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FHWA Administrator Victor Mendez drives a Caterpillar grader as he tours the Inner Dispersal Loop project in Tulsa, Oklahoma

FHWA Administrator Victor Mendez drives a Caterpillar grader as he tours the Inner Dispersal Loop project in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Helping to dedicate the new Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge near the Hoover Dam in Nevada on Oct. 14, 2010 (from left to right: Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Secretary LaHood, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki)

Helping to dedicate the new Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge near the Hoover Dam in Nevada on Oct. 14, 2010 (from left to right: Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Secretary LaHood, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki)

Administrator Mendez with Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Tennessee DOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely at the celebration of the I–40/Briley Parkway flyover ramp opening in Nashville, TN.

Administrator Mendez with Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Tennessee DOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely at the celebration of the I–40/Briley Parkway flyover ramp opening in Nashville, TN.
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Administrator Victor Mendez in Oakland, Calif., starting a 130-ton, 54-foot-long "road header" at the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore project, the nation's second largest highway project supported by the Recovery Act.

Administrator Victor Mendez in Oakland, Calif., starting a 130-ton, 54-foot-long "road header" at the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore project, the nation's second largest highway project supported by the Recovery Act.
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Administrator Victor Mendez and FHWA's California Division staff ADA Vince Mammano, Sarah Skeen and Matt Schmitz preparing to observe excavation on the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore project in Oakland, Calif.

Administrator Victor Mendez and FHWA's California Division staff ADA Vince Mammano, Sarah Skeen and Matt Schmitz preparing to observe excavation on the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore project in Oakland, Calif.

News Releases and Events

FHWA Saves Taxpayers $78 Million with Innovative Approach to Bridge Reviews, 9/6/2012

U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $3.5 Million in Quick Release Emergency Relief Funds for Hurricane Isaac Damage in Louisiana, 9/5/2012

Federal Highway Administrator Mendez Joins Indiana, Kentucky Governors for Groundbreaking of East End Crossing, 8/30/2012

Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Joins Governor Shumlin to Open Northern Leg of SR 279 near Bennington, 8/30/2012

FHWA Administrator Mendez Helps Break Ground on 17 Mile Road in Wyoming, 8/22/2012

Press Releases

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