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® March 4 2020 Vol. LVII • No. 5
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$174M Turnpike Interchange Project Ramps Up in Allegheny County
Seen here is the I-79 Bridge pier footer concrete placement.
Tracey Road Equipment Hosts Paving Workshop...12
Record-Size Stertil-Koni Team Takes Icy Polar Plunge in Md. ...32
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is currently heading up an interchange project in Allegheny and Washington counties. PA Turnpike 576, Section 55C2-1 is a project Black Rock Values Bond With Lippmann, Caterpillar...46
Recycling Section ....37-59 Attachment Section 63-71 Business Calendar ......117 Auction Section ......96-120 Advertisers Index ........118
Southpointe Road Interchange to Alpine Road. The project also includes 2 mi. of PA Turnpike 576 mainline construction, 3 mi. of I-79 reconstruction, seven interchange ramps, four bridges, two bridge widenings and two new intersections with PA Turnpike 576 ramps and see INTERCHANGE page 18
Fire Crews Battle Wildfires With Big Guns By Lucy Perry
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that extends from approximately 1 mi. west of I79 in Allegheny County through an interchange connecting PA Turnpike 576 with I-79 and ends at Morganza Road just north of CecilHenderson Road in Washington County. The construction of the interchange includes the partial reconstruction of I-79 from the
CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Amazon saw more than 80,000 forest fires last year. Russia, Indonesia and Lebanon had record numbers of fires in 2019. In January, Australia was still fighting almost 40,000 sq. mi. devastated by horrific wildfires, after an emergency was declared in New South Wales this past November. In California, 250,000 acres burned during last year’s fire season. Last summer’s Mt. McKinley wildfire in Alaska burned 3,000 acres. Working in tandem, equipWith the help of an excavator, crews on the ground fight wildfires ment operators and firefighters Alaska Division of Forestry photo
The National Interagency Fire Center logged at least 48 large fires in 12 states last summer in the United States. When conditions set the stage for fire disaster, heavy equipment helps battle blazes. Putting in fire breaks to slow fire advancement, creating a safe area where firefighters can conduct burnout operations, and clearing out damaged trees are just some of the ways heavy machinery is necessary to fighting wildfires in the United States and abroad. in Alaska.
see FIRE page 82