Governor Cuomo Announces Transformational Plan to Reimagine New York’s Bridges and Tunnels for 21st Century
To Reduce Congestion, MTA's 7 Bridges and 2 Tunnels in Metropolitan Region to Adopt Automatic, or "Open Road" Tolling to Increase Traffic Flow for Millions of Travelers – Eliminating MTA Toll Booths To Combat Emerging Security Threats, Surge in Security Personnel to Take Effect at All Crossings, Plus Installation of State-of-the-Art Cameras and Sensors to Detect Toll Evaders, Scofflaws or Suspects To Harden Crossings, 500-Year Flood Barriers to be Installed at Both Tunnels Plus Increased P...
2015 National Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference Award Recipients
The 2015 National Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Conference presented awards to recognize the best ABC projects and most-influential person contributing to the cause and implementation of ABC. Most Influential Person Contributing to the Cause and Implementation of ABC Michael P. Culmo, vice president, CME Michael P. Culmo serves as the vice president of CME and has more than 25 years of experience in structural engineering. He’s considered an expert in the field of bridge design...
Milestone for the London Bridge Station: the New Concourse Opens to Public
The first two thirds of the new concourse of the London Bridge Station are now open to public. Once finalized, the concourse will be the largest in the UK and will be served with more than 80 trains every hour. With about 54 million passengers every year, London Bridge station is one of Britain’s busiest rail hubs and the oldest railway terminus in London that still exists today. Watch the story of bringing London Bridge station into the 21st century: Changing...
Lt. Governor Holcomb Awards $47 Million in Road and Bridge Funds to 102 Central Indiana Communities
CARMEL, Ind. – Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb joined INDOT officials today to announce that 102 Central Indiana cities, towns, and counties are receiving a combined $47 million to improve local roads and bridges through the State’s Community Crossings matching grant fund. Lt. Governor Holcomb and INDOT officials made the announcement at separate check presentations to Avon Town Manager Tom Klein and Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard, Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness, Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear, and We...
High Arch Bridges Make Denmark Ready for Fehmarn Connection
The landscape on the Danish islands of Lolland-Falster is very flat, so the high arcs of the new bridges are even more eye catching than elsewhere. The reason for the high arcs on the new rail bridges here is to make sure that high wire can be placed underneath. An important part of the whole Fehmarn Link process is to electrify and increase the train speed to 200 km/h on the stretch between Ringsted and Rødby. It is not yet decided when the tunnel under the Baltic Sea will open, but on Da...
Greenspot Road Bridge in Highland, California Wins 2016 Project of the Year Award from American Public Works Association
T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces that the Greenspot Road Bridge, formally named the Jennifer Lynne Brookes Memorial Bridge, in Highland, California, has won the 2016 American Public Works Association (APWA) Project of the Year Award in the Small Cities/Rural Communities: Transportation category. TYLI served as Lead Designer of the bridge and Prime Consultant to the City of Highland for the project approval and environment...
Sisters Creek Bridge Opens to Traffic; Team Completes Significant Milestone in Delivery of Replacement Project for FDOT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville-area Sisters Creek Bridge replacement, owned by Florida Department of Transportation District 2, opened to traffic today, an important milestone in the life of this bridge. The $44.2 million project, begun in May 2014, replaces a 1950s era drawbridge with a modern, 65-foot fixed-level span. The project was built by Archer Western and designed by RS&H Engineering. HNTB served as the state’s project oversight representative, providing construction, enginee...
Volunteers from Arup and Bechtel Build Footbridge in Rwanda
A team of volunteers from Arup and Bechtel are spending two weeks of their summer building a pedestrian bridge in Rwanda. The new span will provide safe, year-round access to schools, markets, and health care facilities for the 12,000 residents of Kukibuye. In the last year, two people were killed and seven were injured while walking across the logs that currently cross the Mukungwa River near the northwestern Rwandan village. The team of ten engineers drawn from Arup and Bechtel have part...
New Superstructure at Central Avenue Bridge Slides into Place
Toronto, ON — A new superstructure will be laterally slid into its permanent place today at the Central Avenue Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario. The Regional Municipality of Niagara has partnered with Hatch to replace the 63 year old bridge and extend the structure’s life as a local transportation corridor. “This is an exciting project milestone and impressive engineering achievement,” said Biljana Rajlic, Hatch’s Practice Lead for Highways & Bridges. “Our goal has been to reduce the impact of co...
Better in 3D: How 3D Modeling Helped Overcome Complexity in Building the Longest Cable-stayed Bridge in Africa
When Morocco’s highway company, Autoroutes Du Maroc (ADM), undertook a highway bypass project in 2010 that would cross the Bouregreg River, they could have built a traditional viaduct. Instead, they set out to construct Africa’s longest and tallest cable-stayed bridge. The resulting project presented unique and complex challenges that called for innovative solutions. The Bouregreg River runs from the Atlas Mountains to the Atlantic coast between the cities of Rabat and Salé in western Morocco...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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