Haarbachtal Bridge Successfully Launched Using Combined Techniques at Great Heights
Innovative solutions reduce construction time for Haarbachtal bridge The complex installation was achieved by skidding the bridge across elevated jacking towers Mammoet are specialists in Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC), possessing the engineering knowledge and equipment to allow bridges to be built closer to installation sites and assembled in larger, and therefore fewer, pieces – saving considerable time and cost. The Haarbachtal bridge crosses the Haarbach valley on the...
Major U.S. Bridges at High Risk of Collisions with Ships
Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 10, 2024. Credit: Baltimore County Government New analysis finds some bridges likely to sustain catastrophic hits in decades Ships are highly likely to collide with major bridges across the United States, with potentially catastrophic collisions happening every few years, according to preliminary findings of an urgent assessment of the nation’s bridge vulnerability following the 2024 Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Though ship strikes should be ext...
Acrow Provides Permanent Replacement for Collapsed Bridge in Northwest New Mexico
Cost-effective modular steel solution reconnects small rural community after bridge collapse (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to note one of its modular steel bridges was recently installed in rural Cibola County, New Mexico, to replace a structure that was destroyed during heavy rains. Because the bridge provides the only reliable access to a small community, re-establishing a safe route for residents, public sch...
NTSB Recommends 68 Bridges in US be Evaluated for Risk of Collapse from Vessel Strike
The containership Dali with portions of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge across its forward deck on March 28, 2024. (Source: NTSB) Safety issues identified as part of Francis Scott Key Bridge investigation WASHINGTON (March 20, 2025) — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday that 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states conduct a vulnerability assessment to determine the risk of bridge collapse from a vessel collision, part of the ongoing investi...
Video: Change Your Life. Change the Lives of Others—Volunteer for Bridges to Prosperity
You’re in the bridge industry because you care about how engineering and steel fabrication can connect communities. Take that passion to a whole new level: help end rural isolation and poverty, one community at a time, by helping to build a bridge in rural Rwanda with the National Steel Bridge Alliance and Bridges to Prosperity. Want an inside look at the volunteer experience? In 2024, NSBA and steel bridge industry volunteers traveled to a rural community in Rwanda. In partnership with t...
Missouri S&T researcher’s robotic bridge inspection system wins ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award
Dr. Genda Chen stands beside a Rolla, Missouri, bridge, while an unmanned aerial vehicle that is part of his BIRDS invention hovers in the sky behind him. Photo by Blaine Falkena/Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a robotic system to make bridge inspections faster, more comprehensive and safer. Dr. Genda Chen’s invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, has been selected for the American S...
Stantec selected to lead two Toronto bridge replacements to increase resilience to flooding
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been retained by the City of Toronto, in cooperation with the Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority (TRCA), to lead the replacement of two bridges crossing Black Creek at Jane Street and Scarlett Road. Stantec’s scope will include preliminary design, detailed design, and tendering and construction, including slope stabilization, channel works, roadway modifications, bikeway improvements, utility relocations, restoration of...
Acrow 700XS Towers Provide Critical Support to Damaged Interstate Bridge in Ohio
Modular steel structures enable inspection, demolition and repair to proceed safely (Parsippany, New Jersey) – 6 February 2025 – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today 10 of its modular steel Acrow 700XS® Towers have been installed to support a damaged bridge that carries eight lanes of Interstate 471 traffic between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky. The support structures will remain in place throughout the partial demolition and rec...
Temporary Acrow Bridge Installed to Maintain Access to Local Village of Craigo During Network Rail Work in Scotland
Modular steel structure will keep area communities connected throughout the six-month project (Lydney, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced one of its modular steel bridges has been installed on Craigo Road in the village of Craigo, Montrose, Scotland, during a Network Rail project to replace the bridge over the railway line between Dundee and Aberdeen. Once the existing bridge was closed, the only r...
STV To Spearhead Design for VPRA’s Long Bridge South Package, Linking Virginia and Washington, D.C.
$2.3 Billion Project Will Double Rail Capacity Over the Potomac River WASHINGTON, DC – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) has selected the firm to lead the design for the South Package of the Long Bridge Project. This project will double rail capacity over the Potomac River between Virginia and Washington, D.C., alleviating congestion caused by the e...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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