Revisions for Press-Brake-Formed Steel Tub Girder Bridges to be Included in AASHTO Specifications
Karl Barth, Ph.D., West Virginia University, conducted extensive research on the PBTG system. The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) has initiated revisions affecting the use of press-brake-formed steel tub girder (PBTG) bridges that will be included in the 10th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, which will be published in 2023. The Specifications employ Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methodology for use in the design, evaluation and rehabilitat...
Mabey Bridge designs and supplies long-span Delta bridge to support sustainable development and economic growth in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
LYDNEY, United Kingdom, 7 April, 2021 - Mabey Bridge, the international modular bridging specialist and an Acrow Group company, noted today one of its Delta™ bridges has been installed in the village of Singur, District Chitral, in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Constructing this new permanent bridge in District Chitral was one of the projects included in several recent government economic development initiatives, including the Chitral Economic Zone, which is expected to facilit...
Woolpert, Righter Co. Receive ABCD Special Purpose Bridge Award for Mohican Cable Pedestrian Bridge
The 120-foot-long suspension bridge, commissioned by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, was honored by the ABCD Ohio Chapters. MONTGOMERY, Ohio — The Association for Bridge Construction and Design Ohio Chapters awarded the Mohican Cable Pedestrian Bridge its 2021 Ohio Special Purpose Bridge Award last night in Montgomery, Ohio. The suspension bridge was a $840,000 design-build project commissioned by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and executed by Woolpert and The Righter Co....
Connecticut Bridge Wins Top NSBA Prize
CHICAGO - The I-91 Interchange 29 Exit Ramp Flyover Bridge in Hartford, Conn., is the 2022 Bridge of the Year! The National Steel Bridge Alliance and participants of last week's World Steel Bridge Symposium in Denver selected the 880-ft. bridge for the top honor in NSBA's Prize Bridge Awards program. This is the first year NSBA has presented the Bridge of the Year Award. "It's fitting that the inaugural Bridge of the Year Award goes to a first-of-its-kind project," said NSBA Senior Directo...
Video: 2022 ARTBA Bridge Report with Dr. Alison Black
There are 167.5 million daily crossings on 43,578 structurally deficient U.S. bridges in poor condition.
The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Opens for Traffic
18 March 2022 marked a special day for Turkey: the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge is open to traffic. The new bridge will carry up to 45,000 vehicles each day and is a vital element to stimulate local and international economic development, logistics and tourism in the area. COWI has been the consultant for the design-build contractor DLSY joint venture consisting of Daelim, Limak, SK and Yapi Merkezi since the start of the project in the Spring of 2017. We have carried out detailed design of this cha...
An Acrow Prefabricated Modular Steel Bridge is Minimizing Work Zone Impact during Major Highway Construction in Camden County, New Jersey
A temporary detour bridge is providing a cost-effective solution to maintain local traffic flow during bridge replacement project PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 23, 2022 - Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, recently designed and supplied a modular steel bridge to maintain traffic flow during a section of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (NJDOT) I-295 Direct Connect project in Camden County, New Jersey. The Direct Connect initiative is designed to...
Video: Understanding Construction Loads
The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) presents a topic-based video series on short span steel bridges. In this series, Dr. Gregory Michaelson (Co-Director, SSSBA Bridge Technology Center & Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering at Marshall University) discusses how to understand construction loads for short span steel bridges.
Nearly 224,000 U.S. Bridges Need Repair; Placed End-to-End They Would Stretch From L.A. to Maine and Back Again, Latest Analysis of Federal Data Finds
43,600 Are “Structurally Deficient” and in Poor Condition. Motorists cross these structures 167.5 million times a day. 48 percent of 619,588 Bridges are in Fair Condition. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on Route 13, northbound in Northampton, Va., U.S. 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Illinois and Missouri, Make List. National and State Data Available: www.artbabridgereport.org WASHINGTON — Nearly 224,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replace...
Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Visits to Discuss Infrastructure
A bridge collapsed in a park in Pittsburgh on Friday morning.KDKA At least 10 people were injured after a bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday morning, according to officials, who said none of the injuries were life threatening. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse, which happened at around 7 a.m. near Frick Park, hours before President Biden was scheduled to visit the city to discuss infrastructure. Darryl Jones, the Pittsburgh fire chief, said the bridge colla...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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