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GDOT Works to Meet Georgia’s Growing Rural Transit Needs
Seventy-nine-year-old April Kennedy lives alone. Most of the time she enjoys her independence, but every week she needs help getting to necessary appointments. Kennedy relies on a rural transit bus to provide round-trip…
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GDOT Bridge Bundling Replaces 24 Local Bridges in Just 24 Months
GDOT plans, constructs and maintains state and federal highways. GDOT also assists local governments in maintaining their infrastructure, which includes bridges. And with some 8,000 bridges on Georgia’s off-system roads, there’s no shortage…
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111-Year-Old Bridge Replaced in Just Five Months
The new Courtland Street Bridge opened in downtown Atlanta in 2018, just five months after the 111-year-old bridge it replaced had closed to traffic. This major thoroughfare, surrounded by the campus of Georgia…
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The Widening for U.S. Highway 70
With the cutting of a ribbon, U.S. Highway 70 from Interstate 30 to Hot Springs officially became a newly widened five-lane highway. Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Director Scott Bennett and members of…
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Summer Transportation Institute
Chances are that most high school students would jump at the opportunity to spend a few weeks on a college campus with their peers participating in a hands-on program that explores careers in…