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This is why you always look twice before crossing an intersection. Just as a light turned green in Rotterdam, a gigantic mobile construction crane cam barreling through the intersection at high speed, collecting a little econobox in its path. Jeepers. More »
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Jalopnik superfriend and New Jersey explorer J.F. Musial captured this image of the start of construction for the New Jersey Grand Prix. It might just be the paddock/parking garage, located in exceedingly glamorous Weehawken, but it's a start. More »
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On your next trip to empty your pockets and soul in Las Vegas, why not set aside $400 for Dig This, a playground for adults to spend two hours operating excavators and bulldozers. Session's free if you find a body. They pay you if you find Jimmy Hoffa. More »
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Watch a forklift driver in Taiwan provide the answer to the riddle "How do you move a BMW 5-Series wagon across a construction zone without its wheels touching the ground?" Ultimate driving machine, meet ultimate parking enforcer. (Thanks Robert!) [e90post.com] More »
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This is the Volvo FMX. It is an off-road version of Volvo's F-series commercial truck designed specifically for storming through rock quarries. Go to the truck's launch site. Bask in its hårdässness. Listen to the Swedish überrock. Thank us later. More »
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MDOT road crews began clearing away the remains of the Nine Mile Rd bridge from Wednesday's tanker truck explosion. Pretty quick, right? Not really. Want to see quick construction? Head to Shijiazhuang, China and see how quickly an intersection's built. More »
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When there's a problem, there's always an ingenious way to solve said problem (usually ball bearings). Case-in-point is this Bobcat. Using maneuvers reserved for the most agile gymnasts, the Bobcat manages to balance itself on two wheels, prop itself onto the truck and use a combination of movement from the Bobcat and the flatbed truck to load itself. That's pretty spectacular, but how do you get the Bobcat off the truck? [Neatorama] More »
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Maybe it's just because we're from Detroit, Michigan, a land with two seasons — winter and construction — but we thought Boston's notorious "Big Dig" was already over. Seriously, we were just there in May and despite a few areas with some construction, we really thought the nation's most complex and costly highway project, was already done diggered. Apparently not. The AP is telling us when the clock runs out on 2007, Boston will officially mark the end of the $14.8 billion multi-decade "Big Dig" project. But don't worry, despite the cessation of federal and state funding, the lawsuits will still go on... More »
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The Golden Gate bridge, for the deaf, blind and comatose people who haven't noticed, is an icon recognized for its beauty; a symbol of all that is good and wonderful about the Golden State. And it's also most-definitely an engineering triumph. So let's face it, if one's despondent and wants to end it all, why wouldn't one choose to meet one's final fate in view one of the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous vistas on the planet, using one of one of man's great engineering feats as a springboard? For years, however, authorities have gone back and forth on how best to prevent folks from using the bridge as the embarkation point for a quick journey to their own personal terminus. Frankly, we say, if they've got the guts to get out there and do it instead of just dumping a bottle of reds into their bellies at home, let 'em go. If barriers must be installed, do not let them ugly up the bridge. Also, all jumpers who clog traffic deciding whether to do so or not should be pushed. Everybody hurts sometimes, but that doesn't mean you have to screw it up for everyone else. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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Here in Metro Detroit we'll be getting some of our first roundabouts and the Freep's Matt Helms has been kind enough to let us know the first of them will be part of what used to be our daily drive — the Northwestern connector area around West Bloomfield and Farmington Hills. Mmm, nothing sounds like more fun to us than a bunch of elderly gals from West Bloomfield trying to figure out a roundabout at Maple and Orchard Lake. Pardon us if we're a bit leery of the whole idea. Still, he's directed us to the official project site for tips on what we should expect when construction starts. Well, check that — if construction ever starts. We just checked out the "project status" page, and it's telling us to expect "Part I" to begin in late 2006 or early 2007, yet we're not seeing any construction beginning. Hmm, maybe we should be thinking of this as a multi-year project, and just stay the hell away from our old stomping grounds until like, umm, 2009 or something. – Ray Wert More »
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You've walked on it. You've most likely skinned your knees on it while playing kickball or four-square. We're willing to bet you've hooned on it. Yes friends, it's the reason we're not all driving Land Rovers today: it's tarmac! An evolution of John Loudon McAdam's road-building system, which involved breaking rocks in the hot sun, tarmac — introduced by E. Purnell Hooley as a way to cut down on dust produced by the vacuum created by fast-moving vehicles — used a crushed-stone aggregate bound with tar. More »
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The joke has always been Michigan's the kind of place that gets two seasons of driving..."snow" and "construction". While we feel that's a humorous oversimplification of the beauty of the changing seasons here in Michigan, we are most certainly entering the time of year when road construction hits its peak... More »
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