There are 3 article(s) tagged ARDOT:

• February 2022

  • Nine months after feared collapse, officials beef up I-40 bridge oversight

    Hernando DeSoto Bridge vulnerabilities could have been detected four decades ago, ArDOT officials say.

    By Benjamin Hardy February 20, 2022

• July 2021

  • One cracked bridge. One person fired. A troubling rush to judgment raises major questions about bridge inspections

    More than two months have passed since Monty Frazier’s firing from the Arkansas Department of Transportation, and he’s kept quiet. But now, he’s ready to talk.

    By Matt Stroud July 22, 2021

• June 2021

  • Final slab of Hernando DeSoto Bridge in place, but no reopening date set

    Sorry, but it’s too soon to discuss reopening the I-40 bridge, a TDOT official says. Meanwhile, the delays in crossing I-55 cost the trucking industry about $900,000 a day, down from $2.4 million at the worst of the slowdown.

    By Bill Dries June 29, 2021