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Business

News roundup, Sept. 19: Flooding closes portion of I-29 in Iowa, PFJ opens new Illinois location

As of Thursday afternoon, I-29 in Iowa between the Missouri state line and U.S. 34/U.S. 275 is closed intermittently due to flooding. Pilot Flying J opened a new location in Marshall, Illinois. Transervice collected more than 2,000 pounds of food for Move for Hunger.

September 19, 2019

Business

Interstate closures planned this weekend in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Arizona

A section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-70 in Kansas City will be completely closed this weekend for construction projects, while I-17 near Anthem, Arizona, north of Phoenix, will be reduced to one lane for part of the weekend.

September 5, 2019

Business

I-24 closed in downtown Nashville Friday night through early Monday

TDOT has a closure set for the I-24 section of the downtown Nashville, Tenn., interstate loop from the I-40 at the Silliman Evans bridge to I-65 on the Northeast side of the downtown area. The closure begins at 9 p.m. tonight, Friday, August 2, and runs through Monday, August 5, at 5 a.m.

August 2, 2019

Business

I-10 EB through Phoenix to close this weekend

Arizona Department of Transportation crews will close the eastbound side of the interstate between 67th and 51st avenues from 9 p.m. Friday, July 12, through 10 p.m. Sunday, July 14.

July 11, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

More hopes and hazards: ELD data aggregation for advocacy, predictive maintenance, other uses

Some research organizations and even ELD providers are using aggregate ELD data to advocate for regulatory change or other industry purposes. Other providers are building potentially powerful predictive tools around maintenance, both of users’ trucks and the roads they operate on.

June 26, 2019

Business

Closures set for I-15 through Las Vegas, I-10 through Phoenix this weekend

The Nevada Department of Transportation will close I-15 North between Sahara Avenue and D Street, an approximately 2.5-mile stretch, between 8 p.m. Friday, June 14, and 6 a.m. Monday, June 17. The Arizona DOT will close I-10 East between 83rd and 51st avenues from 9 p.m. Friday through 4 a.m. Monday.

June 13, 2019

Business

New Montana law will raise truck speed limits

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed into law this month a bill that will raise the speed limit for trucks on interstates from 65 to 70 miles per hour. The bill also raises the speed limit for trucks on other highways in the state from 60 to 65 mph.

May 16, 2019

Business

Truck rolls over, spills honey on eastbound I-80/94 in Indiana

Indiana State Police say the truck was hauling 41,000 pounds of honey, and when the truck rolled over, five of the containers came out of the box trailer, some of which are leaking onto the interstate.

May 15, 2019

Business

I-95 to close in Stamford, Connecticut, later this month

I-95 will close at exit 9 in Stamford, Connecticut, on Friday, May 31 at 11 p.m. through Monday, June 3 at 5 a.m., as well as between Friday, June 7 and Monday, June 10.

May 13, 2019

Business

I-10 Westbound to close through Phoenix this weekend

Westbound I-10 will be closed between 51st and 83rd avenues between 10 p.m. Friday, May 10, and 5 a.m. Monday, May 13. The closure will allow Arizona Department of Transportation crews to apply a new layer of asphalt through the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway work zone.

May 10, 2019

Voices

Half of readers object to a miles-traveled tax as fuel-tax replacement

Part of the picture complicating the very notion of replacing the fuel tax is the slow but steady overlay of toll roads on top of the current system, which so many view as tantamount to double taxation. About a third of readers, however, voiced some support for an equitable miles-traveled system.

May 9, 2019

Business

Kentucky rest areas, weigh station to close temporarily

The I-71 Southbound weigh station near Walton is closed for repairs from April 29 through May 3 at 7 a.m. The southbound and northbound I-75/71 rest areas in the same area will close temporarily in May for repairs.

April 30, 2019