Tag: bridge preservation

Roadbuilding

Nonprofit steps in to save Craighead Bridge in Pa. from demolition

Workin’ Bridges, a new national nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving greenbelts and historic truss bridges, recently applied to Cumberland County to take ownership of Craighead Bridge in South Middleton Township, Pa., to save it from demolition, The Sentinel reports. Craighead Bridge, which was built in 1899, is an iron truss bridge that spans the Yellow Breeches Creek on […]

March 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Painstaking restoration of historic covered bridge in the Catskills nears completion

Beaverkill Covered Bridge, a 116-foot-long covered bridge built in Sullivan County, New York, in 1865, is getting a much-needed renovation, thanks to Friends of Beaverkill Community (FOBC), a group of residents who want to preserve the historic bridge, the Times Herald-Record reports. The bridge was put on the state historic register in 2007. Six years later, […]

November 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

FIU’s Azizinamini lobbies USDOT, Congress for accelerated bridge construction

Atorod Azizinamini, who heads up Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Engineering & Computing research on Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC), made a presentation of recent ABC findings before the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on June 23, according to an FIU news release. The goals of the presentation were to encourage the department to place greater emphasis on ABC, which […]

July 1, 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

Ohio DOT set for $2.1 billion in transportation projects in 2016

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) reports it will work on roughly 1,100 new transportation projects in 2016 at a value of $2.1 billion. “We’re charged with the care of Ohio’s largest man-made asset—the transportation network,” says ODOT Director Jerry Wray. “We take this very seriously, because investments in our infrastructure are vital to Ohio’s […]

April 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Louisiana DOTD and preservation office team up with FHWA on historic bridge management agreement

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD), Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are working together on a historic bridge management program to aid in preservation efforts for the structures. The “Programmatic Agreement” was “executed” October 1 and will last 20 years. It sets up planning and procedures for […]

October 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

Better Bridges 2012 Bridge Inventory

America’s structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridge count slowly, steadily falling.

November 12, 2012

Roadbuilding

RoadScience

Timely blueprint will direct research into pavement management and preservation.

January 12, 2012