Mammoet removes bridge section in confined city center
A DEMAG Crawler Crane CC 8800-1 lifts the bridge section, copyright: ASFINAG Exact planning and custom engineering ensure on-time delivery with minimum disruption in Vienna, Austria More than 30 years ago, a freeway junction on the Vienna southeast tangent in Austria was built but never put into operation. As part of a recent redevelopment program, the last bridge section of this "closed exit" would be demolished. Due to an elevated road below and confined space around the ta...
Three Teams Identified to Move Forward in Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership Initiative Procurement Process
Harrisburg, PA – As the public-involvement and environmental-review process continues on candidate bridges in the Major Bridge P3 Initiative, the state's Public-Private Transportation Partnership Office today announced that three teams will be invited to submit proposals competing to enter into a progressive public-private partnership (P3) with PennDOT to administer the initiative. "Combined with potential federal and state action on transportation investments, this initiative will ensure cri...
NCDOT Funding Research Project To Improve Bridge Designs
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is funding a research project undertaken by North Carolina State University to study steel girders from the now-demolished Herbert C. Bonner Bridge to help improve designs for such structures in the future. [Above photo by the NCDOT] Those girders are undergoing stress tests at the university’s Constructed Facilities Lab in Raleigh to see how an aged bridge exposed to a half-century of extreme weather conditions can provide design improvement...
Modular Steel Bridge from Acrow Provides Temporary Replacement for Collapsed Span in Northern Italy
Rapid response and installation minimize traffic and economic impacts (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today it has supplied a temporary modular bridge to enable the passage of vehicles during the rehabilitation of Ponte Lenzino in the Trebbia River Valley in northern Italy. Located in the Apennine Mountains, the region is an extremely popular year-round tourist destination known for its natural beauty and rich cult...
RIDOT Reopens Manville Bridge Over the Blackstone River in Lincoln and Cumberland
Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. joined with state and local leaders today to celebrate the reopening of the Manville Bridge, an important link for residents and business in the villages of Manville and Cumberland Hill on either side of the Blackstone River. The bridge carries Manville Hill Road over the river as well as the Blackstone River Bikeway and the Providence & Worcester Railroad between...
Mammoet successfully lifts Wellsburg Bridge in West Virginia
Bridging the gap for multiple first-time achievements all in a single bridge move Mammoet and Flatiron Construction are proud to have successfully completed the main span float and lift of the Wellsburg Bridge which connects Wellsburg, West Virginia and Brilliant, Ohio. History was made on the Ohio River during the Wellsburg Bridge project as floating a bridge had never been done before in West Virginia.In addition, it is the heaviest floating bridge lift ever executed in the USA. Upon comp...
Mammoet completes swift removal of bridge in Florida
Removal of the westbound State Road 84 bridge using SPMTs. ABC method allows for bridge removal in fraction of original schedule Mammoet teams assisted client Archer Western and De Moya Group with the successful removal of the westbound State Road 84 bridge over I-95 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last month. The bridge removal is part of the I-95 Express Lanes Phase 3C project, which will result in wider travel lanes on I-95 below the interchange with I-595 and improved efficiency of th...
Report showed ‘major’ damage before Florida condo collapse
Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report that also uncovered “abundant c...
Acrow’s Modular Steel Bridge Connects Communities in Ontario
Speed of installation avoided need for detour, kept project on schedule and within budget (Toronto, Ontario) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to report one of its modular steel bridges has been installed to replace an aging structure over a stream in Tay Valley Township, a remote region about 90km southwest of Ottawa. The crossing connects two communities and continued access is essential; without a bridge, a lengthy detour would mean inconven...
Acrow Engineers a Unique Solution for Safe, Permanent Recreational Bridge in New Brunswick, Canada
Permanent Acrow Bridge in New Brunswick, Canada Modular bridge improves popular snowmobile route spanning the Odell River (Toronto, Ontario) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, recently designed and supplied a modular steel bridge for a vital crossing point on a popular section of the Province of New Brunswick recreational trail network near the Village of Plaster Rock in New Brunswick, Canada. Located at the northern end of the Appalachian Mounta...
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