Mon May 07, 2018
Engineers Consider Canoes, Kayaks in Plans to Design N.C. Bridge Over River
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) State engineers aren't just considering cars and trucks as they draw plans to widen Interstate 26 in western North Carolina. They're also looking out for canoes and kayaks....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon May 07, 2018
Project Unites FDOT, National Park Service
The Everglades National Park is undergoing a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)/National Park Service partnership initiative to provide additional freshwater flow within the swamp and improve the ecological conditions in the park and in the central Everglades, north of Tamiami Trail....
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....
