QUIKRETE® Shotcrete Helps Give Historic Bridge New Life
Opened in 1913 with claims as the world’s largest concrete bridge, the Albertus L. Meyers Bridge in Allentown, Penn. underwent extensive rehabilitation highlighted by pier reconstruction using QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS. Recommended and performed by Mar-Allen Concrete Products, Inc., the dry-process shotcrete application used to repair the piers improved the appearance, durability and overall structural integrity of the bridge while maintaining its status on the National Register of Historic Places....
RIDOT Deploys Fleet of New Bridge Washing Trucks
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation showed off its new fleet of six custom-built tanker trucks May 19 and May 20; trucks outfitted with a series of high pressure water nozzles that allow a driver/operator to clean the sides and deck of a bridge in a moving operation, generally at 5 to 10 mph. On average, RIDOT said the trucks are capable of cleaning five to six bridges a day, depending on their size, and will help "significantly reduce" the time needed to close a travel lane for such m...
RIDOT Buys Specialized Trucks to Increase Bridge Maintenance Capabilities
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today unveiled a new vehicle that will greatly increase the Department's ability to maintain its bridges with regular cleanings to remove road salts, sand and other debris. RIDOT purchased a fleet of six of these tanker trucks, which are outfitted with a series of high pressure water nozzles that allow the operator to clean the sides and deck of a bridge in a moving operation, generally at 5-10 mph. On average, the trucks are capable of cl...
Video: AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications Explained
Burak Boyaci, P.E., Product Manager for LEAP Bridge Steel at Bentley Systems, takes time to speak with Informed Infrastructure about updates to the AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications, including the field splice design approach and other aspects.
SMDI Updates Guide Specification for Highway Bridge Fabrication with High Performance Steel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has published an updated version of Guide Specification for Highway Bridge Fabrication With HPS 100W (HPS 690W) Steel for Non-Fracture Critical Applications, which is available for free download ( click here...
Year In Infrastructure Finalist: Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge
Informed Infrastructure interviewed Daniel Mariscal, a structural engineer with AECOM's Bridge Group, at Bentley Systems' Year In Infrastructure event held Oct. 10-12, 2017, in Singapore. He represented AECOM for a Finalist Project in the category of "BIM Advancements in Bridges" with the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge recently built in New Haven, Conn. AECOM used Bentley’s RM Bridge for structural modeling and design, including construction sequence, post-tensioning, stay-cable force adjustments...
PennDOT Highlights Progress on Public-Private Bridge Partnership
Harrisburg, PA – There are 390 bridges complete and open to traffic with 50 under construction in the state's public-private partnership (P3) for bridges, the Rapid Bridge Replacement project, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie S. Richards said at a media event today. As part of the statewide project, an additional 20 bridges are expected to start construction and eight are scheduled to complete construction by the end of April. "We are making significant investment...
Bryant Orders 83 Bridges Closed in Emergency Declaration
Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday declared a state of emergency, issuing a proclamation that orders the Mississippi Department of Transportation to immediately close 83 city and county bridges that have been judged deficient by federal National Bridge Inspection Standards and the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction.The announcement comes almost a week after the U.S. Department of Transportation notified the state that the Federal Highway Administration is concerned that the bridges remai...
NTSB Issues Reports on Protecting Bridges from Fire Damage and Collapse (NTSB)
On Thursday, March 30, 2017, about 6:05 p.m., construction materials stored under an Interstate 85 (I-85) overpass in Atlanta, Georgia, were set on fire. The fire propagated throughout the storage area. Just over 1 hour later, at 7:14 p.m., span 30 NB—a 92-foot-long elevated span of I-85—collapsed. No fatalities or injuries were reported from the fire and subsequent bridge collapse. One person was arrested and later charged with criminal damage to property. The Georgia Department of Transportati...
Institution of Civil Engineers, AECOM and MTR Corporation Unveil the World’s Longest Span Bridge Built with LEGO Bricks in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the world’s most respected professional engineering association, in partnership with AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and MTR Corporation, today unveiled the world’s longest span bridge built with LEGO® bricks, at ELEMENTS in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. Assisting them to bring this construction to Hong Kong is Bright Bricks, U.K.-based builder of large-scale LEGO® constructions worldwide and LEGO® Certified Professi...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
