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Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures Montroyal Bridge girder installation

The time-lapse video below shows construction on the Montroyal Bridge over Mosquito Creek in the District of North Vancouver on Jan. 23, 2018. Crews used a crane to hoist six 131-foot-long bridge girders weighing 119,000 pounds each into place. The $8.5 million project, which is paid for through the district’s asset management program, includes two […]

February 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

Repairs to 88-year-old Plattsmouth Bridge completed

Plattsmouth Bridge Commission spokesman Roger Johnson announced that repair work on the historic Plattsmouth Toll Bridge spanning the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa has been completed, The Plattsmouth Journal reports. Repairs on the 0.2-mile bridge structure, which was originally built in 1929, began in November 2017 and included the replacement of multiple gusset plates […]

February 1, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work ahead of schedule on new Del. toll road, DOT says

The first phase of the construction of the new U.S. 301 toll road in Delaware is nearing completion ahead of schedule, according to the state’s department of transportation. The 1.8-mile first phase of the 14-mile-long project, which includes a bridge over Drawyer Creek, is expected to be completed 41 days ahead of its May 5 […]

January 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

Wash. tests road charge as gas tax alternative

Washington has begun a pilot program to test out an alternative to the gas tax. The Washington State Transportation Commission is seeking at least 2,000 drivers to volunteer for the program, in which they will log miles they drive. The program, which begins in January, is testing whether a per-mile road charge would work in […]

January 24, 2018

Roadbuilding

Crews begin dismantling old Goethals Bridge

Crews began dismantling the old steel-cantilever truss Goethals Bridge January 15 by removing its middle span and lowering it onto a barge, NJ.com reports. It took a little more than eight hours to remove the middle span of the bridge, which runs between Staten Island and lower it onto a barge waiting 135 feet below in […]

January 24, 2018

Roadbuilding

Bridge inspector rescued after getting trapped on Champlain Bridge

A bridge worker had to be rescued after he fell into a caisson, a concrete support structure, on the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal, CTV News Montreal reports. The Montreal fire department’s Spider-Man unit responded to the call for help on Thursday afternoon, January 18. A spokesperson for the Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Consortium said […]

January 23, 2018

Roadbuilding

Remnants of old Tenn. iron bridge imploded

The video below shows the implosion of the remaining iron spans of the Hoskins-Jarnagin Bridge in Dandridge, Tenn. on December 21, 2017. The Standard Banner reports that the old, narrow bridge, which was completed in 1944, was removed to make way for a new $29 million concrete bridge. The center span of the bridge had […]

January 16, 2018

Roadbuilding

WIS 441 Tri-County Project will finish a year ahead of schedule

During a recent visit to Appleton, Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker announced that, as a result of savings that allowed work to progress faster than anticipated, the WIS 441 Tri-County Project will be completed in 2019, a full year ahead of schedule, the Post-Crescent reports. The project includes rebuilding and widening a 6-mile stretch of U.S. […]

January 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

Monroe Co. (Ind.) will soon have a new covered bridge

Monroe County, Indiana, which once boasted as many as 14 covered bridges, lost its last covered bridge to fire in 1976, but it will soon have a new one by reconstructing a vintage 1885 covered bridge over Beanblossom Creek. According to U.S. News, the new bridge will be the Cedar Ford Bridge, a vintage 1885 covered bridge […]

January 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

Historic Ind. bridge reopens after two years

After two years of reconstruction work, the historic Paoli Bridge in Indiana is once again open to traffic, WDRB.com reports. The bridge, which was built in the 1800s, collapsed on Christmas Day 2015 when a semi truck carrying 35 tons of bottled water, nearly six times the weight limit of the bridge, tried to cross […]

January 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Contract awarded to add Express Lanes on northern Colo.’s I-25

The Colorado Department of Transportation has approved a $248 million contract to add Express Lanes on Interstate 25 from Johnstown to Fort Collins, with work expected to start this summer. Kraemer/IHC won the contract to add an Express Lane in both directions, replace aging bridges, widen bridges, create new pedestrian and bicycle access under I-25 […]

January 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

Historic Fla. swing bridge reopens after repairs

The Snow-Reed Swing Bridge that connects Sailboat Bend with Riverside Park in Fort Lauderdale reopened December 20, 2017, after being closed since October 30 for repairs to the mechanism that keeps the bridge locked in the closed position when vehicles cross, the SunSentinel reports. The bridge, which was built in 1925, is approximately 100 feet […]

January 10, 2018