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Subscription Service

Our interactive platform empowers smart business decisions. This premium subscription service is developed and supported by our economic and government affairs experts and powered by state-of-the-art dashboard technology that provides the latest information on the transportation construction market. It features four value-added reports spanning the construction pipeline.

Custom Market Analysis

Whether it’s quantifying target markets, identifying leads, or forecasting, our economics and research team has the data and expertise to deliver custom insights specific to your business goals. These tools allow you to dig deeper into target markets and unearth insights to drive your business forward. Reach out to learn more.

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Market Intelligence News

Access the latest information on contract awards, employment numbers and other market indicators.

March 27, 2026

Strong Start for Highway & Bridge Construction

What happened: Contractors performed $12.4 billion in transportation construction work this January, up 4.4…

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March 13, 2026

States Address Aging Bridges

What’s happening: Bridges continue to be a focus for some state highway programs, with…

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January 30, 2026

2025 Another Record-Level Year

What happened: The total value of state and local government transportation contract awards was…

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Materials Prices

Beginning late 2020, the transportation construction industry confronted unprecedented pandemic-related cost increases and often-limited availability for key commodities and materials. To help ensure all project partners – whether public or private – better understand the extent of these dynamics, our economics team has centralized national cost data for key inputs and commodities used by the transportation construction industry.

Annual Bridge Report

Each year, ARTBA releases a state-by-state assessment of the nation’s bridges. Our analysis of the 2025 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database finds that 35 percent of all U.S. bridges—over 222,000 spans—require major repair work or replacement.

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Construction Outlook

Our annual forecast provides an estimate of construction activity by mode. This content is only available to our members.

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