As is true for so many aspects of modern life, the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t so much revealed weaknesses in the state’s transportation as made long-recognized faults even more apparent.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has secured a $6.75 million federal grant for the final phase of a project to rehab the Merrimac Bridge between Columbia and Sauk Counties.

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Forget about politics. If you're looking for a fight in Wisconsin, start talking about roundabouts.

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Terry McGowan doesn't expect COVID-19 — and it's many ripple effects on Wisconsin's construction industry — to subside any time soon. The president and business manager of Wisconsin's largest construction union, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, said his members have adapted quickly amid a spate of job site restrictions aimed at keeping Wisconsin's essential construction crews safe at work.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is adding projects to a pilot program meant to lessen the administrative burden entailed by local projects by simplifying the delivery of so-called low-risk road and bridge works.

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A joint venture formed by Hoffman Construction and Rock Road Companies is the low bidder to rebuild a segment of Interstate 39 with a $32.2 million offer, a total making up nearly half of the $71.1 million worth of work up for grabs in June.

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson said the state's coronavirus lockdown has cost the agency about $80 million in transportation revenue this spring, setting up tough choices for how to pay for roads in the years to come.

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Cornerstone Pavers is accusing AT&T and an engineering firm of causing a x-month delay that cost the company about $1.3 million on a road project in Racine County.

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In an April letting that drew a large number of single-bidders, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded that month's largest job to the only company that submitted an offer.

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As people hunker down at home, with few places to go but the grocery store, congestion has all but disappeared from our highways and freeways.

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