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Roadbuilding

Independence Bridge in Mich. closing for three months for $1.45 million rehab

Independence Bridge in Bay City, Michigan, will soon be shut down for three months for a $1.45 million rehabilitation project. The project began in October with concrete work and includes replacement of the bascule span deck grating, span stringers and sidewalks, the Bay City Times reports. The bascule-type draw bridge, which carries Truman Parkway over […]

January 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

Ariz. DOT weighs public input on obsolete Pinto Creek Bridge in Gila County

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is accepting public comment as it considers options for the historic U.S. 60 bridge over Pinto Creek, which is considered structurally deficient. Built in 1949, the 637-foot-long Pinto Creek Bridge is located in Gila County, about six miles west of Miami, Ariz. It no longer meets minimum standards set […]

January 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

$40 million I-19 interchange project in Tucson wraps up, with second project to begin soon

A $40 million, two-year project to rebuild the traffic interchange at Interstate 19 and Ajo Way (State Route 86) is nearing completion in southwest Tucson, Arizona, and it features a new configuration designed for efficiency and safety. A second project for the busy interchange will be let out for contractors’ bids in Spring 2018. […]

January 4, 2018

Roadbuilding

Idaho to replace four bridges on U.S. 26; part of 17-bridge project

Four bridges on U.S. 26 will be replaced for the South Gooding Main Canal, with construction beginning Tuesday just west of Gooding, according to the Idaho Transportation Department. The four bridges are part of an overall design-build project that includes 17 bridges throughout eastern Idaho. The four bridges in the Gooding area were selected […]

January 1, 2018

Roadbuilding

Large floating crane lifts pieces of Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge into place

As a part of the new Johnson Street Bridge Replacement Project, the largest crane barge on the west coast of North America, known as the Dynamic Beast, was floated under the existing bridge in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada’s Upper Harbor on Friday, December 8, to lift and place large pieces of the new bridge’s lifting mechanism, CBC […]

December 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts in 2017

The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved five construction contracts and three professional engineering service contracts totaling nearly $20.2 million at its December 21 meeting. And in all, the board approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts for 2017 for the tollway, an administrative agency of the State of Illinois. Of those 86 contracts, 78 were […]

December 22, 2017

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

Dealers

Cox named sales director for Texex Cranes North America

Bill Cox is the new sales director for Terex Cranes North America. He’ll work with senior management to set and drive equipment sales strategy throughout the United States and Canada, lead sales team and interact with Terex Cranes distributors and customers, the company says. Cox replaces Mark Phillippi, who will retire at the end of […]

December 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

“Topping out” ceremony celebrates completion of towers for new Port of Long Beach bridge

On December 5, state, local and federal officials joined construction crews for a “topping out” ceremony to celebrate the completion of the two 515-foot-tall towers for the new Port of Long Beach bridge, Port of Long Beach reports. The towers will be the centerpieces of California’s first cable-stayed bridge for vehicular traffic, which will be […]

December 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Opening of Maine’s Sarah Mildred Long Bridge delayed again

The projected opening of the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge has been postponed again, possibly until late December 2017. According to the Bangor Daily News, Maine Department of Transportation Press Secretary Ted Talbot said project administrators are working with its general contractor, Cianbro Corp., to identify what has caused the opening to be delayed several […]

December 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Pre-cast concrete key to Sarah Mildred Long Bridge construction

Engineers believe the $158.5 million Sarah Mildred Long Bridge project, connecting Portsmouth, N.H., with Kittery, Maine, may be the first vertical-lift bridge to use precast-concrete segmental towers, the Engineering News-Record reports. Construction of the new bridge carrying U.S. Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River began in 2015. The bridge is slated to open by […]

December 5, 2017

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Iowa DOT says I-74 bridge project on track, with parts ahead of schedule

During the first of many project updates, the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) told the Davenport City Council that all parts of the new Interstate 74 bridge project spanning the Mississippi River are on track or ahead of schedule, even though it doesn’t look like much is going on, the Quad-City Times reports. Most […]

December 5, 2017