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Louisiana DOTD celebrates start of $360M bridge project

September 16th, 2024

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on the $360 million Jimmie Davis Bridge project that carries LA 511 over the Red River, connecting the Caddo and Bossier parishes. Photo courtesy of Louisiana DOTD. The agency said this project will build a new four-lane […]

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USDOT announces $88.3 million loan for Louisiana connector project

January 4th, 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that its Build America Bureau has provided an $88.3 million loan to the Louisiana State Bond Commission for the benefit of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) to build the LA 415 Connector, a new link between LA 1 and LA 415 at Interstate 10 (I-10) […]

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Monitoring the performance of Louisiana’s first GRS–IBS bridge

June 1st, 2018

Over the decades, soil mass reinforced by layers of geosynthetics has been used widely and successfully in a variety of earth structures, such as mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls, embankments, slopes and shallow foundations. Due to the proven benefits of geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS), including cost-effectiveness, simple and fast construction, and tolerance of differential […]

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