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® May 27 2020 Vol. LVII • No. 11
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Massive South Jersey Project Continues Crews set a beam atop the Route I-295 SB bridge, bridge 2, south abutment.
How Circular Economy Is Good Business…8
John Deere Produces Face Shields…16
By Eric Olson Towmaster Creates Equipment for Hospital…43
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................43-50 Recycling Section ........55-77 Attachments Section ..78-87 Business Calendar ............88 Auction Section..........92-104 Advertisers Index ............102
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Motorists that have long had to endure mindnumbing traffic delays as they pass through a multi-highway interchange near Camden, N.J., are now witnessing a noticeable difference along the major roadway system. To alleviate the gridlock, NJDOT awarded
the first of four separate construction contracts in March 2013 to reconfigure and improve the I295/I-76/NJ Route 42 intersections in the townships of Bellmawr, Mt. Ephraim and Gloucester City, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. Known locally as the Direct Connection, the $900 million undertaking should improve safety and reduce traffic congestion at the interchange
of the three major roadways. The tangle of highways, bridges and ramps is one of New Jersey’s most bottlenecked and accident-prone corridors as more than 250,000 vehicles a day travel over its road surfaces. The logjam of cars and trucks in and around the interchange is obvious when one considers the highways that feed into it. New Jersey’s Isee CONNECTION page 28
Study: Rural Roads, Bridges Have Significant Issues America’s rural transportation system is in need of repairs and modernization to support economic growth and improve traffic safety in the nation’s Heartland, but the United States faces a $211 billion backlog in funding for needed repairs and improvements to the rural transportation system — this is according to a new report just released by TRIP, a national trans-
portation research nonprofit. The report, Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland, evaluates the safety and condition of the nation’s rural roads and bridges and finds that the nation’s rural transportation system is in need of immediate improvements to address deficient roads and bridges, high crash rates and inade-
quate connectivity and capacity. The importance of the rural transportation system as the backbone of the nation’s energy, food and fiber supply chain has been heightened during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the nation’s rural transportation challenges will require a significant increase in see STUDY page 20