Rebuilt Monroe Street Bridge Now Open to D.C. Traffic
The new Brookland area railroad overpass eliminates bridge deficiencies and improves vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian safety. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Replacement of the deteriorated Monroe Street Bridge, NE, which connects the neighborhoods of Brookland and University Heights, is complete. WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, provided the District of Columbia, District Department of Transportation (DDOT) with construction management services for the projec...
Engineers Mull Cause of Bridge Collapse
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 anchoring points, Taipei Technology College of Engineering dean Sung Yu-chi (宋裕祺) said. Video footage showed that the vertical cable at the center of the bridge’s steel arch was the first to snap, Sung said. However, the bridg...
Video: Bridge Replacement, Newbury
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
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 across the Midwest earlier this year. When damage assessment began, Acrow was contacted by Nebraska’s Department of Transportation (NDOT), as it was expected modular bridges would be needed to provide emergency transportation solutions in t...
Federal grant will advance US 191 bridge improvements on Navajo Nation
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 Arizona. The bridges cross major drainages on the Navajo Nation between Chinle Wash at milepost 470 north of Many Farms and Lukachukai Creek at milepost 488. ADOT plans to use accelerated bridge construction methods on the projec...
Video: Texas DOT Explains Why Its Bridges Are ‘Bat-Friendly’
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 without the use of pesticides while acting as pollinators to assist in flowering plant reproduction. In fact, over 500 plant species rely on bats to pollinate their flowers – including species of mango, banana, durian, guava and agave, which i...
When Michigan City, Indiana’s Franklin Street Bridge Buckled In Artic Temperatures Contractors And Engineers Turned To FiberSPAN
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 Creek, a gateway to Lake Michigan for locals and tourists. The structure uses counterweights to raise and lower its spans to provide clearance for boat traffic. Its’ crumbling concrete “leaves” and steel supports needed a quick fix. The LaPorte Count...
Technology Helping ADOT to Manage Traffic through I-15 Bridge Project
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. With I-15 reduced to one lane in each direction during construction, traffic begins to queue during peak travel times and holidays. A queue warning system that includes portable message boards informs drivers of stop-and-go traffic...
Iowa County Engineer to Save Over $100,000 Using Innovative Steel Design for Bridge Replacement Project
The spans for the Fourteen Mile bridge near East Lynn, West Virginia were installed on August 20, 2019. This is the first PBTG bridge for WV. If you’re a county/state engineer or a bridge owner, cost is always a deciding factor in which material to choose for your next project. A new design using press-brake-formed steel tub girders (PBTG) is providing a durable, cost-saving solution for short span bridge projects. A PBTG bridge consists of modular galvanized shallow trapezoidal boxes...
Acrow Bridge Provides Emergency Detour to Open Flood-Damaged Route in Rock Port, Missouri
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – 03 September 2019 – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its modular steel bridges was installed recently in Rock Port, Missouri to restore passage after severe flooding earlier in the year damaged the existing structure, which was subsequently closed. It was particularly critical the route be restored as quickly as possible as it is the only access for BNSF Railway crews to service flood-damaged equipment and...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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June Issue 2026
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