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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
  • Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety,  South Dakota

    Bridge Improvement Grants (BIG)

    The South Dakota Department of Transportation used an innovative local grant program to speed up maintenance and repair of state bridges, saving farmers and ranchers extra time and reducing costs for the state’s…

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  • Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety,  South Carolina

    Wando Bridge

    In May 2018, following weekly inspections of the James B. Edwards bridge—known to natives of the area as the Wando River bridge—a failure of post-tensioning cables was detected causing an immediate closure of…

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  • Accessibility,  Pennsylvania,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation

    FindMyRidePA

    FindMyRidePA is Pennsylvania’s web-based trip planning software application. The project started as an implementation of a “1-call/1-click” solution. The application allows for a user to view and plan trips on various local transportation…

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  • Business and Commerce Growth,  Economic Benefits of Transportation,  Oklahoma

    U.S. 169 Widening Between Tulsa and Owasso

    Ongoing widening of US-169 from I-244 in Tulsa north to Owasso is supporting growth and development on the north side of the metro area. In 2015, a $45 million project widened a segment…

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  • Economic Benefits of Transportation,  Economic Expansion,  Oklahoma

    U.S. 70 Durant Bypass

    The $101 million construction of the US-70 Durant Bypass in phases between 2009 and 2015 completed an eight-mile freeway loop around the southern end of Durant. This serves to route freight traffic away…

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