The Montana Department of Transportation, in partnership with Knife River, is resuming construction on Big Mountain Road north of Whitefish. Last summer, crews dug out the top layer of the roadway on ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mansour Solaimanian, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) While on the road, you’re probably ...

The State of Maine Department of Transportation is at the forefront of research on how to improve road pavement quality and extend service life. They focus on improving both the material mixes used ...

When unfavorable soil conditions are encountered under the pavement structure, improvement measures taken includes over excavation and layer thickness enhancement by either increasing it with ...

In 1999, a lightning storm ignited 7 million scrap tires piled on the slopes of a canyon near Westley, California. A near-apocalyptic scene erupted, according to a 2001 US Environmental Protection ...