22 …
Recanvass shows no changes
Henderson Gleaner, KY - May 25, 2006… the city’s notice says. “Glass, ceramic or breakable items are not allowed” in the cemeteries. “Floral arrangements that are mounted on the markers, monuments …
Hospital patients to honored with cemetery monuments
Kansas City Star, MO - May 22, 2006… at 2 pm Wednesday, the state and a local group dedicated to preserving the former hospital’s history plan to unveil a plaza with two granite monuments, each 6 …
Valuable plaques stolen from heritage sites
Westmount Examiner, Canada - May 22, 2006… installed by a Parks Canada division, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, in … two dozen other brass commemorative plaques installed by the City of Montreal …
Monument to children’s rights unveiled
Guelph Mercury (subscription), Canada - May 23, 2006… In addition to the city being her mother’s hometown, Dixon chose Guelph as … Inspired by monuments on Parliament Hill, Dixon said she wanted to leave “something …
History of Seven Bridges Road
A comprehensive history of the Skyline Parkway, one of Duluth’s more beautiful park drives.
Friends of McGilvray Road
Historic bridges and trail follow old road way through river bottoms DVD’s of September 10th Centennial Event will be available in 4-6 weeks. To
Seven Bridges Road page 1
T he year 1999 marked the centennial of the creation of Seven Bridges Road, one of the more beautiful parkways in Duluth, Minnesota, a city renowned for its parks and boulevards.
McLennan County – Precinct 3 County Commissioner – Road & Bridges
Commissioners Court Directions Notice Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Administration Directions Duties Road & Bridges Precinct 4
Where does the city stand on design codes?
Gainesville Sun – Gainesville is a city where Victorian houses coexist with the red bricks of Southern Gothic buildings and shotgun houses are a few blocks away from strip shopping centers. It’s an eclecticism that’s not reigned in by the city’s design codes
Around Livingston
Baton Rouge Advocate – The city of Denham Springs has maintained its classification under the National Flood Insurance Program. Keeping the classification under FEMA s Community Rating System means city residents will continue to receive 5 percent discounts on their
from the Morning Sentinel
MaineToday.com – WATERVILLE — Eighteen-year veteran Parks and Recreation Director James Toner is gone, the recreation coordinator is leaving in two weeks, and the pressure is on to decide how to run those programs in the future. City officials are looking at several
Haute Styles in the City
Winnipeg Sun – SEEING STARS: Pedersen (right). If we had a sewing lesson for every time we couldn’t find something to wear, our wardrobes would be stocked with personalized ensembles for every event we ever have or want to look good at, and we’d never have to go
L.A. has plan for Skid Row
Warren Tribune Chronicle – LOS ANGELES It s been called the skiddiest of all Skid Rows 50 square blocks of abandoned factories, burned-out storefronts, rundown hotels, dingy bars and seedy liquor stores, interspersed among hundreds of makeshift homes
Justin Smiley Interview
WTOC TV – MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. City officials say 45 of 149 beach access points are now usable by people in wheelchairs. The city is being sued by a disabled activist who frequently sues businesses, cities and counties for failure to provide handicap access to
Peoria gains input on revitalization
Peoria Journal Star – PEORIA – The city concluded three days of brainstorming to revitalize almost 8,000 acres of Peoria on Sunday, and now a national firm will use the suggestions to develop rezoning plans. Pat Landes, the city’s director of planning and growth
Northeast is ripe, but maybe not ready, for monster hurricane
Carroll County Times – NEW YORK – The Big Easy and the Big Apple are so far apart – geographically, culturally, economically – that as New Yorkers watched the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina unfold, most simply assumed their city could never fall prey to such a calamity. They
Water – Forth Rail and Road Bridges – Alan Oscroft – 165/265 – World
Forth Rail and Road Bridges, South Queensferry, Scotland, UK, by Alan Oscroft
Structurae [en]: Structures: Functions & uses: Road bridges
Engineering structures and/or architectural works serving or having been used as Road bridges from around the world and throughout all times.
DPWH road project nears completion
Tempo, Philippines - May 15, 2006… Department of Public Works and Highways announced yesterday that the 36-kilometer Bayugan-Awa-San Francisco section of the Surigao-Agusan-Davao Road in Agusan …
USE OF RAILROAD FLATCARS IN LOW-VOLUME ROAD BRIDGES (PDF)
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering. Iowa State University. USE OF RAILROAD FLATCARS IN LOW-VOLUME ROAD BRIDGES. Submitted October 18, 2002. Author: Justin D. Doornink. Graduate Student/Research Assistant. Iowa State University … and engineering design, RRFC bridges are a viable, economic alternative for low-volume. road bridges …
Ashtabula County Ohio Covered Bridge Festival
Back to our home page. Welcome to Ashtabula County. We are glad you have come to see and learn about our Historic Covered Bridges. They are of four types: Howe truss, Pratt truss, Town lattice truss, and Inverted Haupt truss. … 1. Netcher Road Bridge (2.7 miles from … bridges. This bridge was renovated in 2003-2004 and was once again opened to traffic in the spring of 2004. 15. Riverdale Road …
Digital Bridges
Bridges of the Nineteenth Century : A Twenty-First Century Book Collection … Modern examples of road and railway bridges. Personal author … Modern examples of road and railway bridges: illustrating the most recent practice of leading …
C4.4 Road Bridges and Related Structures
World Road Association. C4.4 Road Bridges and Related Structures. Chair and Secretariat. Terms of Reference. Issue 4.4.1 – Increasing the durability and safety of structures
Perils for Pedestrians. Pedestrian bridges – What works; what doesn’t.
… Pedestrian bridges remove all conflicts with traffic on the road below. They would seem to be the … Florissant, Missouri. Pedestrian bridges are needed when road bridges are far apart …
Lansing State Journal: Aging bridges get face-lifts, retirement inside historic park
… way on the Jones and Monroe Road bridges, with work expected to start this fall on the Lowell Road Bridge …
Use of Railroad Flat Cars for Low-Volume Road Bridges (PDF)
… Use of Railroad Flat Cars for. Low-Volume Road Bridges. August 1999 … Use of Railroad Flat Cars for. Low-Volume Road Bridges. August 1999 …
1 Introduction (PDF)
… cken (road maintenance monitoring, inspection and. check road bridges) at periodic intervals [1]. Here … both for railway and for road bridges. This standard was …
A new vibrancy in the Old World
With its combination of well-worn cobblestones by day and well-mixed cocktails after dark, Bratislava has become a popular weekend destination for a free-spirited crowd from across Europe and beyond.
Local man calling on officials to memorialize his father
FITCHBURG — A local man is calling on city officials to memorialize his father, who was the first police officer killed in the line of duty in Fitchburg.
Film Reviews
AN AMERICAN HAUNTING Despite their appeal to patriotic horror fans, the makers of An American Haunting end up doing more harm than good to domestic fright production.
NCM recommends judicial probe into Vadodra firing
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) today recommended a judicial inquiry into the police firing in Vadodra, saying the protest over the municipal demolition of a centuries-old mausoleum in the Gujarat city could have been dealt with “tact”.
Jeers, cheers for Nashua budget
Reactions were mixed a day after the Nashua aldermen approved a $202.4 million city budget for the upcoming year.
Budget proposal calls for tax increase
Charlotte might see its first property tax increase in two decades. The city manager’s recommended budget includes a 10.7 percent increase. FULL STORY >> Updated: 5/8/2006 7:25 PM
Pools conjure up memories
A proposal to close the seven public swimming pools in East Baton Rouge Parish is running into opposition from African-American leaders who view some of the pools as monuments to the civil rights struggle.
It all came tumbling down
Meet Jacob Volk, immigrant son of a butcher, who rose to become the dandy of devastation, a wrecker of Herculean proportions in early 20th-century New York, a city constantly remaking itself by pulling down one building to replace it with another.
Hot list
New York Daily News – Topnotch acrobats, dancers and musicians celebrate childhood with twists, turns and flips in “Womb: Temple of the Child” at the Sanctuary of the West Park Presbyterian Church. New York’s eighth annual gymnastics/trampoline benefit show features