Category: Transportation Engineering

From Bikinis to Snow Boots, US 41’s Seen It All

US Highway 41, a noteworthy cross-country highway, holds a special distinction for Ayres Associates. Not only have we worked on multiple projects along the road, but the highway also connects our offices from Florida to Wisconsin. The two ends of US 41 could not be more different. The road starts its trek northward in bustling… Read More »

Wauwatosa Goes Green on Bike-Friendly Street

What’s black and red and green all over on North Avenue in the Wisconsin city of Wauwatosa? That’s the newly reconstructed black asphalt roadway with its red-painted crosswalks and, most prominently, its bright green bike lanes and bike boxes along 16 city blocks. Wauwatosa leaders and others celebrated the City’s first bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly roadway… Read More »

The (Rustic) Road Less Traveled

There are many reasons to love the fall season, but the most visible one is the breathtaking fall colors. For these few weeks before winter settles in, the drive to your destination almost becomes a destination itself, thanks to the brilliant scarlet, gold, and purple splashed across the hillsides and canopying the roadways. New England… Read More »