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WSDOT Coordinates with City to Improve Green Space

By Amber GarnettJanuary 25, 2023

The Washington State Department of Transportation, in coordination with the city of Des Moines, will provide a “much-needed makeover” to a popular 14-acre green space along Barnes Creek – an…

Neighborhood in post World War 2

ETAP Podcast: Preserving Post-WW2 Historical Homes

By February 3, 2022

This episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast discusses ways state DOT cultural resources programs within state departments of transportation are exploring to identify and preserve homes…

Civil war cannon in field.

Pennsylvania DOT Uses ‘Story Map’ to Document History, Mitigate Impacts

By ahardingOctober 14, 2018

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is using an innovative “Story Map” to share important historical information about an area impacted by a road improvement project on Route 322 in Centre…

Shops on historic street.

Georgia DOT Mitigates Impacts to Historic Neighborhood as Part of I-75 Improvements

By ahardingJune 14, 2017

When rock-and-roll legend Little Richard was growing up in Macon, Georgia, his Pleasant Hill neighborhood was an African-American community of modest houses and vibrant local life. But the construction of…

Historic home in field.

Ohio DOT Programmatic Agreement Streamlines LWCF Section 6(f) Requirements

By ahardingOctober 14, 2015

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is cutting down its paperwork and ramping up its collaboration thanks to a unique Programmatic Agreement (PA) signed last year for compliance with Section 6(f) of…

Historic wooden picket fence.

Archeology Program for US 301 Project Uncovers History

By ahardingAugust 12, 2013

Archeologists are piecing together a new understanding of residents and merchants who traveled through Delaware as far back as the late 1600s as part of the Delaware Department of Transportation’s…

Historic bridge.

Historic Bridge of Lions Rehabilitation

By ahardingAugust 12, 2011

The Florida Department of Transportation was able to preserve the historically significant architectural features of the Bridge of Lions, the gateway to historic St. Augustine. Accomplished by constructing a “bridge…

lightbulbs drawn on colorful post it notes.

Arizona DOT Uses Adobe Bricks to Help Restore Historic Building in Tombstone

By ahardingApril 12, 2011

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has made what it calls an “architecturally challenging” decision to carry out both historic preservation work and transportation safety work in one of the…

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