FHWA Disburses $225M in Competitive Highway Bridge Program Grants
The Federal Highway Administration awarded $225 million in Competitive Highway Bridge Program or CHBP grants to 20 state department of transportation projects in 18 states on August 29; grants that only state DOTs could apply for and that fund a variety of bridge projects in rural areas with population densities of less than 100 people per square-mile, based on U.S. Census data. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] FHWA noted that those funds must be used for highway bridge replacement or re...
West Virginia Utilizes New Technology to Build Innovative, Cost-Effective Short Span Steel Bridge
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) is working with the West Virginia Department of Highways (WVDOH) to construct a press-brake-formed steel tub girder bridge, the first one in the state to demonstrate this innovative technology. Girder erection for the 58-foot span Fourteen Mile Bridge in Lincoln County (District 2) near East Lynn is scheduled to begin on August 20, 2019. The contractor is ORDERS Construction Company based in Saint Albans, WV. The project is schedu...
Nebraska DOT and Community Celebrate Highway 281 Opening
LINCOLN, Neb. — On Monday, the Nebraska Department of Transportation joined Governor Ricketts and other state and local officials in celebrating, with the local community, the opening of Highway 281 over the Niobrara River south of Spencer. The highway has been closed since March 13th due to flooding that caused significant damage and washed out a segment of the highway just south of the bridge. “The importance of getting the Highway 281 bridge opened back up and reconnecting the communiti...
Stantec and Condotte America Complete Tamiami Trail Bridge Elevation Project
MIAMI (July 30, 2019 ) NYSE, TSX: STN: A design-build team of Stantec and Condotte America announced the completion of the two bridges in the Tamiami Trail (Florida State Road 90) elevation project. The bridges, totaling 2.3 miles, with a construction cost of $72 million, replace the existing roadway bed located within western Miami-Dade County to restore natural water flow into Everglades National Park and increase ecological connectivity between the park and water conservation areas. The pr...
SSSBA Publishes New Research Report in Innovative Press-Brake-Formed Steel Tub Girder Bridge Technology Series
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) has added a new research report to its series on the development and experimental testing of an innovative bridge system. The new report, “Volume VI: Field Performance and Rating Evaluation of a Modular Press-Brake-Formed Steel Tub Girder With a Steel Sandwich Plate Deck,” is available for free download at https://www.shortspansteelbridges.org/learning-center/research. The new study presents results from the experimental testing a...
Arup Celebrates the Opening of The Samuel De Champlain Bridge in Montreal, One of the Largest Bridges in North America
Image by Dissing+Weitling. Courtesy of Arup. Samuel De Champlain Bridge © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. Montreal, Quebec – Arup is proud to have played a key role in the building of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge, which opened today in Montreal. The bridge was built and will be operated for the next 30 years through a public-private partnership between the Government of Canada and Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group. As the owner’s engineer, Arup helped the Government of Canada...
WSP USA Joins Rhode Island Authority in Celebrating Newport Pell Bridge 50th Anniversary
Motorists first crossed New England’s longest suspension bridge a half century ago today. JAMESTOWN, RI — Today, WSP USA and Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority join to celebrate the Newport Pell Bridge’s 50th anniversary. WSP USA, a leading engineering firm, served as the original designer and provided construction oversight for the suspension bridge from 1966 through its completion in 1969. Officially opened to traffic on June 28,1969, the Newport Bridge is a 11,250-foot-long...
Acrow Bridge Lessens Impact to Travelers During NY State Thruway Authority’s $135M “Last Mile” Infrastructure Initiative
Parsippany, New Jersey – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today one of its modular steel bridges is being used to detour traffic during a component project of the NY State Thruway Authority’s “Last Mile” initiative on a section of the I-95 New England Thruway from Westchester County in New York to the Connecticut border. The comprehensive project entails upgrading the stretch of interstate, which carries more than 140,000 vehicles daily, to i...
Video: A Bridge Competition Helps Connect Students to Transportation
The National Bridge Challenge is part of the Transportation and Civil Engineering or TRAC program that teaches secondary school students from 7th through 12th grade how to apply a variety of math and science concepts to common engineering problems occurring in the development of transportation systems. The final round of the 2019 National Bridge Challenge was held May 21 in Park City, Utah, as part of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials spring meeting. The all-...
Installation of 44 Acrow Bridges Begins in Cameroon
Structures were supplied to the Government of Cameroon as part of a financed Comprehensive Bridge Development Program (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce the installation of the first of 44 bridges provided to the Government of Cameroon as part of Acrow’s financed Comprehensive Bridge Development Program delivered in 2018. In addition to the supply of the bridges, the program provides the extensiv...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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