Caltrans 'Shoulder Shoppers' Clear Potentially Deadly Debris From Roadways
With 32 million registered vehicles in California tearing down the state's highways and byways, the odds are very good that you'll hit something in the road.
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With 32 million registered vehicles in California tearing down the state's highways and byways, the odds are very good that you'll hit something in the road.
A state worker walked out of jail one day after he and another state employee were arrested on allegations of taking bribes.
Stephanie Clark, an employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Danny Compson, a Caltrans worker, are both facing fraud and corruption charges after an anonymous tip.
An oversight committee says the eastern San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will not open as scheduled on Labor Day as a contractor repairs cracked seismic safety bolts.
Caltrans has awarded nearly $250 million to the improvement of public transit and air quality across the state.
Day one of the $46 million project got off to a smooth start on Tuesday as construction crews began grinding down the 50-year-old cracked and bubbled asphalt along the eastbound Highway 70-20 interchange.
A construction project in Marysville has business owners worried about how detours and closures will affect their livelihoods.
Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission officials must consider the risks in deciding whether to delay the scheduled Labor Day weekend opening of the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or keep traffic flowing over the old span.
A Dodge Ram truck crashed into a guardrail, just as Caltrans engineers planned. At a cost of a $250,000, the crash at this West Sacramento test track would be an expensive ride. But it's a necessary one for safety.
The investigation into busted steel rods on the new Bay Bridge moved to Sacramento Thursday as Caltrans technicians put some of the bolts to the test.
Everybody pays whether coming or going from or to the bay area, four to six bucks for the average car, up to 35 for the biggest truck.
Investigators say a local man was taking exotic trips, and even bought a home, with ripped-off taxpayer money.
Officials say rock slides are to blame for the deaths of two California Department of Transportation workers who were removing loose rocks above a highway in far Northern California.
While the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will open to traffic in September, the work needed to take down the old roadway is expected to take years.
Eastbound Highway 50 near Watt Avenue is now clear after a pickup truck collided with a Caltrans vehicle and overturned Monday afternoon, officials say.
Caltrans is warning Friday commuters to plan accordingly as a detour could affect their drive due to some scheduled maintenance.
The California Highway Patrol says a crane fell during work on the new Bay Bridge project, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Motorists driving through the Marysville area on Highway 70 should expect delays Friday afternoon after a big rig crashed and overturned there in the early morning hours.
A large sinkhole has developed on Highway 49 south of Grass Valley, shutting down part of the roadway.
Caltrans announced they will be giving nearly $18 million to public transit projects in California so low income residents can get to and from work.
The Oakdale Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own after an off-duty officer was killed in a chain reaction crash.
An off-duty Oakdale Police officer has been identified as the motorist that was killed in an accident on a rural Modesto highway Thursday afternoon that also sent a veteran Caltrans worker to the hospital.
A huge pothole along a busy Sacramento interstate is wreaking havoc on tires. At least four drivers have suffered blowouts in the last week - and all this while Caltrans is just feet away.
A CBS investigation found some Caltrans employees using Caltrans trucks rented with taxpayer money for their own personal use.
