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The Brent Spence Bridge between Ohio and Kentucky carries twice as much traffic as it was built to handle — it’s 54 years old and functionally obsolete.

WASHINGTON — Crafting a meaningful funding proposal for the network of roads, pipelines and freight corridors is likely to consume the first few weeks of Elaine Chao’s tenure as secretary of transportation, former Secretary James Burnley said Jan. 26.

A new state audit says the Wisconsin Department of Transportation dramatically underestimated the cost of major highway projects by failing to account for inflation, with costs on 16 major projects ballooning by more than $3 billion since lawmakers approved them.

He hit it out of the park. That was the gist of the Virginia Port Authority board’s assessment of how well Executive Director and CEO John Reinhart did last year.

After Gov. Rick Scott threatened to financially cut off Florida ports that do business with Cuba, Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale canceled its plans to sign an agreement with Cuba.

China's ambitious plans to create a modern-day Silk Road by way of building roads and railways abroad are unlikely to change the face of global shipping, industry observers said.

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has sued Lakeville Motor Express, LME Inc. and Finish Line Express, charging that the companies committed fraud and wage theft when Lakeville closed its doors without notice shortly before Thanksgiving.

Eight states and five environmental groups filed motions with a federal appellate court on Jan. 23, asking to intervene in a lawsuit brought by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association against two federal agencies over the Phase 2 greenhouse gas rule on truck emissions.