Tag: bridge collapse

Roadbuilding

Florida DOT announces plans to build new FIU pedestrian bridge 2 years after deadly collapse

The Florida DOT announced plans to design and build a new pedestrian bridge at Florida International University campus. Details here on Equipment World.

May 8, 2020

Roadbuilding

Nebraska DOT reopens final flood-damaged bridge on state highway system

Nearly a year after historic flooding and blizzard conditions closed 3,300 highway miles and 27 bridges on the Nebraska State Highway System, the state’s department of transportation announces it has reopened the system’s final bridge that was damaged in the March 2019 disaster. Contractor Herbst Construction of Le Mars, Iowa, has completed most of the […]

February 18, 2020

Roadbuilding

Engineer of collapsed Miami bridge removed from Texas bridge project, faces review in another

The engineering firm blamed for the fatal collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Miami has been removed from an $802.9 million bridge replacement project in Texas and its work is being reviewed on another, $962 million bridge project in the state. The Texas Department of Transportation has called for the removal […]

January 22, 2020

Roadbuilding

Wash. bridge collapses under overweight truck

In September, a bridge over Woods Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, collapsed under the excess weight of a truck that was hauling septic tanks, sending the truck onto its side in the creek, KIRO 7 reports. “The bridge is made out of steel trusses and then wood planks across the top,” Heather Chadwick, the Snohomish […]

October 1, 2019

Roadbuilding

Bridge on Fla.-Ga. Line collapses, leads to two crashes

A two-lane bridge span on Hutchinson Ferry Road northwest of Tallahassee, Fla., near the Florida-Georgia Line, collapsed before daylight on Wednesday morning, August 21, WFLA Channel 8 News reports. The bridge collapsed and fell into the river below. According to the news agency, two vehicles that could not see that the bridge had collapsed crashed […]

September 5, 2019

Roadbuilding

Firm that built collapsed Miami pedestrian bridge files for bankruptcy

Nearly one year after a pedestrian bridge being built on Miami’s Florida International University campus collapsed and killed six people, a bridge contractor on the project has filed for bankruptcy protection. According to a report from the Associated Press, Munilla Construction Management announced the filing March 3. The firm says that the filing is not […]

March 8, 2019

Roadbuilding

S.D. bridge collapses during repairs, injures three workers

The bridge, which spans Turkey Ridge Creek, fell approximately 10 feet while construction workers were working on the bridge. Details here.

December 4, 2018

Roadbuilding

Cracks observed prior to Miami bridge collapse pointed to design flaws, NTSB says

The National Transportation Safety Board says the cracks that were observed prior to the Miamia bridge collapse were due to design flaws. Learn more here.

November 20, 2018

Roadbuilding

At least 43 dead in bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy, others injured

Officials have yet to confirm the death toll following the collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy. Get the latest details on Equipment World.

August 14, 2018

Roadbuilding

NTSB confirms workers were adjusting tension rods when Miami bridge collapsed

The National Transportation Safety Board, continuing its probe into the deadly pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami, says its investigative team has confirmed that workers were adjusting tension on the two tensioning rods located in the diagonal member at the north end of the span when the bridge collapsed. That confirmation is key in the inquiry […]

March 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

Engineer reported but ‘not concerned’ about cracking in Miami bridge before deadly collapse; no road closure for stress testing also at issue

Two days before the deadly collapse of pedestrian bridge in Miami Thursday, the lead engineer on the project left a voicemail with state officials saying cracking had been seen on the north end of the span that had been earlier moved into place during accelerated construction. The engineer, W. Denney Pate with FIGG Bridge […]

March 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

Stress tests were underway when Miami bridge collapsed during accelerated construction

A first-of-its kind Miami pedestrian bridge that collapsed Thursday, killing at least six people, was being built with Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, and stress tests were underway when it failed, officials say. A contractor’s crews were conducting the stress tests on the incomplete structure at the time of the collapse, according to Miami-Dade Mayor […]

March 16, 2018