51.   The proposal builds on philosophical shifts within the Texas Department of Transportation, including a plan to eliminate frontage roads from future highway projects.

52.   The ruling halted new highway expansion projects and could affect the Nall plan, officials said.

53.   The state can use the federal money for highway projects if no money for the rail match is provided, Mullins said.

54.   The states are pressing to preserve their highway projects.

55.   The Swedish company has helped prepare Atlanta for the Olympics, and has worked on major highway projects near Boston, as well as the New York subway system.

56.   The two Pennsylvanians are close, and Murtha hopes that relationship will pay off as Congress parcels out earmarked funds for specific highway projects.

57.   The two departments have already drafted an agreement to allow mitigation banking when highway projects have an impact on wetlands, she said.

58.   They reason that chances of winning approval of more highway projects will be greater in the election year.

59.   Transportation lobbyists said they can live with the short-term extension because chances of winning approval of more highway projects will be greater in the election year.

60.   Two major unfinished highway construction projects in the Augusta area may be in for more federal dollars than even their supporters had expected.