Performance of Bridges That Received Funding Under the Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program
TRB Special Report 330: Performance of Bridges That Received Funding Under the Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program, examines the results of a federal program to promote innovation in highway bridge construction. The Innovative Bridge Research and Construction (IBRC) program, created by act of Congress, provided state departments of transportation with a total of $128.7 million in grants as incentives for use of innovative materials and technology to construct or repair approximat...
Innovative Median Barrier System Adds to Lifespan of Historic Pulaski Skyway
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - With the opening of bi-directional traffic on June 30, 2018, the Pulaski Skyway was finally ready for another 75+ years of busy use. The Skyway carries US Routes 1&9 between Newark and Jersey City, NJ, and is a connection for the Holland Tunnel to Lower Manhattan. The 3.5-mile corridor was virtually re-built from the inside-out using state-of-the-art engineering and materials, while striving to maintain its place on the National Register of Historic Places. One life-extending...
Acrow Supplies Permanent Bridge to Replace Structure Destroyed in Tubbs Fire in California
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced one of its modular steel bridges was installed recently to restore passage on privately owned land in Santa Rosa, California after the destruction of a timber bridge during the Tubbs Fire. The second most destructive wildfire in California history, the Tubbs Fire was part of the “Northern California Firestorm,” a series of more than a dozen major fires that burned simultaneo...
RIDOT Taps ‘Bridge-in-a-Backpack’ System for Replacement Project
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said it wrapped up its $3.6 million Railroad Avenue Bridge replacement project seven-months ahead of schedule due to the use of a “Bridge-In-A-Backpack” system developed at the University of Maine and commercially offered by Advanced Infrastructure Technologies. [Above photo by the University of Maine.] The agency said the system uses corrosion-resistant fiber reinforced polymer or FRP tubes in place of conventional steel rebar embedded in a co...
Acrow Bridges Employed by Special Operations Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today that its 700XS bridges are being used for training members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on basic and advanced engineering operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. In addition, 11 Acrow bridges of varying dimensions have been emplaced throughout the area of operation since late 2016, reestablishing routes which had been destroyed prior to the liberation from ISI...
PennDOT Announces Replacement of More than 500 Poor Condition Bridges
Harrisburg, PA – A significant project to replace 558 poor-condition bridges statewide is nearly complete, with 511 completed and open to traffic in the state's public-private partnership (P3) for bridges, the Rapid Bridge Replacement project, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards said today. "This unique project has been a large undertaking for PennDOT and the private sector and has been a great complement to the investments we're making across the...
NTSB Finds Design Errors in Collapsed FIU Bridge
Designers overestimated the strength of a critical section of a Florida International University pedestrian bridge that collapsed, killing six people, and they underestimated the load on that same section, federal investigators reported Thursday. Cracks that were observed in the bridge before it collapsed were consistent with those design errors, their report says. However, the investigation continues, and the National Transportation Safety Board did not blame those errors for the March 15...
FiberSPAN FRP Vehicle Deck Helps Historic Bridge Reopen To Traffic
DAYTON, Ohio - The infrastructure industry has adopted FiberSPAN fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) as the go-to material for rehabilitation and repair of historic bridges like County Bridge 231 [Peevy Road Bridge]. The Montgomery County, Pennyslvania structure was built in 1880 by Columbia Bridge Works in Dayton, Ohio. David Morrison’s prescient Pratt truss design employed pairs of small rolled I-beams held together by square blocks placed between the sets. In 2016, rusted steel brought the 102-...
Video: New Champlain Cable-Stayed Bridge
Our web series "Inside the giant" continues and this time, we talk about the Cable-Stayed Bridge and the installation of the main span segments and stays. The Cable-Stayed bridge is the signature element of the bridge and gives the structure a modern and uncluttered elegance. Frédéric Guitard, Area Manager, and Antonio Caracena, Superstructure Engineer, explain the challenges faced in the course of these complex operations
Comprehensive Bridge Reconstruction Design Project in Washington Opens to Traffic
Rimrock, WA - On October 22, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) celebrated the opening of the newly replaced Wildcat Creek Bridge on US 12 east of White Pass, Washington, with a grand opening event attended by local and state officials and dignitaries. Stantec, a global engineering and consulting firm, led the design of the comprehensive bridge replacement project of Wildcat Creek Bridge for WSDOT in collaboration with Graham Contracting. The previous 150-foot bridge cross...
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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