SDOT: Our Precautionary Plan to Repair and Preserve the West Seattle Low Bridge to Ensure it Continues to Play Essential Role
While we have written a lot about the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge which is undergoing stabilization measures as we continue to analyze repair or replacement options, we have also been continuing to focus on creating a precautionary plan to repair and preserve the West Seattle Low Bridge, also known as the Spokane St Swing Bridge, for years to come. The Low Bridge has come to play an extremely important role in Seattle’s transportation system. With the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge closed f...
Dewberry Selected to Design Franklin Avenue Bridge
Bridge in Denville, New Jersey, to be rehabilitated or replaced. Dewberry announced it has been selected by New Jersey Transit to design the rehabilitation or replacement of the Franklin Avenue Bridge over the Morristown Line in Denville, New Jersey. The work will be performed out of the firm’s Bloomfield, New Jersey, office. The purpose of the project is to restore the structural capacity of the bridge, which is currently posted for a weight limit of seven tons. Rehabilitation or replac...
Video: Caltrans Fast Tracks Bridge Deck Replacement
In this Caltrans News Flash, Public Affairs Officers Stephen Chun and La-Tanga Hopes show us how Caltrans adapted to COVID-19 regulations while replacing a bridge deck on US 101, one of San Francisco’s busiest highways. Crews completed the project in a shorter time frame from 18 days to only 9 days.
Lawmakers Promise to Keep Repairs of Roosevelt Bridge a High Priority for FDOT
STUART — Motorists can expect at least an additional 30 minutes to be added to their commute as transportation officials attempt to repair the closed Roosevelt Bridge. The Florida Department of Transportation Wednesday shut down the six-lane bridge after pieces of concrete fell off during the biannual routine inspection Tuesday. Early Wednesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard issued an alert the bridge was at “risk of imminent collapse.” However, inspection later showed the 23-year-old fixed-sp...
Video: I-74 River Bridge Timelapse
The westbound bridge is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The completed east- and westbound bridges will have four lanes in each, twice the width of the current Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge. The eastbound bridge is expected to be finished in 2022. Then the Memorial Bridge will be demolished.
Acrow Bridges Installed During Replacement of Unionport Bridge in the Bronx, N.Y., Are First Hydraulically Driven Temporary Lift Bridges in the U.S.
Detour bridges will help mitigate traffic disruption in heavily traveled area and allow for continual access to boat traffic on Westchester Creek (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced two of its temporary modular steel lift bridges are being used to allow uninterrupted vehicular and vessel passage during the replacement of the 65-year-old Unionport Bridge over Westchester Creek in the Bronx, NY. Acrow’s brid...
Acrow Bridge Providing Detour Access During Federal Project on Hawaiian Island of Kauai
Temporary bridge was built in only eight days and expected to be in use through the completion of the replacement of the existing Kapa’a Stream Bridge (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today one of its modular steel bridges is being used to detour traffic around a project to replace the Kapa’a Stream Bridge on Kuhio Highway (Route 56) near Kealia Beach. Route 56 is the main route north and south across th...
AASHTO Issues Updated LRFD Bridge Design Guide
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released the 9th edition of its LRFD Bridge Design Specifications guide, which employs the load and resistance factor design or LRFD methodology in the design, evaluation, and rehabilitation of bridges. AASHTO noted that this 9th edition replaces the 8th edition – published in 2017 – and includes revisions to almost all of its specification sections. That includes extensive changes to the “steel structures”...
Video: The 2020 Prize Bridge Awards
The American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Prize Bridge Awards.
Video: World’s Longest S-Shaped, Single-Tower Suspension Bridge Opens in Dublin, Ohio
Time lapse - Dublin Pedestrian Bridge from Dublin, Ohio, USA on Vimeo.A pedestrian and bicycle bridge will span the Scioto River in the heart of Dublin connecting the future Riverside Crossing Park on the east side of the river as well as nearby commercial, residential and retail to Downtown Dublin on the west side. The pedestrian bridge will also serve as an iconic City of Dublin landmark – representing connectivity and inclusivity.
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
