The deaths of six construction workers in a crash Wednesday along a busy Maryland highway are putting a spotlight on the dangers road crews face as highway projects increase across the country. The Maryland State Highway Administration said the construction workers were on a project known as Transportation Systems Management and Operations, which is aimed at easing congestion on a stretch of the Baltimore Beltway. While the pandemic is linked to a broad rise in crash deaths, the surge in federal road funding poses a particular challenge for the construction workers who will build the new infrastructure