Every year, the American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has a photo contest called Faces of Transportation. This year’s top winners had a strong geo-engineering theme. A photo of the Caldecott Fourth Bore breakthrough took home the grand prize, and a photo of a Bulldozer Clearing a Landslide on I-73 in Tennessee took home the People’s Choice Award. [Source: AASHTO. Image: facesoftransportation.org]
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