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With gasoline at its second-highest level for a Labor Day weekend, travel is forecast to be down about 2.5% this year, according to the automobile group AAA, the Associated Press reported.

Heartland Express said Friday that CEO Russell Gerdin has retired due to health reasons and has been succeeded by Michael Gerdin, the company’s president.

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging regulators to require rollover-prevention technology on fuel-tanker trucks, following its probe of a 2009 crash in Indianapolis, Bloomberg reported Friday.

The U.S. unemployment rate held at 9.1% in August, while payrolls also remained unchanged, the Labor Department said Friday.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation will restrict oversize trucks on a section of Interstate 95 northbound for about two months beginning Sept. 12, due to bridge construction.

Missouri River floodwaters that have covered miles of roads around the northwest part of the state for nearly three months are continuing to cause roadway headaches for towns suddenly dealing with increased traffic, the Associated Press reported.

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Construction spending fell 1.3% in July, the most in six months, as spending on government projects declined, the Commerce Department said Thursday.