In the second-largest application ever of its kind, hundreds of truckloads of polystyrene block are helping expedite an expansion of Salt Lake City’s Transit Express (TRAX) light-rail system. The ...

A. What you saw are geofoam blocks, used for fill. When a lot of digging around is done, Caltrans contractors often will compact the soil and then stick a dirt pile atop the spot for six months or so ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — As the forklift lurched toward a nearby truck, its prongs began to slide between two foam blocks loaded on the trailer. An unmistakable squeak followed, like Styrofoam being jammed ...

A roadway improvement project in Willowbrook, IL, a western suburb of Chicago where State Highway 83 crosses 63 rd street in a mostly commercial intersection bordered by a golf course on the northeast ...

8,000: Approximate number of geofoam blocks to be used in Salmon Creek Interchange Project. As the forklift lurched toward a nearby truck, its prongs began to slide between two foam blocks loaded on ...

Crews will have their hands full getting the new waterfront tunnel open by early February, especially during a three-week span when state Route 99 will be closed in downtown Seattle. “We still have a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The final building blocks are now in place. To commemorate the placement of the last layer of GeoFoam blocks for the Runway 5 EMAS rebuild project at Yeager Airport, dozens ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced last week that they have completed the installation of all 6,000 blocks of geofoam used to rebuild US 36. The eastbound ...

Drivers who frequently use I-5 in Tacoma have probably seen stacks of giant foam blocks near the old Puyallup River Bridge. RELATED: WSDOT wants to give you a bridge I received this text during ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4)-- The Colorado Department of Transportation fully reopened eastbound Highway 36 ints original three-lane configuration in time for the Friday morning commute. On July 11, a ...