Acrow Provides Detour Rental Solution to Minimize Traffic Disruptions During Bridge Replacement Project in Rural Texas
Modular steel structure provides reliable, safe and cost-effective route in Jefferson County (Parsippany, New Jersey) – 5 December 2024 – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its modular steel detour bridges has been installed in Jefferson County, Texas, to maintain traffic flow during a project to replace the Taylor Bayou Bridge on State Highway 124 just north of the community of Hamshire. The bridge replacement is part of a larger pro...
Acrow’s Versatile Detour Bridge Accommodates Vehicles and Vessels Following Removal of Bascule Bridge
Modular steel structure will be removed and reinstalled periodically to open the navigation channel for marine vessels (Toronto, Ontario) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today it has designed and supplied a modular steel bridge to maintain vehicular traffic and enable marine vessel access following the demolition of a bascule bridge at the LaSalle Causeway in Kingston, Ontario. Public Services and Procurement Canada, the Causeway’s own...
Acrow Provides Safe, Reliable Detour Solution During Bridge Replacement Project in Italy
Modular steel structure will maintain heavily traveled route in port city of Livorno (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its modular steel bridges has been installed to carry detoured traffic during the reconstruction of a bridge in the Italian port city of Livorno. The old structure was damaged by the exceptional flooding that occurred throughout Central Italy in September 2017. The Tre Ponti was a maso...
INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $635 Million for 22 Bridge Projects Across the Country
A new round of funding through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will build, repair, and modernize regionally significant bridges in 19 states The Biden-Harris Administration is making the single-largest dedicated investment in America’s bridges since the construction of the Interstate Highway System WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced nearly $635 million for 22 small and medium-sized bridge projects in bo...
Acrow Bridge Supports Major Estuary Repair Project in Massachusetts
Modular steel structure providing detour in Wellfleet during the restoration of the Herring River (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its modular steel structures has been installed in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, to provide access during the Herring River Restoration Project. Decades in the planning and Massachusetts’ largest-ever estuary repair, the goal of the project is to restore the full natural tidal range ac...
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. The goals of this video are: 1. To provide an overview of staged loading during construction. 2. To discuss lateral flange bending & its sour...
COWI reaches major milestone on McKinley Bridge
Los Angeles, 14 October 2024- COWI, a leading global engineering consultancy has reached a major milestone in California by successfully completing the move of the 290’ steel network tied arch for the McKinley Grade Separation Project in the City of Corona, California. The bridge was moved with self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) from the staging yard to its final position and crossed Sampson Avenue, the Arlington Flood Control Channel, and two BNSF mainline tracks. COWI was responsib...
Minimizing disruption with bridge construction solution in Melbourne
Seamless traffic flow with Mammoet’s Accelerated Bridge Construction at the Webb Street Level Crossing Removal project. In the heart of Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs, the suburb of Narre Warren used to experience significant traffic congestion at Webb Street, where it intersected with a rail level crossing. Over 13,000 vehicles passed through the intersection every day and the boom gates were down for up to 33 per cent of the morning peak travel time. Recognizing the urgency to address...
Interstate Bridge Replacement program seeks public comment on Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
The 60-day public comment period is open from Sept. 20 through Nov. 18 with multiple ways to submit input including public hearings, online options, phone or mail VANCOUVER, WASH. – On Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, the Interstate Bridge Replacement program announced the opening of a 60-day public comment period for the program’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. The comment period will end at 11:59 p.m. PST Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. During the public comment period, the community is e...
Rural Roads & Bridges Need Significant Repairs & Have High Fatality Rates According to New Report
U.S. RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES & HIGH FATALITY RATES; BACKLOG OF NEEDED REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S. RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES TOTALS $198 BILLION Eds: TRIP’s report and appendices include data for all 50 states for the percentage of rural roads in poor condition, the percent of deficient rural bridges, rural traffic fatality rates and the number of rural traffic fatalities. Click here for the full report, appendices and infographics. Washington, D.C. –Ameri...
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