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Roadbuilding

Iowa’s Jesup Bridge: From beginning to end

Buchanan County Secondary Roads plans to replace the bridge on V-65 south of Jesup, Iowa. The bridge will be replaced as part of a demonstration project using a new design software program developed by the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA). Called eSPAN140, the design software is developed to provide a more economical manner […]

February 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

Federal, state, local officials join to open Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge is now open. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, and several local officials joined Saturday to open the $695 million bridge, KFVS reports. The bridge — its name, in particular — brought on a bit of controversy last […]

February 10, 2014

Roadbuilding

A Boy and His Bridge

I’ll give a disclaimer first. This is just a gratuitous way to take advantage of my position as an editor for Better Roads and show off a picture and video of my kid. I’m biased, but I think he is a cutie. Before heading off to kindergarten today, my 5-year-old son was extremely excited about […]

January 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

Around-the-clock repairs could mean Leo Frigo Bridge reopens this month

The Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge has been closed since Sept. 25 after motorists reported a 2-foot dip in the pavement across all lanes of traffic east of the river, according to a report in the Post Crescent. Now, around-the-clock repair efforts keep the Green Bay, Wis., bridge on track for a mid-January reopening. [youtube Md8Jnctf5Js […]

January 3, 2014

Roadbuilding

Rapid-set cement helps rehab seven overpasses, one bridge in St. Louis

Here’s a look at the rehabilitation of seven overpasses in six locations and one bridge rehabilitation throughout the City of St. Louis. The video below explains how rapid-set cement was used in the rehabilitation and the process of how it was used using volumetric mixers. Warning: The background music for the video may make […]

December 17, 2013

Roadbuilding

Guest Blog: 5 Reasons Bridges Fail

Human beings are creatures of overcoming obstacles. Out of necessity, we have built bridges to connect islands, places, cities and most importantly, the hearts of men. Because of the amazing urge for innovation, our history has seen the evolution of bridges, from simple plank of wood to the sophisticated engineering marvel and design. As wonderful […]

November 22, 2013

Roadbuilding

More from the Bridge Inventory: Top 5 States with the Best and Worst Bridges

Despite that the nation’s transportation funding system is in great peril as the expiration of the current surface transportation funding bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), is set to expire on September 30, 2014, many state agencies expect to be able to lower their number of functionally obsolete (FO) and structurally […]

November 21, 2013

Roadbuilding

A Bridge Just for Bats

Last month, I told you about a bridge that a German town created only for field mice. Now Germany continues to make animal bridges. This time, it’s a bridge just for bats. A German town council is getting flack for spending £375,000 (about $604,050) on two bridges for bats to protect them from a new […]

November 20, 2013

Roadbuilding

A Bridge for Field Mice

Now even field mice have their own bridges to cross. Talk about a bridge to nowhere! Listed as one of the top five biggest wastes of taxpayer money in Germany was a bridge reserved just for field mice. Bieberbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, spent €435,000 on building two bridges for field mice, according to the online edition of […]

October 22, 2013

Roadbuilding

(VIDEO) INDOT shows trucks striking Virginia Avenue Bridge, plans to lower roadway

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has released a video showing multiple trucks striking a Virginia Avenue Bridge underpass, according to a report from NBC News. Transportation officials installed a camera at the underpass because large trucks have repeatedly hit the 40-year-old bridge for years. Bridge inspectors have been called to the site at least […]

August 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

Can your bridges withstand a hit by a heavy semi?

A disturbingly large number of America’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete (see Better Roads’ November bridge inventory). But how many are “fracture-critical?” Washington State’s collapsed I-5 bridge was fracture-critical when it was hit by a heavily loaded truck. But it is far from alone in the state of Washington in that classification and […]

July 18, 2013

Roadbuilding

More than 200 Washington bridges are fracture-critical

More than 200 of Washington state’s bridges are classified as fracture-critical and could collapse if a key component of the bridge fails, according to KUOW. Of those bridges, at least three have been struck multiple times in the past five years, putting the bridges at a higher risk of collapsing. The Interstate 5 span that […]

July 17, 2013