From The New York Times: Plan to remove Bronx Expressway gains traction
From newsminer.com: UAF researchers work on way to ease road-building costs in rural Alaska

Highway users in South Dakota, Washington state, Nevada, and New Mexico are safer because of the hard work of their state DOTs on the five projects that were named winners in the America's Transportation Awards western regional competition.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently signed six programmatic agreements with Nebraska's Department of Roads (NDOR), allowing dozens of highway projects with no significant environmental impacts to move forward.

In 10 years, an additional 1.8 million trucks will be on the road; in 20 years, for every two trucks today, another one will be added. As a result, according to a new report, the transportation system that supports the movement of freight across America is facing a crisis.

From The Oklahoman: 8 Oklahoma truss bridges get extra support after 2007 Minneapolis collapse
From ArkansasNews.com: Report sees ’structural problem’ with current highway funding