Tag: cable-stayed bridge

Roadbuilding

New bridge features tallest deck in U.S. for cable-stayed span

The new bridge for the Port of Long Beach is the second-tallest cable-stayed bridge in the country and has the highest deck for a U.S. cable-stayed bridge.

October 12, 2020

Roadbuilding

Construction heads into final year for 2nd-tallest cable-stayed bridge in U.S.

Construction on the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replace Project started back in 2014 and is slated to be finished by the end of 2019. Learn more on Equipment World.

December 31, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work begins on Gordie Howe International Bridge

Work has started on the Gordie Howe International Bridge. The cable-stayed bridge's main span will stretch 2,798 ft, the longest of any bridge in North America.

October 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

Builders chosen for longest cable-stayed main span in N. America

Construction, architectural and financial firms are tasked to build the Gordie Howe Int'l Bridge. See what the builders are up against on Equipment World.

July 9, 2018

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

Vancouver cable-stayed bridge to get winter safety upgrade

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that, in January 2018, it will install a new cable collar system on the over the Fraser River in Greater Vancouver, B.C., to improve winter safety and reliability in January 2018, CTV News Vancouver reports. The new system, which is similar to the one on the Port […]

November 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Systra buys IBT in effort to reach top-10 of bridge engineering firms

Global mass transit engineering and design firm Systra has acquired San Diego-based International Bridge Technologies in its quest to become a top-10 international bridge specialists, the company says. Before the acquisition, Systra was ranked 14th in the world in bridge engineering. Buying IBT will give Systra bridge design centers in the United States, Canada and […]

September 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Drone footage of Louisville’s ongoing East End Bridge construction

The drone video footage below from the  Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project offers a look at ongoing construction of the cable-stayed East End Bridge over the Ohio River, part of the East End Crossing project that began in the summer of 2013. The project, which will connect the east end of Louisville, near Prospect, to southern […]

August 8, 2016