237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of highways (including elevated), streets, roads, airport runways, public sidewalks, or bridges. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to highway, street, and bridge construction (e.g., installing guardrails on highways).

Illustrative Examples:
Airport runway construction
Highway line painting
Causeway construction
Painting traffic lanes or parking lot lines
Culverts, highway, road, and street, construction
Pothole filling, highway, road, street, or bridge
Elevated highway construction
Resurfacing, highway, road, street, or bridge
Guardrail construction
Sign erection, highway, road, street, or bridge

Cross-References

  • Constructing tunnels--are classified in Industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction;
  • Highway lighting and signal installation--are classified in Industry 238210, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors;
  • Painting bridges--are classified in Industry 238320, Painting and Wall Covering Contractors;
  • Road decommissioning or removing culverts or bridges--are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors;
  • Constructing parking lots, private driveways, sidewalks, or erecting billboards--are classified in Industry 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors; and
  • Providing road cleaning or snow removal services--are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation.

Index Entries

Abutment construction
Airport runway construction
Airport runway line painting (e.g., striping)
Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk)
Bridge approach construction
Bridge construction
Bridge decking construction
Causeway construction
Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk)
Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge
Culverts, highway, road and street, construction
Curbs and street gutters, highway, road and street, construction
Elevated highway construction
Grading, highway, road, street and airport runway
Guardrail construction
Highway construction
Highway line painting
Logging road construction
Oil field road construction
Overpass construction
Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges
Painting traffic lanes or parking lots
Parking lot marking and line painting
Parkway construction
Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction
Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge
Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
Resurfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
Road construction
Runway, airport, line painting (e.g., striping)
Sidewalk, public, construction
Sign erection, highway, road, street, or bridge
Street construction
Surfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
Tarring roads
Traffic lane painting
Trestle construction
Underpass construction