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)
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.
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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.
News Releases and Events
U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $1.2 Million to the Flight 93 Memorial Project, 9/27/2012
Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement Project Clears Federal Environmental Review, 9/25/2012
Federal Highway Administrator in Detroit for Opening of $258 Million Gateway Project, 9/21/2012
FHWA Saves Taxpayers $78 Million with Innovative Approach to Bridge Reviews, 9/6/2012
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