SSSBA Publishes New Research Report in Innovative Press-Brake-Formed Steel Tub Girder Bridge Technology Series
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) has added a new research report to its series on the development and experimental testing of an innovative bridge system. The new report, “Volume VI: Field Performance and Rating Evaluation of a Modular Press-Brake-Formed Steel Tub Girder With a Steel Sandwich Plate Deck,” is available for free download at https://www.shortspansteelbridges.org/learning-center/research. The new study presents results from the experimental testing a...
Arup Celebrates the Opening of The Samuel De Champlain Bridge in Montreal, One of the Largest Bridges in North America
Image by Dissing+Weitling. Courtesy of Arup. Samuel De Champlain Bridge © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. Montreal, Quebec – Arup is proud to have played a key role in the building of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge, which opened today in Montreal. The bridge was built and will be operated for the next 30 years through a public-private partnership between the Government of Canada and Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group. As the owner’s engineer, Arup helped the Government of Canada...
WSP USA Joins Rhode Island Authority in Celebrating Newport Pell Bridge 50th Anniversary
Motorists first crossed New England’s longest suspension bridge a half century ago today. JAMESTOWN, RI — Today, WSP USA and Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority join to celebrate the Newport Pell Bridge’s 50th anniversary. WSP USA, a leading engineering firm, served as the original designer and provided construction oversight for the suspension bridge from 1966 through its completion in 1969. Officially opened to traffic on June 28,1969, the Newport Bridge is a 11,250-foot-long...
Acrow Bridge Lessens Impact to Travelers During NY State Thruway Authority’s $135M “Last Mile” Infrastructure Initiative
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 during a component project of the NY State Thruway Authority’s “Last Mile” initiative on a section of the I-95 New England Thruway from Westchester County in New York to the Connecticut border. The comprehensive project entails upgrading the stretch of interstate, which carries more than 140,000 vehicles daily, to i...
Video: A Bridge Competition Helps Connect Students to Transportation
The National Bridge Challenge is part of the Transportation and Civil Engineering or TRAC program that teaches secondary school students from 7th through 12th grade how to apply a variety of math and science concepts to common engineering problems occurring in the development of transportation systems. The final round of the 2019 National Bridge Challenge was held May 21 in Park City, Utah, as part of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials spring meeting. The all-...
Installation of 44 Acrow Bridges Begins in Cameroon
Structures were supplied to the Government of Cameroon as part of a financed Comprehensive Bridge Development Program (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce the installation of the first of 44 bridges provided to the Government of Cameroon as part of Acrow’s financed Comprehensive Bridge Development Program delivered in 2018. In addition to the supply of the bridges, the program provides the extensiv...
Video: Goethals Bridge Construction Time-Lapse
Watch the entire construction process for the Goethals Bridge replacement project from 2014 to 2018 with EarthCam's 4K time-lapse movie. See progress for the bridge, which connects Elizabeth, N.J., to Staten Island, N.Y., with high-quality webcam imagery.
Acrow Bridge Celebrates Shipment of More Than 130 Structures to the Road Development Agency of the Republic of Zambia
Comprehensive Bridge Development Program model includes structured financing arranged by Acrow as well as full training of Zambian engineers, technicians and contractors for on-site installations (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced the shipment of more than 130 bridges to the Road Development Agency of the Republic of Zambia. Installation of the structures will be carried out exclusively by Zambian engineers, te...
Rhode Island: $715M in Bridge and Road Repairs are Planned
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island transportation officials say they’ll have 77 construction projects this year totaling $715 million. The state began tolling trucks last year to pay for bridge and road repairs. Neighboring Connecticut is considering whether to implement tolls. The Department of Transportation held an event Friday to begin its 2019 construction season at the Interstate 295 bridges between Johnston and Cranston, Rhode Island. The department is repairing the bridges this y...
SCDOT Repairs Continue to Damaged College Park Road Bridge Over Interstate 26, Closures Planned
Repair work is continuing on a major overpass of Interstate 26 in Berkeley County that was damaged earlier this month when a tractor-trailer crashed into it. The S.C. Department of Transportation has modified pavement markings, signs and overhead signals so that the overpass can continue to accommodate traffic, officials stated. State transportation officials issued an emergency contract to repair the bridge as soon as possible and restore normal operations. SCDO...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
