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  • Home
  • Economic Benefits
    • Attract and Maintain Talent
    • Business and Commerce Growth
    • Economic Expansion
    • Increased Property Value
    • Job Growth
    • Labor Force Participation
    • Local Economic Revitalization
    • Reduced Congestion
    • Reliability
    • Tourism
  • Quality of Life Benefits
    • Accessibility
    • Active Lifestyle
    • Affordability
    • Attractiveness
    • Community Health
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Equity
    • Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation
    • Heritage Conservation
    • Housing
    • Land Use Planning and Conservation
    • Noise
    • Resilience
    • Safety
    • Shortened Travel Time
  • Find Your State
  • Read the Report
  • Resources
    • Today’s State DOTs: Leading Transportation Change
    • Transportation Is: Video Stories
    • EconWorks
    • Surface Reauthorization
  • Economic Benefits of Transportation,  North Carolina,  Reduced Congestion

    Making Multiple Improvements via a Single Bridge Project

    The iconic yet structurally insufficient Surf City Bridge serving Topsail Island needed replacing. The design of the original 60-year-old bridge – a steel truss swing span – also required rethinking, as when it…

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  • New Hampshire,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    Using Engineering Techniques to Preserve Transportation Efficiency during Highway Construction

    Route 16 in Ossipee, New Hampshire, is a popular access point carrying up to 18,000 vehicles per day – meaning that a plan to replace its outdated highway bridge would create major travel…

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  • Economic Benefits of Transportation,  Ohio,  Reduced Congestion

    Making Highway Lanes “Smart” to Improve Safety, Reduce Congestion

    By late 2019, traffic delays had become a chronic and major problem along a specific section Interstate 670. Not only did it experience heavy congestion, and average speeds of 25 mph, that “travel…

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  • Active Lifestyle,  Delaware,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation

    Phase II of Rail-to-Trail Project Opens up Safer Active Transportation Options

    Offering more and safer pedestrian and bicycling opportunities for communities dotting a busy stretch of Route 1 in Sussex County proved a challenge for the Delaware Department of Transportation, especially as Route 1…

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  • Active Lifestyle,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Wisconsin

    WIS 116 Winneconne Bridge

    The new WIS 116 bridge in Winneconne, Wisconsin offers more than an important connection in the area’s transportation system; it improved a small town’s connection to the Wolf River by providing outdoor recreation…

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