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Danger awaits the 6-foot-7 tall or taller man who, a bit lightheaded after a few drinks, walks the Demonbreun Street viaduct spanning Interstate 40/65.
Engineer F. W. Chanter designed the viaduct, which was built using yellow brick and rock-faced plinths for the piers. The construction consumed over a quarter of a million bricks and cost ...
The Los Angeles Times today covers the construction of the 141-mile stretch of the California high-speed rail from Bakersfield to LA's Union Station, and it can best be described with the following ...
Brian F., a driver for United Parcel Service, called to complain about the frequent traffic backups on Fullerton Avenue caused by trucks slamming into a Metra viaduct just east of the Kennedy Expre… ...
Viaducts beneath train tracks at Cass, Second and Third will get reworked by, respectively, bioLINIA of Detroit, Ann Arbor’s r+d LAB and Detroit’s New D Media Arts. Each team gets $75,000.
President Biden claimed Monday that he had an Amtrak train key when he was a senator and would ride “about 15% of the time” with engineers on trips home to Delaware. The 80-year-old president ...
A semitrailer sits lodged beneath the Springfield Avenue viaduct Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Champaign. Reporter A semitrailer sits lodged beneath the Springfield Avenue viaduct Tuesday, Sept. 5 ...
Each arch spans 179 feet and is nearly 40 feet tall. high-speed-rail-viaduct California High-Speed Rail Authority photo The Cedar Viaduct is one of several structures along the high-speed rail ...
I took a 15-hour train ride from Denver to Salt Lake City on an Amtrak Superliner. For $400, I booked a 23-square-foot roomette accommodation, and my ticket included meals. Seven unique aspects of ...
Construction would begin in three years to replace a structurally deficient viaduct that carries 144,000 vehicles a day along Interstate 90, over Boston's Allston neighborhood, according to plans ...
(STMW) --The City of Chicago welshed on its obligation to maintain the Canal Street Viaduct near Union Station, costing the commuting hub and Amtrak more than $500,000 to inspect the area and ...