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BRIDGE NEWS
Jan 30, 2010
Utah Lake Decision Could Come This Year
By Sara Lenz --(Deseret News) PROVO — "The Utah Division
of Forestry, Fire and State Lands hopes to make a decision about the
proposed bridge over Utah Lake by the end of this year. Division
director Dick Buehler ultimately will make the final decision about whether
Utah Crossing Inc. is allowed to build the seven-mile, $600 million,
privately funded bridge across the lake".....Click on title for more info
Hong Kong Opens 1KM Long Cable-Stayed Bridge
See Photo by clicking on the above link
By Guy Ferneyhough --(Building.Co.UK)
— "The world’s second longest spanning cable-stayed bridge has opened in
Hong Kong, with its central section exceeding a kilometre in length.
Stonecutters Bridge, which became operational at the end of December ..............Click on title for more info
Aug 31,
2009
The
Bridge That Eats Smog
By David Tanner --(Land Line Magazine) An intriguing
innovation employed in the new I-35 bridge construction is found in the
concrete itself. Figg describes a wonder material called photo-catalytic
titanium dioxide, which accelerates the decomposition of organic material.
In other words, it eats pollution.. .........Click on title for more info
July 27,
2009
Thinking Beyond a New Tappan Zee Bridge
By David Kocieniewski --(NY) When the news broke last year
that the aging Tappan Zee Bridge, which spans the Hudson River linking
Westchester and Rockland Counties, was so badly decayed that 80 percent of
the structure needed $6.4 billion in repairs, transportation officials
decided to think big. .........Click on title for more info
Bridging The Mighty
Missouri
By Jerry Schleicher -- Midwest Contractor- By
mid-2011, the more than 100,000 motorists who now cross Kansas City's
55-year-old Paseo Bridge each day will travel in style over the first
cable-stayed vehicle bridge ever constructed across the Missouri River. The
landmark Christopher S. Bond Bridge is the centerpiece of the Missouri
Department of Transportation's (MoDOT) $245-million Interstate.........Click on title for more info
Dec
29th, 2008
Innovative Jakway Bridge nominated for quality award
Daily Register - AURORA - The new Jakway Park Bridge in
Buchanan County can certainly be called “Innovative”. ....... It is
the first highway bridge in North America to be built with a new generation
of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) pi-girders, the first North
American highway bridge project.........Click on title for more info
Sept 16th,
2008
NJ Transit Awards
Contract to Design $1.3B Portal Bridge
NJ Biz — NJ Transit, the state's public transportation agency has awarded a
contract to design $1.3 billion portal bridge over the Hackensack River....... Click on title for more info
Sept 2nd,
2008
Majority for
Fehmarn Bridge
Politiken.DK — Transport Minister Carina Christensen has negotiated a
parliamentary majority to further a project involving a bridge over the
Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany.,....... Click on title for more info
May 16th,
2008
Woodrow Wilson Bridge - Second Span Celebration
Washington Post — A celebration of the completion of the Woodrow Wilson
Bridge's second span,....... Click on title for more info
May 15th,
2008
Crews continue construction on approach of new 35W Bridge
Fox 9 News, MIN — The Minneapolis Queen chapter cruise will tour the
construction,....... Click on title for more info
April 18th,
2008
Paseo Bridge Construction begins Monday
MyFox Kansas city, MO — The new bridge is a $245 million project that
will expand the interstate to 3 lanes,....... Click on title for more info
October 9, 2007
Design
for New Minnesota Bridge Unveiled
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A soaring yet simple concrete bridge set atop 70-foot,
land-based piers will replace the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi
River. The design was made public Monday by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation and the companies it hired to build the replacement bridge, which is
expected to open by the end of next year. Click on title for more info
September 27, 2007
Minneapolis:
Bridge Replacement OK'd
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis
City Council committee has signed off on the state's planned replacement for the collapsed
Interstate 35W bridge. Click on title for more info.
July 24, 2007
Bay Bridge
ramp contract awarded
One of the contracts for the new Bay Bridge east span has been awarded for $20
million less than the project's original cost estimates.
MCM Construction of North Highands near Sacramento submitted the winning low bid of
$178 million to build ramps that will connect the bridge to Interstate 80 on the Oakland
shoreline, state highway officials announced today. Click on title for more
info.
July 2, 2007
Germany,
Denmark to Build Mega-Bridge
Germany and Denmark have agreed to build an 18-kilometer bridge linking the two
countries. It will be one of Europe's largest public works projects and is slated to open
in 2018. Click on title for more info
December 5, 2006
Double
Celebration for Bridge
M ORE
than one million people are expected to flock to Sydney harbour vantage points for a
multi-million dollar New Year's Eve party that will double as an anniversary celebration
for the iconic "coathanger'' bridge. Click on title for
more info
December
4, 2006
Newest 'smart bridge' being built in Doña Ana
Drivers using the new Interstate 25 interchange at the village of Doña Ana
may notice the distinctive art work on the outside of the bridges, but most will be
unaware of the cutting-edge technology on the inside of the southbound bridge.
Click on title for more info
April 3, 2006
Oregon
bridge
repairs swing into high gear
The Legislature in 2003 approved an
$2.5 billion ambitious program to fix cracking bridges. Many were built in the middle of
the 20th century as the Interstate highway system was created. Many are near the end of
their projected 50-year lifespan. Click on title for more info
Super Tools - Bridges Premieres:
Sunday, March 19 @ 11pm ET/PT on the History
Channel
Building a bridge requires utilizing the same materials and manpower as any
mega-construction project. But you also have to do it on water! We'll travel to the new
Woodrow Wilson Bridge that connects Virginia to Maryland across the Potomac River to see
how it's done. And it certainly fits the bill as a mega-bridge: to accommodate 300,000
vehicles a day, this bridge will have 12 lanes of traffic covering a total surface area as
big as 25 football fields. In all, it'll take more than 45 million pounds of steel, 1,200
workers, and eight years to build this bridge. To get a tool's-eye view of just how a
mega-bridge like this gets built, we're focusing on these kings of construction: the
clamshell dredge, the pile driver, the concrete truck, steel cable, and the submerged arc
welder. TVPG cc
January 29, 2006
Giant hair dryers to
save Forth bridge
ANTI-CORROSION devices
which operate like giant hair dryers could be fitted to the suspension cables of the Forth
Road Bridge to extend its life.
J anuary 20, 2006
The long-delayed completion of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge
will be pushed back another six to seven months in an effort to hold down the cost of the
single-tower suspension bridge that is the final piece of the project, Caltrans announced
Thursday.
At a news conference at the staging area for bridge construction,
Caltrans Director Will Kempton said the agency would:
-- Give contractors until March 22 to bid on the tower and self-anchored
deck that will connect the skyway segment of the span, now under construction, with Yerba
Buena Island. Bids had been due Feb. 1. The estimated cost is $1.45 billion.
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