Tue July 18, 2017
First Bridge Girders in Place for South Mountain Freeway
The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway continues taking shape with the installation of bridge girders, together weighing more than two Boeing 747 jets, at the future interchange with 17th Avenue in the Ahwatukee Foothills....
Tue July 18, 2017
Reinforced Carbon Fiber Gives ADOT Crews New Tool for Bridge Repairs
The Arizona Department of Transportation has turned to a space-age technique to repair and strengthen girders on two Interstate 17 bridges in Phoenix. As a result, one of those bridges is no longer listed as structurally deficient....
Fri July 07, 2017
Bridge Deck Travels to New Jersey Through Panama Canal
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced the launch of a new web page to track the shipping progress of the new bridge deck for the Wittpenn Bridge as it makes its way from the West Coast through the Panama Canal to New Jersey....
Eric Olson - Fri July 07, 2017
Crews Replace 52-Year-Old Rexford Bridge
A sleek new 772-ft.-long-bridge is in the finishing stages of construction across the Mohawk River just to the northeast of Schenectady, N.Y. When it is opened to traffic later this summer, it promises to add much-needed capacity across a heavily-traveled commuter route....
Thu July 06, 2017
RITBA Completes Phase I of Pell Bridge Deck Repair Project
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) announced that the first sequence of the deck repair project on the Newport Pell Bridge was completed two days before its scheduled completion date of June 29....
Thu July 06, 2017
Cianbro's Sarah Long Bridge Team Reaches Safety Milestone
The original plan was to celebrate the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge Replacement team's remarkable safety performance when the Cianbro safety hours tally reached 900 work days and 400,000 hours without an OSHA recordable injury....
Chuck Harvey - Thu July 06, 2017
$30M Overhaul of Gold Star Memorial Bridge in New London, Conn., Begins
A massive $30 million overhaul of the southbound span of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge on I-95 between the Connecticut cities of New London and Groton has begun. The project that kicked off on April 1 is slated to conclude at the end of November 2018....
Wed July 05, 2017
Authorities Give Bay Bridge Steel to Local Artists
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Authorities have given away tons of steel from the dismantled San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to folks who'll turn it into art. The San Francisco Chronicle said two artists showed one Friday in Oakland to collect around 35 tons each of rusty beams and struts left when the eastern span of the bridge was demolished and replaced....
Wed July 05, 2017
MDT Seeks Public's Input on Culvert Project Near Chinook
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to repair/replace up to 37 culverts spanning about 24 mi. of U.S. Highway 2 east of Chinook in Blaine County....
Katherine Devlin - Mon July 03, 2017
Magic: UDOT Crews Make Bridge Disappear Overnight
Bangerter Highway in West Jordan was closed between 7000 and 7800 South overnight on June 10. The road closure itself wasn't the news, but the reason was: Utah's Department of Transportation (UDOT) crews needed to move a bridge....
