Video: 2022 ARTBA Bridge Report with Dr. Alison Black
There are 167.5 million daily crossings on 43,578 structurally deficient U.S. bridges in poor condition.
The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Opens for Traffic
18 March 2022 marked a special day for Turkey: the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge is open to traffic. The new bridge will carry up to 45,000 vehicles each day and is a vital element to stimulate local and international economic development, logistics and tourism in the area. COWI has been the consultant for the design-build contractor DLSY joint venture consisting of Daelim, Limak, SK and Yapi Merkezi since the start of the project in the Spring of 2017. We have carried out detailed design of this cha...
An Acrow Prefabricated Modular Steel Bridge is Minimizing Work Zone Impact during Major Highway Construction in Camden County, New Jersey
A temporary detour bridge is providing a cost-effective solution to maintain local traffic flow during bridge replacement project PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 23, 2022 - Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, recently designed and supplied a modular steel bridge to maintain traffic flow during a section of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (NJDOT) I-295 Direct Connect project in Camden County, New Jersey. The Direct Connect initiative is designed to...
Video: Understanding Construction Loads
The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) presents a topic-based video series on short span steel bridges. In this series, Dr. Gregory Michaelson (Co-Director, SSSBA Bridge Technology Center & Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering at Marshall University) discusses how to understand construction loads for short span steel bridges.
Nearly 224,000 U.S. Bridges Need Repair; Placed End-to-End They Would Stretch From L.A. to Maine and Back Again, Latest Analysis of Federal Data Finds
43,600 Are “Structurally Deficient” and in Poor Condition. Motorists cross these structures 167.5 million times a day. 48 percent of 619,588 Bridges are in Fair Condition. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on Route 13, northbound in Northampton, Va., U.S. 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Illinois and Missouri, Make List. National and State Data Available: www.artbabridgereport.org WASHINGTON — Nearly 224,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, acc...
Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Visits to Discuss Infrastructure
A bridge collapsed in a park in Pittsburgh on Friday morning.KDKA At least 10 people were injured after a bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday morning, according to officials, who said none of the injuries were life threatening. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse, which happened at around 7 a.m. near Frick Park, hours before President Biden was scheduled to visit the city to discuss infrastructure. Darryl Jones, the Pittsburgh fire chief, said the bridge collapse...
Acrow Bridge to Enable Emergency Access in British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon
Modular steel structure will support infrastructure restoration efforts on major transport artery (Toronto, Ontario) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its modular steel bridges has been installed to provide temporary access for Highway 1 traffic through the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia, Canada. The bridge replaces a section of road damaged during heavy rains in November 2021. Much of British Columbia was impacted by flooding ca...
Stantec earns top engineering design award for Downtown Gardiner bridges project
The comprehensive transportation improvement project for MaineDOT involved the second highway bridge lateral slide-in completed in the state Portland, Maine ,TSX, NYSE: STN Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, earned a top engineering design award for its work on a comprehensive transportation improvement project in Gardiner’s historic downtown. The firm and its co-applicants Haley & Aldrich and TMSI were recognized with The Grand Conceptor Award—the top pri...
Video: Steel Bridge Frequently Asked Questions
The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) presents a topic based video series on short span steel bridges. In this series, Dr. Gregory Michaelson (Co-Director, SSSBA Bridge Technology Center & Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering at Marshall University) discusses the most frequently asked questions about short span steel bridges. Since the SSSBA’s creation in 2007, the Bridge Technology Center has traveled across the country and given presentations at engineering confere...
PennDOT Constructs First Curved Steel Tubular Flange Girder Bridge in the U.S.
On Interstate 95 in southeastern Pennsylvania, we are constructing the first curved steel tubular flange girder bridge in the United States. The use of a tubular flange in place of a standard plate increases structural performance while reducing fabrication and erection material, as well as erection time compared to standard plate flange curved girders. The use of steel plate flanges has been the standard for straight and most curved girder bridge applications. Lehigh University performed res...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
