Tag: bridge maintenance

Roadbuilding

Golden Gate Bridge inspections in progress

According to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, inspections of the towers on the Golden Gate Bridge began on April 30, 2018, NBC Bay Area reports. Crews are inspecting the bridge’s towers to see if any portions of the structures need to be repaired. “Our salty marine environment does its best to corrode […]

May 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

ASCE offers study on causes of bridge failures between 1989 and 2000

A new technical paper, Analysis of Recent Bridge Failures in the United States, written by Kumalasari Wardhana and Fabian C. Hadipriono, P.E., F.ASCE, is now available at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Library. Data from more than 500 bridge failures in the United States occurring between 1989 and 2000 were studied and analyzed. The bridges ranged […]

December 15, 2017

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island will spend $223.4 million on maintenance of 4 Narragansett Bay bridges

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) Board approved a 10-year $223.4 million spending plan, approximately $22 million per year, for the maintenance of the four Narragansett Bay bridges—the Newport Pell Bridge, the Mount Hope Bridge, the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, and the Sakonnet River Bridge, the Providence Journal reports. The Pell Bridge will receive approximately $116 million, more than […]

August 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT bridge nesting boxes a haven for endangered peregrine falcon chicks

Bridges serve as a way for vehicles to get from one place to another, but some also provide nesting sites for endangered bird species. Such is the case in Michigan, where MLive reports that seven peregrine falcon chicks were born this spring on top of two Upper Peninsula bridges—the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and […]

July 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bennett’s Mill Covered Bridge Historical Society holds annual preservation dinner

Covered bridges, which are beautiful representatives of a simpler past, are quickly going the way of the dinosaurs. However, the Bennett’s Mill Covered Bridge Historical Society is doing everything it can to preserve the bridge the group is named for in Greenup, Ky. According to a report in The Daily Independent, the society hosted its annual Dinner on […]

June 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Preservation programs grow as state DOTs battle challenging bridge conditions

The truth is, while there are still a relatively large number of structurally deficient bridges across the country, roughly 58,500, that figure has dropped in recent years. It’s still not good, as the American Road & Transportation Builder’s Association estimates with current funding levels, it would take 21 years to replace or upgrade all those […]

May 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

WSDOT bridge inspectors detail their work to a curious public

Bridge inspectors in Spokane regularly inspect bridges to make sure they are safe for vehicles. And there’s nothing especially surprising about that fact to those within the transportation industry. But it’s a fact those inside the Washington State Department of Transportation reiterated to a public growing more and more worried about the stability of their […]

April 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Idaho selects road and bridge projects to be funded by General Fund surplus

Idaho is taking some of the extra money it had at year’s end and is putting it toward roads and bridges. And the state recently announced the projects getting a piece of the $54 million. According to the Idaho Transportation Department, the state has selected 17 road and bridge projects to be funded by the general […]

December 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT bridge worker dangles from nearly 200 feet before being rescued in Houston

A Texas Department of Transportation subcontractor had to be rescued after he fell while working under the Houston Slip Channel Bridge and was left dangling below. According to KPRC in Houston, Rex Godsey was doing maintenance work when he slipped and fell October 7. Still attached to his safety harness, he dangled 175 feet above the Houston […]

October 12, 2015

Technology

How a robot designed for Disney could extend the lives of bridges by fighting corrosion

A new robot dubbed C2D2 developed by a team of Swiss researchers is able to move atop, underneath and across any surface, checking structural integrity as it roves, and could greatly extend the lives of bridges. Both de-icing salt and CO2 in the atmosphere corrode the reinforced concrete that most bridges are made of over […]

August 27, 2014

Roadbuilding

How Nevada maintains the lowest number of deficient bridges in the U.S.

Nevada has the lowest number of deficient bridges in the nation, according to recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data. The data show that the state has a mere 36 deficient bridges, while most other states maintain hundreds or thousands of deficient bridges. The only other state with less than 100 deficient bridges is Delaware, with […]

May 1, 2014

Roadbuilding

Hougen Manufacturing releases two electro-hydraulic hole punchers

.Hougen Manufacturing has released two electro-hydraulic hole punchers for steel applications such as bridge fabrication and maintenance. The Hougen-Ogura 75002.5PR and 75004PR models have a lightweight single body construction and are designed to punch holes in steel in as few as 2.3 seconds. Each unit weighs 24.9 pounds. The motor and self-contained hydraulic system in […]

April 2, 2014