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SOM Bridge inspections with drone boats an infrastructure "Gamechanger" Contact: Dan Weingarten, MDOT Office of Communications, 906-250-4809Agency: Transportation Fast facts: The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently named the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) use of unmanned remote-controlled boats for bridge inspection to the group's list of ''2021 Infrastructure Gamechangers.'' Sonar EMILY is a remote-piloted boat that MDOT has been using to combat bridge scour, the degradation of the streambed around bridge abutments due to water currents. Unmanned surface veh...

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MDOT imposes season restrictions on state roads Meant to protect state trunklines from frost damage FacebookTwitterEmail The intersection of M-53 and M-142 north of Bad Axe, where two state roads in Huron County meet. MDOT recently imposed seasonal weight restrictions on state trunklines like these to protect them from frost damage. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) As of 6 a.m. March 1, the Michigan Department of Transportation imposed weight restrictions that will be enforced on all state trunkline highways in an annual effort to protect the state’s roads. The current areas affected ar...