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Load, Capacity Calculation Errors, Inadequate Peer Review Led to Pedestrian Bridge Collapse

October 24, 2019 - in Bridges, News, Transportation

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board determined, during a public board meeting held Tuesday, that load and capacity calculation errors made by FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc., are the probable cause of the fatal, March 15, 2018, Florida International…

LMN Architects Designs New Bridge in Everett Washington

October 16, 2019 - in Bridges, News, Transportation

Seattle - LMN Architects is pleased to celebrate the design and construction of the new Everett Grand Avenue Pedestrian Bridge in Everett, Washington.…

Rebuilt Monroe Street Bridge Now Open to D.C. Traffic

October 15, 2019 - in Bridges, News, Transportation

The new Brookland area railroad overpass eliminates bridge deficiencies and improves vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian safety.   WASHINGTON, D.C.…

Engineers Mull Cause of Bridge Collapse

October 2, 2019 - in Bridges, Featured, News

The Nanfangao Bridge in Yilan County’s Suao Township is pictured after the bridge collapsed yesterday morning. Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times   Yesterday’s collapse of the Nanfangao Bridge (南方澳橋) in Yilan County might have been due to rusted…

Video: Bridge Replacement, Newbury

September 23, 2019 - in Bridges, Transportation, Videos

Some drone footage of a new bridge being installed near Newbury in England. A 1,200-ton crane was used to lift the four separate sections into place over a period of 6 hours. The project was completed by Bam Nuttall for Network Rail.

Acrow Provides Safe and Reliable Detours for Structures Damaged in Midwest Flooding

September 12, 2019 - in Bridges, News, Transportation

Parsippany, New Jersey - Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce the opening of two of its modular steel bridges in Nebraska, restoring important routes that were closed after the record flooding…

Federal grant will advance US 191 bridge improvements on Navajo Nation

September 11, 2019 - in Bridges, News, Transportation

PHOENIX – Winning a $10.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation to advance improvements to four US 191 bridges in a corridor important to residents of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in northeastern…

Video: Texas DOT Explains Why Its Bridges Are ‘Bat-Friendly’

September 6, 2019 - in Bridges, Transportation, Videos

Engineers working for the Texas Department of Transportation are trying to make the state’s bridges and related infrastructure more hospital to bats for a number of reasons as the nocturnal flying rodents help to naturally suppress the insect population…

When Michigan City, Indiana’s Franklin Street Bridge Buckled In Artic Temperatures Contractors And Engineers Turned To FiberSPAN

September 6, 2019 - in Bridges, News, Transportation

DAYTON, Ohio - When record-breaking temperatures buckled Michigan, City Indiana’s Franklin Street Bridge in February 2019, traffic was brought to a standstill. The 87-year-old crossing—the lakeshore town’s only movable [bascule] bridge—crosses Trail…

Technology Helping ADOT to Manage Traffic through I-15 Bridge Project

September 6, 2019 - in Bridges, News, Technology, Transportation

PHOENIX – To enhance safety and manage traffic through the bridge improvement project along Interstate 15 in the Virgin River Gorge, the Arizona Department of Transportation is using a first-of-its-kind alert system to help reduce emergency braking and collisions.…