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Traffic will be funneled to one lane northbound on Interstate 95 south of Washington, D.C. — a corridor through which 15,000 to 17,000 commercial vehicles pass daily — starting at 8 p.m. Friday through the early morning hours Monday, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project said.

Pittsburgh-based Transport Investments said it signed a letter of intent to buy Truckers Express Inc., based in Missoula, Mont. Terms were not disclosed.

Segmentz said Tuesday that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the company’s name change to Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc.

Navistar International Corp. reiterated late Monday that it expects to earn $5.38 per share this year and said it sees a strong 2007 despite a potential drop in Class 8 sales.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said late Monday it expects its 2006 profit to grow by at least 10%, as its consumer goods intermodal and coal businesses grow, Bloomberg reported.

The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to quickly hear an appeal of a county judge’s ruling on a suit filed to block a 75-year lease of the Indiana Toll Road to a foreign consortium, the Associated Press reported.

Air cargo shipments jumped 5.4% in April compared with the same month last year, the Air Transport Association said late Monday.

The national average retail price of diesel fuel moved up 0.8 cent to $2.89 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Low-emission medium-truck diesel engines due in January will not be much different from today’s models. Most will have the same components, the same power ratings and the same maintenance schedules as they do now, medium-duty engine manufacturers told Transport Topics.

Con-way Inc. said Monday it has discontinued its domestic air freight forwarding operations under its Con-way Forwarding subsidiary.