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Arkansas town completes fourth replacement of same bridge
Union City, Arkansas, Police Chief and Village Manager Chris Mathis thanked everybody involved in the North Broadway Street bridge replacement project during a ribbon cutting ceremony marking its opening June 20, WTVB reports. The bridge, which has been closed since February while the new bridge was built, opened three days earlier than expected. The new $1.5 million […]
June 23, 2017
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Nevada County (Calif.) to replace 3 bridges in summer 2017
The Nevada County (Calif.) Department of Public Works has begun replacing one of three bridges that the state deemed “structurally deficient” in Nevada County, the Union reports. The McCourtney Road bridge over Rock Creek was the first, and it will be followed by the replacement of an unsafe bridge on Garden Bar Road over Little […]
June 14, 2017
Roadbuilding
DelDOT uses GRS-IBS rapid bridge replacement on two-lane bridge
In 2013, the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) collaborated with researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) on design and construction of a new two-lane bridge just north of the C&D Canal using a rapid bridge replacement technique, according to a UD announcement posted to Phys.org. The old bridge was replaced with a geosynthetic reinforced soil integrated bridge […]
June 2, 2017
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Nonprofit steps in to save Craighead Bridge in Pa. from demolition
Workin’ Bridges, a new national nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving greenbelts and historic truss bridges, recently applied to Cumberland County to take ownership of Craighead Bridge in South Middleton Township, Pa., to save it from demolition, The Sentinel reports. Craighead Bridge, which was built in 1899, is an iron truss bridge that spans the Yellow Breeches Creek on […]
March 22, 2017
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Two-bridge, $1.9 million PennDOT replacement project includes 108-year-old span
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) began work on a $1.9 million project to replace two structurally deficient bridges in Berks County on March 6, 2017, The Mercury News reports. Crews will replace the Weavertown Road Bridge over Monocacy Creek in Amity Township, and will replace the superstructure (beams and deck) on Scarlets Mill Bridge over Hay Creek […]
March 7, 2017
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PennDOT plans to replace 20 structurally deficient bridges in Lancaster County in 2017
A report released by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) on Feb. 15 lists Pennsylvania as second among the states with structurally deficient bridges. In effort to bring that number down, PennDOT is planning to replace 20 bridges in Lancaster County in 2017 at an average cost of $1.59 million apiece, Lancaster Online reports. “We’ve been chipping away […]
February 28, 2017
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Oregon DOT’s Ochoco Creek bridge demo and reconstruction time-lapse
The time-lapse video below shows the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) replacement of the OR 380 bridge over Ochoco Creek in Prineville. The original bridge, which was built in the 1920s, was completely demolished and replaced in three weeks using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC). The new 1 million-pound bridge was slid into place after the old bridge […]
February 22, 2017
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PennDOT will replace 558 structurally deficient bridges using P3 and e-Builder solution
The Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project is working to replace 558 structurally deficient bridges in the next three years through a public-private partnership (P3), Government Technology reports. In order to meet the strict guidelines for design reviews and specific types of required responsiveness, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) started searching for a way to modify its […]
January 30, 2017
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Louisiana bridge reopens to traffic after being closed for replacement
Deborah Drive bridge over Hogg’s Bayou in the River Oaks area of Monroe, Louisiana, reopened to traffic Dec. 28, The News Star reports. The bridge was closed after it was damaged during a flood in March, awaiting replacement. City engineer Kim Golden told the news agency that the bridge reopened a year earlier than it would have because it had already been […]
January 10, 2017
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Two bridge replacements complete at Rondout Reservoir in N.Y.
The $7 million replacement of two 60-year-old bridges— the 150-foot-long Lows Corners Bridge carrying Route 55A over Rondout Creek, and the 50-foot-long Sugarloaf Bridge carrying Sundown Road over Sugarloaf Brook—has been completed, MidHudsonNews.com reports. The two bridges are located at the upper end of Rondout Reservoir in Sullivan County, New York. “Projects like this are important for the […]
December 30, 2016
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Indiana county receives federal grant, prepares to replace Eisenhower Bridge in Anderson
Madison County, Indiana, commissioners have signed agreements for the reconstruction of Eisenhower Bridge in downtown Anderson, The Herald Bulletin reports. The projected bridge replacement cost is expected to be $18.4 million, though the actual cost won’t be known until the contract is awarded. According to the news report, Madison County Engineer Chuck Leser said one […]
December 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
Mississippi DOT opens I-20 railroad overpass replacing insufficient structure
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has opened a new railroad overpass on Interstate 20 west in Hinds County, replacing a low-sufficiency-rated bridge the department says had become a danger to motorists. T.L. Wallace Construction began the $12 million project in spring 2015. “The old bridge was built in 1953, and its construction had outgrown […]
December 12, 2016
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