Building bridges (or not)

Nov 27, 2007

Updated Dec 14, 2009

This short item in the Nov. 25 issue of iParade magazine rightly castigates congressional spending priorities. We especially like the headline.To remind you of the urgency of the issue, here’s a photo of the collapsed I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, taken Aug. 5, 2007, by Todd Swain of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Why, after this, are our bridges not a priority in Washington?

Responding to Overdrive's 'Truckers' Highway Report Card' survey, small-business owner-operators ranked Indiana's I-70 as the worst. The Indiana DOT and other state DOTs who made the list are well aware of the perception and are looking to solve the problem.

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Responding to Overdrive's "Truckers' Highway Report Card" survey, owner-operators ranked Indiana's I-70 the absolute worst haul route in the nation. Indiana and other state DOTs who made the "worst roads" list, some recognize, can use the naming and shaming truckers' perceptions offer in a new 20-page report charting infrastructure struggles around the nation.

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Volunteers raising funds for United Way of Denton County posed for a quick photo in front of the Peterbilt trucks staged in downtown Denton ahead of the 8th annual Peterbilt Pride & Class Parade.

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