Bridges

Wed May 02, 2018

Contractors Use a Grove to Assemble a Manitowoc on Tough, Uneven Terrain

Mosites Construction & Development Company (Mosites) is working on a $93 million infrastructure project that will add seven new bridges along 4 mi. of highway on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 01, 2018

Walsh Construction Leads Major $227M I-480 Bridge Work

Walsh Construction Company crews began the initial work on the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) $227 million I-480 Valley View bridges deck replacement project last November, with major work set to resume....

Mon April 30, 2018

Work to Begin on World's Largest Underground Swinging Bridge

Set-up began April 26 for the construction of a swinging bridge inside Hidden River Cave in Horse Cave, Ky. When complete, the 100-ft. span will be the largest underground swinging bridge in the world, the Glasgow Daily Times reported....

Emily Buenzle - Mon April 30, 2018

Is It Safe? Tests Determine If ABC Construction Can Hold Up Against Earthquakes

Good news: A series of tests at the Earthquake Engineering Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, has determined that accelerated bridge construction methods are safe and ready to be used on job sites....

Mon April 30, 2018

'Raising the Bayonne Bridge' — Year's Most Outstanding Engineering Triumph

Design and construction of new roadway within the steel-arch Bayonne Bridge — 64 ft. above an existing highway it was to replace — has won the 2018 “Grand Conceptor” Award signifying the year's most outstanding engineering achievement....

Mon April 30, 2018

PennDOT Highlights Progress on Public Private Partnership

There are 390 bridges complete and open to traffic with 50 under construction in the state's public-private partnership (P3) for bridges, the Rapid Bridge Replacement project, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie S....

Emily Buenzle - Fri April 27, 2018

VIDEO: Will They Make It? 4 Enormous Cranes Sail Carefully Beneath Two Bridges

Four large cranes were carefully barged under two Staten Island bridges April 26. The equipment holds the title for the largest pre-assembled cranes to ever pass beneath the Bayonne Bridge since its 2017 elevation to 215 ft....

Thu April 26, 2018

Plan Under Way to Replace Massachusetts Bridge That's Been Shut Down Since 1985

NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) A western Massachusetts bridge that's been out of commission for more than 30 years could be replaced within the next five years. State Sen. Stanley Rosenberg and a design team this week presented three possible designs for a replacement for Northfield's Schell Memorial Bridge, which spans the Connecticut River and connects the east and west parts of town....

Thu April 26, 2018

Boston's North Washington Street Bridge Project Advances

The MassDOT Board of Directors approved awarding a contract for approximately $177 million to replace the North Washington Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Boston Inner Harbor between the North End and Charlestown....

Thu April 26, 2018

MassDOT Begins Repair Work on Boston's Tobin Bridge

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced that traffic disruptions including lane closures which began April 22 and continue during several construction seasons through 2020 as it makes repairs to the aging Tobin Bridge that carries U.S....