State Shows Plans For Roadway, Bridge - 6/29/2004
NEW ORLEANS - State transportation officials will present final plans for the $135 million Florida Avenue bridge and roadway Wednesday during the last public meeting before the project is submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard for permits....

Nmsu Hopes To Stop Bridges From Cracking - 6/29/2004
NEW MEXICO - The project began after cracking was discovered in several bridge decks -- the surface cars drive on -- during construction in 2001 of the Big I, the interchange of Interstates 25 and 40 in Albuquerque. Eighteen of the 25 new bridge decks showed cracks, he said....

Expressway Collapse Could Cost $9 Million - 6/29/2004
TAMPA - Early estimates show the pier collapse that damaged three bridge segments on the new elevated lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway will cost close to $9 million and delay the project's completion for two months....

Bridge Collapses, 12 Missing - 6/29/2004
BOGOTA - A bridge in northeastern Colombia collapsed on Monday under the onslaught of a swollen river, killing two people and leaving another 12 missing, International Red Cross officials said....

Drivers Furious As Bridge Shuts Again - 6/29/2004
UK - Renfrewshire Council bosses say this latest closure is necessary to allow the final phase of their four-year, £1million structural strengthening and refurbishment programme to be completed....

710 'connector Road' Greeted With Skepticism - 6/29/2004
CALIFORNIA - Construction could commence in 2006 and be complete in 2007, Robert said. A new bridge would be built for the Union Pacific railroad tracks that parallel Mission Road and Alhambra Avenue and the connector road would run under the tracks....

Bridge In Danger Of Collapsing: Blaik - 6/29/2004
FIJI - A BRIDGE that is supported by a water pipe could collapse if no repairs are made to the water leak from the pipe....

Danger Road Will Be Closed For Four Weeks - 6/29/2004
UK - Derby City Council issued an emergency closure notice on Wednesday for Victoria Street and Albert Street because movement had been detected in a 300-year-old bridge underneath the road and engineers feared that the bridge and the road could collapse....

Unsafe Bridge To Get Emergency Repair - 6/29/2004
KICKAPOO - City officials first became aware of the about 5-inch wide crack underneath the three-cell reinforced concrete bridge on Kickapoo on June 2....

Bill's One Tank Trip: Royal Gorge Bridge - 6/29/2004
DENVER - Go there for the view from the 75-year-old bridge that spans the gorge to the Arkansas River more than 1,000 feet below....

Maroon Creek Bridge Off Back Burner - 6/29/2004
COLORADO - An Aspen official sat down with state and federal highway representatives this week to initiate the latest round of discussions on replacing the Maroon Creek bridge....

Builders To Remove Section Of Bridge - 6/29/2004
FLORIDA - The 40-foot roadway will be removed after contractors find more than three dozen cracks on the Memorial Causeway's south end....

Fdot To Hold Workshop On Bridge - 6/29/2004
FLORIDA - The bridge to Key Royale, which connects the country club community to the rest of Anna Maria Island, is about 30 years old and may need to be replaced....

Safety Issues Close Route 5 Bridge - 6/29/2004
VIRGINIA - VDOT closed the bridge Feb. 25 after a dive team installing underwater power lines noticed a dangerous amount of erosion around a bridge post. Officials said at the time they were concerned that the bridge might not be stable enough to hold traffic....

Three Maxwell Bridge Workers File Suit - 6/24/2004
NAPA - The complaint filed in Sacramento Superior Court alleges that C.C. Myers, Inc. is responsible for the Dec. 3 collapse on the span that will replace the Maxwell Bridge. The collapse of falsework, or a temporary structure used to support the bridge as concrete is poured, caused tons of material to drop 30 feet, injuring six construction workers and killing worker Richard "Chris" Stevens, 20, of Lodi....

Builder Wants To Fix Bridge, Not Rebuild - 6/24/2004
FLORIDA - The contractor on the new Memorial Causeway bridge said Thursday that it is willing to replace four cracked columns but that it will cost $25-million and take two more years....

Italy's Bridge Over Troubled Water - 6/24/2004
ITALY - The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi loves big infrastructure....

Fdot Needs Time To Study Plans To Repair Bridge - 6/24/2004
FLORIDA - The Florida Department of Transportation says it needs more time to study PCL Civil Constructors options for fixing the new Memorial Causeway Bridge. PCL says it’s pursuing two options at the same time....

Crane May Resume I-280 Bridge Work - 6/24/2004
TOLEDO - The 2-million-pound horizontal yellow crane is one of two that had been in use to assemble the $220 million bridge's East Toledo approach spans when its companion collapsed Feb. 16, killing four workers and injuring four others. A federal investigation of that accident continues....

Police Strengthen Patrol On Han River Bridges To Prevent Suicides - 6/24/2004
SOUTH KOREA - It is an embarrassing incident for the police, said a police officer of Yongsan Police Station. Measures to prevent suicides should have been introduced much earlier. An increasing number of citizens are coming to the bridges to end their lives to escape financial and other difficulties...

Contractors Hang Hopes On Bridge Rebid - 6/24/2004
OAKLAND - The stalled next phase of the rebuilding of the span connecting the East Bay with Treasure Island has been a bridge too far for even the giant construction companies. But firms are betting it will be rebid, giving them another crack at the project...

Law Boosts Building Costs; Firms Liable Whenever Worker Injured In Fall - 6/24/2004
NEW YORK - Tony Putrelo runs a commercial construction company in Sauquoit. He said he saw his liability-insurance premium go from $137,000 a year to $460,000 after a worker was awarded $75,000 for a fall that Putrelo claims was the worker's fault....

State To Seek Bids On Designs For New Bridges - 6/24/2004
KENTUCKY - Kentucky and Indiana will begin soliciting bids this summer to design two new Ohio River bridges in Jefferson County, with the winners to be announced this fall, executives of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said yesterday....

Independent Investigations - 6/24/2004
CHINA - The team investigating the bridge collapse in Northeast China's Liaoning Province concluded it may have been "an accident without casualties."...

Bridge Rusts Amid Debate Over Color - 6/24/2004
CINCINNATI - Covington Mayor Butch Callery says it's time to end the years-old debate over what color to repaint the Roebling Suspension Bridge. He just wants to see the historic span get a fresh coat....

Investigation: Some Northeast Ohio Bridges Potentially Dangerous - 6/24/2004
OHIO - According to the latest statistics from the Ohio Department of Transportation, 100 of Cuyahoga, Geauga, and Lake counties' 890 bridges are considered substandard and in need of repair....

Public Input Sought On Bridge Replacement - 6/24/2004
NEW JERSEY - The Monmouth County Engineering Department is holding the meetings in cooperation with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, the state Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to discuss replacement alternatives for the span, also designated as CR 10, West Front Street Bridge, S-17....

Drive An Suv? It's Ok To Use Sellwood - 6/24/2004
OREGON - The new limits should not scare motorists in passenger cars, sport utility vehicles and small trucks, said Ian Cannon, the county's engineering services manager...

Bnd Chose To Bypass Local Mexican Officials On Port Bridge Project, Records Show - 6/24/2004
TEXAS - Brownsville Navigation District officials and their U.S. and Mexican consultants in May 2000 elected to bypass Matamoros and Tamaulipas officials in seeking Mexico’s approval of a proposed rail/truck bridge project, records show....

County Bridges To Be Improved - 6/24/2004
PLATTE COUNTY - Two of Platte County’s aging bridges took a step toward modernization last week when the County Commission approved $54,975 for engineering work....

Yr After Collapse, Bridge For Future - 6/24/2004
INDIA - Fifteen-year-old Imtiyaz Shaikh is still to wipe off horrific memories of that Black Thursday. He was among the few lucky children of Nani Daman and Moti Daman who survived the collapse of 150-year-old bridge on Damanganga river, that left 29 dead last year....

Batavia Council Picks Post-tensioned Bridge - 6/24/2004
BATAVIA - I'm more enthusiastic about the post-tensioned, solid-bottom, two-pier bridge than the quick and dirty stringer," Alderman Jim Volk said at Wednesday's Community Development Committee meeting. "I like this idea."...

300 Protest Planned Demolition Of Historic Bridge - 6/24/2004
HALIFAX - About 300 citizens of Halifax and Charlotte counties gathered Sunday to protest the impending demolition of historic Clarkton Bridge....

Stumping For Open Source - 6/16/2004
OLYMPIA - Richard Brice and Richard Pickings develop open source software used in the design of highway bridge structures. In 1999, they founded the Alternate Route Project to serve as a focal point for their development efforts and to promote open source software in government....

Completion Of The Katima Mulilo Bridge: Going Beyond Empty Politicking - 6/16/2004
AFRICA - GOOD political relationship between neighbouring countries is one of the recipes for development of shared infrastructure like roads and bridges....

Most On Point Marion Council Support Redesigned Bridge Plan - 6/16/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - As the state Department of Transportation continues to iron out plans for a new Point Marion Bridge, a majority on the borough council supports a plan that would move the span south of the existing bridge, instead of an original proposal that would move it to the heart of the downtown...

Crumbling Demonbreun Street Bridge To Be Replaced - 6/16/2004
TENNESSEE - The Metro government is planning to tear down the decaying bridge and build a new one. Exactly when that will happen is unclear, but city officials have begun the application for federal road funds....

Ucsd Tests New Bridge Construction Method - 6/16/2004
SAN DIEGO - At UCSD, engineers are testing a design technique called pre-cast construction, which has been used in Europe and other parts of the United States....

Survivor Recounts Experience In Escaping Ne China Bridge Collapse - 6/16/2004
CHINA - To truck driver Kan Jianyong, a native of Dawa County in Panjin City of northeast China's Liaoning Province, this Thursday, when he survived a major bridge collapse,was a day of sheer luck....

Mdot To Keep Eight Mile Bridge - 6/16/2004
DETROIT - The Michigan Department of Transportation announced Wednesday afternoon that the tri-level bridge, which carries an estimated 50,000 vehicles a day over Eight Mile on the city/suburban border, won’t be razed, as some had suggested. But it will be repaired and improved with a number of upgrades, such as lighting, landscaping, railings and decorative crosswalks....

Bridge Collapse Drops Cars In River - 6/16/2004
CHINA - A 20-metre span of the Tianzhuangtai Bridge, a two-lane bridge built in 1976 on the 305 national road in Panjin city, collapsed about 7am (0900 AEST), the Xinhua news agency said....

Landmarks Smaller Than A Pinhead - 6/16/2004
UK - Scientists & engineers based at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne specialising in miniaturisation technology have recreated North East England's Tyne Bridge and the Angel of the North sculpture so they are smaller than a pinhead and invisible to the naked eye....

Bids For $2 Million Project Opened - 6/16/2004
MUNCIE - Bids were opened this week for engineering work on the High Street bridge rehabilitation project....

Cost Overruns Hit Shanghai Bridge Project - 6/8/2004
BEIJING - Contractors building a bridge linking Shanghai to a nearby deepwater port said Tuesday the project faced cost overruns of more than $350 million....

Nominate England's Greatest Icon - 6/8/2004
UK - What would you like to see celebrated as the greatest icon in England today - Hadrian's Wall, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, or an early example of multiculturalism, the cup of tea?...

Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Suit Dismissed - 6/8/2004
SAN FRANCISCO - Renee Milligan, the mother of Santa Rosa High School sophomore Marissa Imrie, had claimed the Golden Gate Bridge District created a "dangerous condition" by failing to erect a suicide barrier....

Clemson Students Disqualified From Bridge-building Competition - 6/8/2004
CLEMSON, SC - "We felt like we were cheated," said Josh Stamm, who had a major role in designing the bridge. "The word 'innovative' was in the rules, not serviceability. We were given a hypothetical situation and told to solve it, and we did."...

Building King's Dream To Bridge Gap - 6/7/2004
CHINA - Gordon Wu is happy to leave the management of his multi-billion dollar company, Hopewell Holdings, to his son when he retires on reaching the age of 70 toward the end of next year. But he has made his son promise him one thing: to make him chief engineer in charge of the building of the much talked about Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge if Hopewell wins the contract in a future bid....

Golden Gate Bridge Gets Makeover From Inside Out - 6/7/2004
SAN FRANCISCO - Throughout the $392 million earthquake retrofit of the world's most famous bridge, engineers' talk focuses as often on looks as it does on construction methods....

£300m Price Tag Put On Bridge To Beat Gridlock - 6/7/2004
UK - That is the official price tag of constructing a third bridge over the Firth of Forth which would carry both vehicles and trams and could slash the regular mile-long queues that build up during the rush-hour....

Bnd Seeks Attorney To Investigate Bridge Spending - 6/7/2004
TEXAS - An independent investigation will be conducted into the $21.4 million the Brownsville Navigation District spent on a proposed binational bridge that lacks Mexico’s support....

Monumental Attractions Still Draw Tourists, Despite Terrorism - 6/7/2004
WASHINGTON - It may be considered a fat target for terrorists, but the Grand Coulee Dam, one of the largest concrete structures in the world, is still a magnet for tourists....

Selectboard Open To New Designs For So. Newfane Bridge - 6/7/2004
VERMONT - The selectboard voted to reaffirm its earlier decision to rebuild the Dover Road Bridge in South Newfane but agreed to remain open to new design proposals....

5-county Transportation Group To Ask Penndot For Millions - 6/7/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - A five-county transportation committee wants the state to allocate money over the next four years for a new bridge over the Lehigh River in Jim Thorpe, a bypass on Route 209 at Marshalls Creek and improvements on Route 61 in Schuylkill County....

Airport Bridge Is 'largest In World' - 6/7/2004
UK - The World's largest air passenger bridge was revealed to travellers from Gatwick Airport on Friday when the £100million construction was lifted into position across the airfield....

State Touts Fort Hamer Bridge - 6/7/2004
FLORIDA - Months into a federally imposed re-evaluation that won't be finished until winter, the state is back to its original position that Fort Hamer is the best option to prevent future local gridlock....

Tollway Corrects Sagging Cal-sag Bridge - 6/7/2004
ILLINOIS - There is a new twist in the job to replace the Tri-State Tollway bridge over the Cal-Sag Channel near Alsip. A design error caused part of the new bridge to "twist" or "sag," pushing the project back almost a year, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority officials said....

Emergency Work On Causeway Span To Start On Friday - 6/7/2004
FLORIDA - All three spans of the Sanibel Causeway are expected to be replaced in the next two years at an estimated cost of $95 million. The span of the bridge being repaired now will cost about $30 million to replace, Wingard said....

$325,000 Fine For Firm's 'shoddiness' - 5/28/2004
AUSTRAILIA - One of Australia's largest construction firms was yesterday fined $325,000 over an incident in which a 40-year-old crane company owner was killed when a bridge girder collapsed during construction of a freeway overpass near Geelong....

Residents Vow To Stop Bridge - 5/28/2004
TORONTO - About 200 residents of a Vaughan subdivision want city council to kill the plan for a Highway 400 overpass they say will bring traffic congestion and noise to their peaceful neighbourhood....

State Cites C.c. Myers In Fatal Bridge Collapse - 5/28/2004
SACRAMENTO - C.C. Myers Inc., the Rancho Cordova construction firm, was hit this week with two citations by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health for the collapse last year of a bridge over the Napa River that killed one worker and injured others....

Three Bridges Over I-65 Forwarded For More Study - 5/28/2004
TENNESSEE - Three of four options for bridges across Interstate 65 were endorsed last week by Franklin’s Transportation Advisory Committee....

Indiana Looks To Buy Land For New Bridge At A Bargain - 5/28/2004
INDIANA - The final design for two new Ohio River bridges is at least two years away, but Indiana transportation officials are prepared to make the first offers on land this summer....

Dot Cracks Down - 5/28/2004
FLORIDA - The Florida Department of Transportation reviewed the problems with the new Memorial Causeway bridge in Clearwater and delivered a tough, but appropriate, verdict: The contractor must tear down and rebuild the cracked columns and a footing supporting a portion of the bridge roadbed. It will be the largest forced rebuilding in DOT history....

I-5 Access Study Welcome: Bridge Replacement Offers Opportunity - 5/28/2004
OREGON - The unexpected urgency of the need to replace the Interstate 5 bridge over the Willamette River brings an unexpected opportunity. It may be possible to improve the awkward interchange between Franklin Boulevard and the freeway at the same time a new bridge is installed....

County Transportation Funding Report Issued - 5/28/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - A preliminary report outlining which of Chester County’s transportation projects will receive federal and state funding over the next four years includes improvements -- or plans for improvements -- to several of the county’s most-traveled highways and dozens of its bridges....

China Welcomes More World Advanced Transport Technologies - 5/28/2004
CHINA - China welcomes more world advanced transport technologies to be used in its mass transportation construction in the next two decades, which will be the largest-scale even in the world, a senior Chinese transport expert said here Thursday....

Engineer Raises Monorail Concerns - 5/28/2004
SEATTLE - Seattle's new monorail line may be impossible to expand, create choke points and lock the city into buying only one kind of train, a prominent engineer said yesterday....

Officials Audit Benicia Bridge Finances - 5/28/2004
OAKLAND - Bay Area transportation leaders took strict oversight steps Wednesday to corral massive cost overruns on the new Benicia bridge....

Faulty Design Caused Bridge Collapse - 5/28/2004
INDIA - January 1, 2004, was a fateful day for the Central Railway. For the first time in the history of the railways, a foot overbridge collapsed at Dombivli railway station, while under construction....

Mystery Over The Paris Airport Collapse - 5/28/2004
PARIS - Structural engineers are baffled by what might have caused the roof collapse at Paris' Charles de Gaulle-Roissy airport, which killed four people....

I-40 Bridge Collapse Lawsuit Settled - 5/28/2004
OKLAHOMA CITY - The state of Oklahoma has reached a settlement in the case of the Interstate 40 bridge collapse....

Problems Forced Quick Fix On Bridge - 5/28/2004
COLORADO - With rush hour fast approaching after a night of errors and delays, workers putting up a girder over Interstate 70 last week improvised a plan to brace it temporarily and finish the job later. Later never came....

Workers Had No Time In Bridge Collapse - 5/28/2004
COLORADO - The collapsing girder that killed a family of three last weekend had been temporarily braced because workers ran out of time to finish the job, federal investigators said Wednesday....

City Hopes To Shed Light On Historic Bridge - 5/28/2004
NORWALK - Agency commissioners are set to vote on whether to hire Cambridge-based lighting design firm Berg-Howland Associates to create an engineering plan to bathe the bridge's huge nuts and bolts in light....

Causes Behind Girder Collapse Still Unknown - 5/18/2004
COLORADO - When a 40-ton steel girder collapsed from the C-470 bridge onto Interstate 70 near Golden Saturday morning, killing a local family of three, it was more than just a tragedy for Colorado residents and officials - it was the launching point of a host of engineering questions. Preliminary information revealed Monday at a meeting of state, local and federal officials indicates the accident might also have been the result of a fatal miscommunication....

Crusade Against Bridge: Resident Battles Bureaucrats - 5/18/2004
TEXAS - A Missouri City woman has embarked on a campaign to get a pedestrian bridge in her neighborhood closed, as she believes the bridge is unsafe and unlawful...

Recycled Materials Make 100-year 'long Life' Bridges Possible - 5/18/2004
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - Penn State engineers have designed 10 concrete mixtures containing industrial by-products that make it possible for concrete bridge decks to last three times longer, or 75 to 100 years....

$6 Million Paint Job For Bridge - 5/18/2004
KENTUCKY - The Roebling bridge, one of the best bridges in Kentucky, is rotting away, while people argue about colors of it....

Bangladeshi Pm Opens New Bridge - 5/18/2004
BANGLADESH - The Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, has opened the country's second longest road bridge over the River Padma providing a vital transport link....

Officials: Call Preceded Bridge Collapse - 5/18/2004
COLORADO - A driver called 911 and warned authorities that something ``doesn't look right'' an hour before a 40-ton girder dropped from a freeway overpass and killed three people, but a crew failed to examine the beam because of a miscommunication, officials said Monday....

New Span Getting Costlier By The Minute Bay Bridge Project Is A Budget-buster - 5/18/2004
OAKLAND - State highway officials are nervously bracing for more bad bridge news -- about a half-billion dollars' worth....

Colorado Bridge Collapse - 5/18/2004
COLORADO - The 100-foot-long girder sagged across three lanes of Interstate 70, shearing off the top of an SUV that was carrying a man, a woman and a young girl, said State Patrol Master Trooper Ron Watkins....

State: 4 Cracked Columns Must Go - 5/18/2004
FLORIDA - The DOT says the builder of the Memorial Causeway bridge can't simply mend defective support columns. Replacing them could add millions to the cost....

Bnd Officials Unable To Explain $2 Million Discrepancy - 5/18/2004
TEXAS - Brownsville Navigation District officials were unable Friday to account for a $2 million difference in two supplemental agreements approved the same day for the same work....

Bridge Collapse Kills Three In Colo. - 5/18/2004
COLORADO - A steel girder fell from an overpass into morning freeway traffic outside Denver on Saturday, crushing one car and killing three people....

Lta Starts Removing Rubble From Nicoll Highway Collapse Site - 5/18/2004
SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority has begun removing mangled steel and debris from the Nicoll Highway cave-in site....

Cnr Charged One Year After B.c. Bridge Collapse - 5/18/2004
OTTAWA - Canadian National Railway Co. faces federal charges a year after two employees died when a wooden trestle collapsed and the front of a freight train plunged into a ravine near McBride, B.C....

Hk To Build World Longest Cable-stay Bridge - 5/12/2004
HONG KONG - Hong Kong is to build the world longest cable-stay bridge -- the Stonecutters Bridge (SCB) as partof its Route 8 and the bridge building project contract was signed Tuesday....

County Investigates Collapse Of Carey Lane Bridge - 5/12/2004
MOUNT VERNON - The bridge was last inspected in February and was again rated at a 28-ton load capacity. The bridge collapsed under Dave Hawk’s agricultural sprayer Sunday afternoon. The weight of Hawk’s equipment was about nine tons....

Talk Turns To Saving Bay's Oldest Bridge - 5/12/2004
CALIFORNIA - As all eyes shift to the sleek new Carquinez suspension bridge between Crockett and Vallejo, the state quietly prepares to press the original 77-year-old span into service for the very last time -- unless preservationists get their way and save the historic structure as a living museum piece....

Shelby Township Supports Pedestrian Bridge Projects - 5/12/2004
MICHIGAN - A safer route across M-53 for walkers and bikers could happen as soon as 2006 after Shelby Township officials last week agreed to spend up to $750,000 as their share of the cost to build two pedestrian bridges across the freeway....

Ironworkers Reunite For Golden Anniversary Of Bridge Groundbreaking - 5/12/2004
MICHIGAN - Even as dignitaries broke ground May 7, 1954, skeptics considered the project farfetched: a bridge across the 5-mile-long, windswept waters separating Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas. But on Friday, a crowd of retired laborers and officials who proved the doubters wrong joyfully celebrated the golden anniversary of the start of construction on the Mackinac Bridge....

Tiptoe Through The Treetops - 5/12/2004
VANCOUVER - Get a squirrel's-eye view from B.C.'s new forest walkway...

The Brooklyn Bridge: Spanning The Skyline - 5/12/2004
NEW YORK - Take a rest on the black stone bleachers, close your eyes and listen to the East River lap the riprap. Then check out the view of that majestic bridge bisecting the skyline of Lower Manhattan. It's a doozy....

Engineering Award For New Bridge - 5/12/2004
UK - The Arlesey Bridge Project, which saw a new five-span viaduct built over the East Coast main railway line, has won the Merit Award 2003 from the Institute of Civil Engineers....

Citizen Pick Is Wrong On Railings For Bridge - 5/12/2004
NORTH DAKOTA - It's nice that the state Department of Transportation is checking in with citizens on the look of the new Liberty Memorial Bridge between Bismarck and Mandan. But it shouldn't feel bound by the results when they run contrary to common sense, as with the see-through railings....

Two Of Three Bridge Collapse Lawsuits Dismissed - 5/12/2004
HERNANDO - Two wrongful death lawsuits against construction companies who were alleged to be responsible for a bridge collapse over U.S. Highway 51 which killed a 20-year-old Hernando man last October have been dismissed....

Council Votes To Back Campaign For Bridge - 5/12/2004
NEVADA - The City Council agreed Tuesday to support a resolution brought forward by a Mohave County supervisor, that links local cities and counties in pursuing construction of a second Bullhead City/Laughlin bridge over the Colorado River....

City Approves International Bridge Agreement - 5/12/2004
TEXAS - With little fanfare, the city commissioners approved an agreement Tuesday night between the city, county, Mexican, and Union Pacific Railroad officials on the site for the new international bridge for the West Rail Project....

Steel, Concrete And Poetry: The Making Of A Bay Area Landmark - 5/5/2004
SAN FRANCISCO - When the American Experience documentary "Golden Gate Bridge" premieres at 9 p.m. Monday on KQED, Bay Area residents will get a studious look at the most recognizable structure in the West. But they'll also get a tribute to the people who were on the scene in the 1930s -- including several who are still around....

Bridge Plan Calls For $15m - 5/5/2004
CINCINNATI - U.S. Sen. George Voinovich wants $15 million for the Brent Spence Bridge project. If approved, the money would be the largest chunk set aside yet for the replacement of the 40-year-old span that carries Interstates 71 and 75 between Cincinnati and Covington....

Town Searches For Funds To Fix Bridge - 5/5/2004
MASSACHUSETTS - With the bridge on Charles Street beginning to rust, the town will be responsible for finding money to repair it, since it falls below the required size to be within the state highway department's jurisdiction....

There’s More Rail In Our Future - 5/5/2004
PORTLAND - A new Interstate bridge is one of the proposals for improving traffic along Interstate 5 connecting Portland and Vancouver, Wash. One option is a 15-mile light-rail loop from Portland north to Washington and back south to Portland International Airport....

Court Agrees On Liability Limit In Deadly Bridge Collapse - 5/5/2004
DENVER - A federal appeals court agreed Monday to limit the amount of money Oklahoma state government can seek from a Mississippi towboat company involved in a deadly bridge collapse....

Report Into Bridge Collapse Published - 5/5/2004
IRELAND - The Iarnród Éireann inquiry team has concluded that the derailment of a freight train last October was caused by a combination of specific factors, and that it could not have happened to a passenger train....

Western Illinois Counties To Get $3.6 Million For Roads, Bridges - 5/5/2004
ILLINOIS - Marion County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution Monday in support of upgrading U.S. 36 to four lanes between Hannibal and Macon....

Japan Likely To Fund P18-b Expressway - 5/5/2004
JAPAN - The Japanese government is set to extend as much as P18 billion worth of loans to help bankroll the proposed extension of the 94.5-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway all the way to Rosario town in La Union....

Major Dig For Roman Bridge - 5/5/2004
UK - A BURIED Roman bridge in Corbridge – thought to have been a spectacular representation of the power of the Empire – will be rescued in a major archeological dig....

As Voting Begins, Consensus On Bridge Still Elusive - 5/5/2004
ONTARIO - Ten of the 13 bridge designs under consideration involve a three-lane companion span; the other three call for a six-lane replacement bridge, although officials said some of the companion designs could be built as replacements. All would be located south, or on the Lake Erie side, of the current bridge....

Separating Quake Fact From Fiction - 5/5/2004
USA - Can mega quakes really happen? Theoretically, yes. Realistically, no:...

Work To Separate Merdeka Bridge From Nicoll Highway Cave-in Completed - 5/5/2004
SIGNAPORE - The Merdeka Bridge has been finally separated from the collapsed stretch of Nicoll Highway, after four days of work. The separation is a precaution measure to protect the bridge from any further soil movements around the site of the cave-in....

U.s. Oils Can Protect Concrete Bridge Tendons During Construction Delays - 5/5/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - Schokker and her research team tested 19 anti-corrosion oils, 18 North American products and the European leader. The oils were subjected to three environmental tests and one mechanical test. The goal was to find oils that produce the least detrimental effects on the bond between the tendon and grout in addition to good corrosion inhibiting properties....

Brittle Bridge Faces Repair - 4/28/2004
FLORIDA - It took 55 years, but the ravages of salt water and old age have finally had their way with the A. Max Brewer Causeway bridge....

Bridge Collapses - 4/28/2004
PAWNEE CITY - Three men were treated and released with minor injuries at the Pawnee County Memorial Hospital after a bridge they were working on collapsed three miles west and one-half mile south of Pawnee City on Thursday morning....

Terror Prep: A Booming Field - 4/28/2004
US - there is one new area that looks golden, employment-wise. Terror. Terror management, that is: How to anticipate, prepare for and recover from an attack....

Bridge, Bypass Win State's Favor - 4/28/2004
ILLINOIS - The Longmeadow Parkway bridge project proposed to run over the Fox River and through Carpentersville and Algonquin was the biggest winner as the Illinois Department of Transportation on Thursday revealed its highway improvement spending program for 2004-2005 and its seven-year spending outlook....

Bridge Collapse Causes Traffic Concerns In Shannon Hills - 4/28/2004
ARKANSAS - A bridge collapsed Thursday afternoon causing traffic concerns in Shannon Hills. It happened on Shannon Hills Drive in the heart of the community....

Bridge Builder Deflects Blame - 4/28/2004
FLORIDA - The Canadian contractor building the new Memorial Causeway bridge says the string of problems on the $69-million state project is not its fault....

Nocoll Highway Collapse - 4/28/2004
SINGAPORE - The collapse of a temporary wall in a tunnel area had caused a road section along Nicoll Highway to cave in, leaving three dead and three injured....

Bridge Selection Process Enters The Final Stages - 4/28/2004
BUFFALO - The design for a new Peace Bridge could narrow to three finalists in a couple of weeks, and the winning selection should be made by the end of the summer....

Deadline Looms For Athens Olympic Roof - 4/28/2004
ATHENS - Time is running out for Athens Olympic organisers to set a spectacular dome above the main Games stadium with the deadline for an important part of the work only two days away....

Hikoi Raises Safety Fears For Auckland Harbour Bridge - 4/28/2004
NEW ZEALAND - "We know full well that in terms of normal demand in either direction the bridge will not cope," said Transit New Zealand's regional manager, Wayne McDonald. "The only way we can manage this whole situation is to persuade as many people as possible not to travel over the bridge."...

City Gets Grant To Fix 99 Avenue Overpass - 4/28/2004
FORT SASKATCHEWAN - A six figure boost from the province will fix a bridge plagued by a lengthy history of sustaining countless strikes from high load trucks, and running up big repair bills. The city learned Friday the province will kick in 75 per cent or $340,000 of a $480,000 project to fix the substandard clearance of the 99 Avenue bridge extending over Highway 15....

Warren County Rescinds Order To Reopen Old Mississippi River Bridge - 4/28/2004
MISSISSIPPI - Supervisors acted Monday at the request of the Vicksburg Bridge Commission, which wanted more flexibility as it decides what to do with the span...

Transport Authority Studies Future Of Regional Road Bridge - 4/28/2004
MALTA - The Regional Road bridge, built in 1971 with a life-span of 35 years, is likely to be replaced later this year although it is possible it will be maintained to give it another 10 years or so of life....

Basf: Sandwich Plate System Builds Better Bridges - 4/28/2004
US - BASF has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with the British-Canadian company Intelligent Engineering Ltd. (IE) for further development of the innovative Sandwich Plate System (SPS). The SPS technology, jointly developed by BASF Group company Elastogran and IE, is rapidly becoming established in the shipbuilding industry for the repair and construction of ship segments...

Northern Bypass Could Mend Area - 4/20/2004
BATON ROUGE - Knee-jerk opposition to plans for an interstate bypass in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish demonstrates that NIMBYism -- i.e., "not in my back yard" -- is a racially diverse response to change....

That Sinking Feeling Unlikely In A High-rise - 4/20/2004
FLORIDA - It's early morning downtown Tampa. In a high- rise office building, meetings are convening. Coffee is brewing. Every floor is alive, buzzing with activity. Then, a slight tremor. The building sways. Shifts. Begins to slide. A massive hole in the earth opens, dirt and rock and sand spiral downward....

Phobias And What Can Be Done About Them - 4/20/2004
SEATTLE - Gephyrophobia — Fear of bridges. In the San Francisco Bay Area, this fear spiked after the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989....

National Bridge Contest Next Step For Lsu Team That Won Regional - 4/20/2004
LOUISIANA - LSU civil engineering students spent more than a thousand hours designing and building a bridge that bolts together in five minutes and supports 2,500 pounds....

Crane Operator Injured When Bridge Collapses - 4/20/2004
WASHINGTON - The contractor had driven the crane a third of the way onto the bridge when it gave way....

Abuja-lokoja Road Closed:• As Murtala Muhammed Bridge Collapses, 28 Years After Construction - 4/20/2004
NIGERIA - The Lokoja-Abuja portion was closed because a major part of the road has given way, while all the synthetic fibre cushion between the expansion gaps have been dismantled and fallen into the river....

Market St. Bridge Being Investigated For Structural Problems - 4/20/2004
OTTUMWA - Ottumwa may be the City of Bridges, but the City is investigating whether one of its most important bridges will be able to support its current traffic load....

Industry May Benefit From First Cad Search System - 4/20/2004
SWITZERLAND - Researchers have developed the first system capable of searching a company's huge database of three-dimensional parts created with computer-aided design software. Details about the new parts search system were described in several research papers presented this month in Lausanne, Switzerland....

Cles Traverse Bridge For First Time In Three Years - 4/20/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - Members of the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania - a nationwide organization with 600 members - enjoyed the weekend sunshine as they caravaned to the site and drove across the structure, one vehicle at a time....

Otak Gets Contract For Six Bridge Projects - 4/20/2004
OREGON - Two Southern Oregon counties have selected Portland-based design and engineering firm Otak Inc. to provide preliminary engineering and construction engineering services for six bridges encompassed in the 2003 Oregon Transportation Investment Act. The combined estimated value of the Josephine and Jackson counties projects is more than $10 million....

Highway Collapse Kills Man - 4/20/2004
SIGNAPORE - Excavation on a new subway line caused a section of highway to collapse near Singapore's central business district on Tuesday following an underground explosion, leaving at least one man dead and three workers injured....

Bridge Safety Questioned In Memo - 4/20/2004
CANADA - The province has no way of knowing whether hundreds of municipal bridges across Ontario are safe, says an internal government document....

Bridge Builds Trust Or Trepidation - 4/20/2004
FLORIDA - When the new Memorial Causeway Bridge is finally finished, some motorists might pause a cautious moment before crossing it....

Odot Director Speaks About Bridge Program - 4/20/2004
OREGON - The Oregon Department of Transportation has signed an agreement with Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners to manage the $1.3 billion program to replace 365 state-owned bridges over the next 10 years....

Bridge Awaits A Makeover, Or A Successor - 4/20/2004
NEW YORK - It's an aging bridge, choked by traffic, and state planners agree that the Tappan Zee is badly in need of an extreme makeover, or at least the engineering equivalent of a tummy tuck....

Expressway Should Be `stiff,' Safe, Experts Say - 4/20/2004
FLORDA - It may look like an aircraft carrier balanced precariously on thin concrete beams, but engineers say the highway being erected in the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway's median is even stronger than conventional bridges....

State Criticizes Bridge Builder - 4/20/2004
FLORIDA - State officials are giving poor grades to the construction company that built the John Ringling Causeway bridge, saying PCL Civil Constructors was difficult to work with....

At Site Of Collapse, High-tech Detecting - 4/20/2004
FLORIDA - Engineers are using radar and seismic equipment to search for more problems where a sinkhole ate part of an elevated highway's support pier....

Crews Begin Work On $75 Million Bridge - 4/20/2004
MAINE - Around noon today construction workers will finish a concrete marathon, 30-hours of non-stop pouring to create a foundation strong enough to support a 42-story tower...

Shifting Halts Boat Traffic Under Bridge - 4/20/2004
FLORIDA - Engineers saw the new Memorial Causeway bridge "see saw" in high winds, officials say....

Relieved Road Officials Focus On Fixes - 4/20/2004
FLORIDA - As commuters maneuvered around the collapsed portion of the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway project Wednesday, expressway officials looked on the bright side...

I-66 Supporters Waiting On Federal Bill - 4/13/2004
MISSOURI - Cape Girardeau civic leaders and Illinois Department of Transportation officials say a new federal highway bill being worked out now could map out an Interstate 66 route that would carry traffic through Southern Illinois and over the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at Cape Girardeau. But so far there is no route-specific language in the bill taking shape in Washington....

Memorial Bridge Foundation Sound, Despite Appearance - 4/13/2004
MARYLAND - Although engineers admit it "looks terrible," the foundation under Memorial Bridge leading into Keyser from Maryland is structurally sound....

New Cpd Effort Looks To Keep Town Bridges Safe For Travel - 4/13/2004
CONCORD - "Essentially, people pay no attention to the truck route," he said. "[The bridge] is just too tempting for truck drivers."...

Company Fined Over Death - 4/13/2004
UK - Married father-of-four David Oxley (35) died in the horrific accident when the steel gantry was prematurely blown down by winds as he walked underneath, Grimsby Crown Court heard yesterday. He had been working to prepare the pipe bridge for demolition by weakening it....

Oregon Signs Deal To Map Bridge Fixes - 4/13/2004
OREGON - During the first phase, the group will be responsible for developing an overall program management plan. The group will also manage the repair of about 74 bridges totaling about $250 million. The spans are on U.S. Highways 92 and 26 and Interstate 5....

Building Bridges, Not Confidence - 4/13/2004
ST PETERSBURG - Will motorists who someday drive the new Memorial Causeway Bridge in Clearwater be able to feel secure in the safety and reliability of that span?...

City Engineer Updates Council On Quest For Second Bridge - 4/13/2004
NEVADA - "Funding from the federal government, $500,000, was received to fund the environmental assessment study," Agrawal said. "The additional cost would be split equally between Clark County and Bullhead City."...

Board Mulls Contradictory Findings - 4/13/2004
IDAHO - The Save the Wagon Wheel Bridge Committee presented an engineer's finding concerning the safety of the bridge to the Dallas County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning....

Tipper Trailer Smashes Into Footbridge - 4/13/2004
UK - POLICE, firefighters and engineers were called to a freak accident in which a haulage trailer jammed underneath a pedestrian bridge....

Dispute Stalls I-20 Overpass - 4/13/2004
GEORGIA - A proposed bridge spanning Interstate 20 that could relieve traffic congestion along Dogwood Drive has stalled because of disagreements between Rockdale County and the city of Conyers....

Fixing Bridge Could Exact A Heavy Toll - 4/13/2004
FLORIDA - Rebuilding damaged sections of the new Memorial Causeway Bridge would cost at least $2.9-million and could take nine months, according to estimates from the state Department of Transportation...

Motorists Stranded On Onitsha Bridge - 4/13/2004
AFRICA - COMMUTERS and motorists plying the ever-busy Niger River bridge-Upper Iweka road in the commercial town of Onitsha, went through harrowing experience between Tuesday and Wednesday as they got stuck on the bridge due to the on-going rehabilitation of the road....

Bridge Report Sounds Alarm - 4/13/2004
SOUTH CAROLINA - Balfour Beatty workers dozing on the job was one of several instances of questionable work recorded by an independent engineering firm hired to keep tabs on the $105 million widening project, according to inspection records. Reports also included instances of workers' ignoring safety and construction concerns....

Cleveland Bridge Quality Questioned - 4/13/2004
OHIO - State and county inspectors are accompanying Cleveland bridge inspectors on the job after they discovered that the city overrated the structural quality of some bridges....

Sadness Rises As Time Nears For Razing Camelback Bridge - 4/13/2004
MICHIGAN - Members of a group that formed four years ago to preserve Cascade Township's Camelback Bridge say they will watch with disappointment this summer as demolition crews take down what to them is a piece of history...

Budget Stops Bridge Work - 4/13/2004
AUSTRALIA - A THREE-YEAR delay in the State Government's timber bridge program announced in the mini-budget last week was a huge blow to Kempsey Shire Council's hopes for funding to fix timber bridges....

Engineering Marvel Celebrates 40 Years Of Making Travel Easier - 4/13/2004
VIRGINIA - It was April 15, 1964, the grand opening of the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel, the 17.6-mile crossing over the lower bay that connects the rural Eastern Shore peninsula to Virginia Beach and shortens travel time down the East Coast. It is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex....

Bridge Decisions Made - 4/13/2004
ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Village Council made some new M-64 bridge decisions Monday to enable the Department of Transportation to complete its plans for the bridge over the Ontonagon River....

County Commissioners Approve Bridge Resolution - 4/13/2004
OKLAHOMA - Richards said the 90-foot bridge along EW 124 is the first to be funded and built by the Absentee Tribe. Total cost of the project is about $585,000, officials said....

I-40 Bridge Collapse Impostor Loses Appeal - 4/13/2004
OKLAHOMA - Man Who Posed As Army Captain At Scene Of Collapse Denied Sentence Reduction...

30 Bridges Collapse In Zambia After Rains - 4/13/2004
ZAMBIA - A Zambian minister on Tuesday said 30 bridges had collapsed across the country in the past three months because of torrential rains, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others....

Collapse Of Beams May Slow I-275 Job - 4/7/2004
ST PETERSBURG - Seven concrete beams weighing 87 tons each fell like giant dominoes Thursday from the supports of a ramp under construction over Interstate 275....

Mussel May Stall Bridge Work State Wants To Find Out If Bivalve Lives Near Rt. 611 Span In Easton. - 4/7/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - PennDOT was set to begin designing the bridge this spring, in preparation for construction in 2006, when the state Fish and Boat Commission put the brakes on the project to determine whether the mussel lives in the Bushkill Creek or Delaware River, near the bridge. The Bushkill dumps into the Delaware in Easton, and lampmussels are known to be in the Delaware...

Port Expends Millions For Bridge Project - 4/7/2004
TEXAS - The Port of Brownsville has spent $21.4 million in pre-construction efforts for a proposed bridge to Mexico that neither the city of Matamoros nor the state of Tamaulipas supports, The Herald found....

Interstate Bridge Collapses Near Pecos - 4/7/2004
TEXAS - Texas Department of Transportation officials said heavy rains appeared to be the suspect in a bridge collapse on Interstate 20....

Panhandle Barge Vs. Bridge Experiments Aim To Increase Safety - 4/7/2004
FLORIDA - It sounds like the beginnings of a tragedy. But that’s just what the massive experiments that began last week in Apalachicola Bay in Florida’s Panhandle are designed to prevent. Headed by University of Florida engineers and sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation, the experiments – which will involve at least a dozen planned barge vs. bridge rammings this month – are aimed at reducing the cost of bridge construction while making them safer....

Bridge To Cost More - 4/7/2004
ARIZONA - The $645,000 estimate is above and beyond an estimated $151,000 the county has already spent to remove unusable portions of the fallen bridge, labor and other equipment costs...

Damage To Historic Bridge Declared Emergency - 4/7/2004
LAWRENCE COUNTY - Lawrence County commissioners declare damage to covered bridge in McConnell's Mill state park an emergency. Engineer is authorized to seek proposals for restoration work....

Half-finished, Full Payment - 4/7/2004
INDIA - A good number of big bridges and culverts constructed in Gournadi and Agailjhara in the district at huge costs can not be used for sheer negligence in their construction....

Shifting Beams On Bridge Cause Massive Tie-up - 4/7/2004
NEW YORK - Workers were raising the entire bridge structure for a future project to rehabilitate 490 when the beams shifted, said Lori Maher, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation. No one was injured and engineers do not suspect any structural damage...

Builder May Have To Start Over - 4/7/2004
ST PETERSBURG - A plan to fix cracks in the bridge is not good enough, a state DOT official says: "We're preserving our right to tell them to tear it down."...

Neighbors Oppose Uc’s Latest Foothill Bridge Plan - 4/7/2004
CALIFORNIA - After 16 years, four aborted attempts to win city approval and $600,000 lost, the design of UC Berkeley’s proposed Foothill Bridge across Hearst Avenue has changed dramatically—but not the opposition from neighbors....

Thu Thiem Bridge Project Approved - 4/7/2004
VIETNAM - The Government has approved a 890 billion VND project to develop a bridge spanning the Saigon River to link Ho Chi Minh City's centre with Thu Thiem peninsula....

Pelosi Secures $120 Million For San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Projects - 4/7/2004
CALIFORNIA - The legislation brings us a step closer to funding essential upgrades of our transportation infrastructure to provide for our current and future transit needs," Pelosi said....

Virginia Transportation Agency Seeks Million To Upgrade Norfolk-area Tunnels - 4/7/2004
NORFOLK - The Virginia Department of Transportation said Thursday that it wants to spend $29.8 million at its Hampton Roads tunnels to replace aging fire fighting equipment and bring other tunnel safety systems up to modern standards....

$7m For Bridge A Drop In Bucket - 4/7/2004
CINCINNATI - The bridge money is one of several local projects included in the $275 billion six-year transportation bill....

Bridge Retrofit Funds Advance - 4/7/2004
CALIFORNIA - The Golden Gate Bridge is in line to receive $70 million from Congress to help pay for its costly seismic retrofit project....

S.c. 802 Proposal Falls Flat - 4/7/2004
BEAUFORT - Members of a Beaufort County commission say some of the road projects that area officials want paid for by a proposed 1 cent local sales tax are only temporary answers to long-term traffic problems....

Folsom Bridge Bill Is Rejected - 3/31/2004
CALIFORNIA - The Senate Transportation Committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would have compelled state agencies to accelerate the construction process for a new $66 million bridge below Folsom Dam....

Corners Won't Be Cut In Bridge Replacement - 3/30/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - Plans to replace the Masontown Bridge won't be impacted by the state Department of Transportation's recent efforts to slash costs, the project's engineer said Monday....

Odot To Open Bids For Blaine Bridge Work - 3/30/2004
OHIO - OPENING of bids for work on the Blaine Bridge is planned in May by the Ohio Department of Transportation, and it's one of the many upcoming projects in Belmont County, according to Belmont County Engineer Fred F. Bennett....

Incident Recalls Mianus Bridge Collapse - 3/30/2004
GREENWICH - Within minutes of Thursday night's fiery tanker-truck crash on Interstate 95 in Bridgeport, the incident was already drawing comparisons to the 1983 collapse of the Mianus River Bridge in Greenwich....

Engineers To Install Temporary Bridge On I-95 - 3/30/2004
GREENWICH - After debating two options to temporarily fix the scorched Interstate 95 overpass destroyed in a tanker-truck explosion Thursday night, state engineers are pursuing a plan to install a temporary bridge within the next two weeks....

Bentley To Develop Transxml In Partnership With Cambridge Systematics - 3/30/2004
EXTON, PA. - Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it will join an industry team developing TransXML, a proposed set of standards to allow exchange of transportation data across IT systems and asset lifecycles. Bentley's role in the TransXML project continues the company's commitment to open standards for the exchange of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) data....

De Pere’s Living Bridge Idea Stays Alive - 3/30/2004
WISCONSIN - Had the council approved a proposed option for two two-lane bridges, one span would have been built in the footprint of the existing bridge, killing the Living Bridge. Relieved organizers are turning their attention to the structural integrity of the 70-year-old bridge and looking for an investor to bankroll the project...

Towns May Have To Share Cost Of New Boom Bridge Road Span - 3/30/2004
CONNECTICUT - The town of Westerly may have to share the cost for building a new $600,000 Boom Bridge Road Bridge after a look into its history concluded that North Stonington is not the sole owner of the structure that spans the Connecticut and Rhode Island border, First Selectman Nicholas H. Mullane II says....

Penndot To Review Request To Widen Route 22 - 3/30/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - The proposed $770 million widening of Route 22 is among 26 highway construction projects the state Department of Transportation said Thursday will be deferred or re-evaluated....

Construction Worker Left Dangling After Bridge Collapse - 3/30/2004
SPRINGFIELD - A construction worker dangled from a safety harness for almost an hour after the bridge he was working on collapsed in Clark County Tuesday morning...

Army Buys Heavy-duty Bridges - 3/30/2004
AUSTRALIA - THE Australian Army will boost its ability to move its equipment, including the new 61-tonne Abrams tanks, by buying 10 new portable bridges....

Crane Hits Bridge, Shuts I-75 South - 3/30/2004
MICHIGAN - Southbound Interstate 75 will be closed from Eight Mile to McNichols (Six Mile) in downtown Detroit at least until this weekend, because a truck carrying a crane smashed into an overpass at Nevada, near Seven Mile, on Tuesday....

Indiana Lagging On Big Four Bridge Plan - 3/30/2004
INDIANA - At least $1.25 million has been pledged for a study to transform the Kentucky side of the bridge into a pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists. A spiraling ramp and an earthen mound would connect the bridge to Louisville's Waterfront Park....

Michaud Secures Major Funding For Maine Transportation Projects - 3/30/2004
MAINE - Congressman Michael Michaud joined fellow members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today in passing a new $275 billion transportation bill that would fund the nation's highway and transit needs through 2010....

No Charges In Portugal Collapse That Killed 59 steel Rods For Bridge Run Low - 3/30/2004
PORTUGAL - A Portuguese judge on Thursday threw out charges over the collapse of a bridge three years ago that killed 59 people in the country's worst road accident....

Span To Be Closed Indefinitely, As Replacement Delayed - 3/30/2004
NEW JERSEY - The Nevius Street bridge over the Raritan River will remain closed indefinitely after engineers discovered rusted pieces of the bridge that reduced the weight it could safely carry to below three tons....

Derailment Spurs Bridge Collapse - 3/30/2004
TOPEKA - The West Grove bridge collapsed after the engine carrying the crew cleared the bridge, said Sgt. Brad Metz of the Shawnee County sheriff's office....

A High-tech Game Of Heavy Lifting - 3/24/2004
CALIFORNIA - It is an incredible sight, a 1 million-pound wedge of concrete highway dangling midair over the inky black Bay waters....

'hanging Bridge' Falls; 2 Men Dead, 18 Injured - 3/24/2004
MANILLA - Two elderly men were killed and 18 others were seriously injured in a bizarre accident after a lightweight 25-foot high "hanging bridge" that the victims were passing through collapsed in Barangay Bacao 1 in Gen. Trias town, Cavite province, over the weekend....

More Costs, Delays Could Hit Benicia Span Project - 3/24/2004
CALIFORNIA - Complications have added at least three years of work and hundreds of millions of dollars to the price tag of the five-lane span that will parallel the existing 1.2-mile, 42-year-old workhorse that carries more than 100,000 vehicles a day between Solano and Contra Costa counties....

Firms Line Up To Build Five Bridges - 3/24/2004
RHODE ISLAND - State officials have opened bid proposals for the Five Bridges project, a signal that the long-delayed repairs will soon be under way....

Bristol Twp. Flap On Bridge Work Roils - 3/24/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - Somewhere in the Township Building is a $62,000 bridge-repair bill that hasn't been paid - buried under accusations that the work is substandard, that the contract was improperly awarded, and that the Bucks County District Attorney's Office is investigating the matter....

Experts Examine Steel From Truss Collapse - 3/24/2004
TOLEDO - Cracks found in some of the steel being examined by engineers did not cause the collapse of last month's deadly construction truss collapse, an expert said. A 1,000-ton crane collapsed Feb. 16 while putting together the roadway on a new Interstate 280 bridge. Four workers were killed and four injured....

New Bridge Part Of Strategy To Move Goods - 3/24/2004
CANADA - A high-span crossing to replace the Pitt River swing bridge has graduated from wishful thinking to probable project as part of the Gateway Program....

Free To Good Home: Historic Bridge - 3/24/2004
MICHIGAN - The St. Clair County Road Commission is looking for someone who wants the 1914 truss bridge that crosses the Pine River on Frith Road....

Crumbling Piers Force Partial Closure Of Park Avenue Bridge - 3/24/2004
WATERLOO - One of the four lanes of the Park Avenue bridge over the Cedar River is slated to close after consulting engineers discovered serious scouring problems on the 66-year-old structure's four piers during an inspection last fall....

Brunel´s Iron Bridge Is Found Buried In Brick - 3/6/2004
LONDON, ENGLAND - The first iron bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a lost treasure from one of the towering geniuses of the heroic age of British engineering, has been rediscovered hidden inside a much later bridge in London...

Input Sought On New Bay Bridge - 3/16/2004
PENSACOLA,FL - Officials with Jacobs Inc. have presented four options for the bridge's location and connecting roads. None of them float with city officials and Santa Rosa County Commissioner Buck Lee, who spoke at Monday's City Council meeting...

Decision At Hand For New De Pere Bridge Option - 3/16/2004
GREEN BAY,WI - Years of debate over a new De Pere bridge may come to an end tonight as the City Council is set to choose between one four-lane or two two-lane spans over the Fox River...

Pci Wins Big 18th St. Bridge Contract - 3/16/2004
WATERLOO,IA - Waterloo City Council members voted unanimously Monday to award a $4.45 million contract with Peterson Contractors Inc. of Reinbeck to build the 658-foot long span to replace the failing 81-year-old green overhead truss bridge...

Questions Arise On Impact Of Knik Bridge - 3/14/2004
ANCHORAGE,AK - But with Alaska's latest Knik bridge discussion gaining momentum, those projections are coming under question. Would the economic punch be worth the cost, which has been estimated at anywhere from $400 million to more than $2 billion? Some of the skepticism is coming from an unexpected corner -- the Anchorage business community....

I-69 Public Hearings This Week - 3/14/2004
HENDERSON,KY - That route covers 30.2 miles, including about 12 miles of newly constructed roadway, mostly in Henderson County, and a new Ohio River bridge. The cost is estimated at $652 million....

Rehired Retirees Keep State's Agencies Stable - 3/13/2004
PORTLAND,OR - One-third of the 3,000 state employees who retired last year immediately returned to their jobs temporarily -- usually for six months or less -- to help their agencies cope with the sudden turnover....

Runway In The Sky - 3/13/2004
ATLANTA,GA - It is perhaps the ultimate Atlanta construction project: a massive new runway for the world's busiest airport plunked right on top of one of the world's busiest freeways. Work on the $159 million fifth-runway bridge at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is well under way...

County To Replace, Repair Bridges - 3/13/2004
ALBANY,OR - The Linn County Road Department has been awarded more than $5.7 million in state funds to replace three bridges in the county and repair a fourth. Linn County Roadmaster Darrin Lane said the money is coming from the Oregon Transportation Investment Act of 2003. In June, the state will sell bonds to fund these projects and Lane expects to receive the money soon after....

Mdot Silent On Popp's Bridge - 3/13/2004
BILOXI, MS - The Mississippi Department of Transportation is refusing to go on record in support of federal funding for an improved Popp's Ferry Bridge, even though one of its commissioners in November endorsed the project....

Report Points To Fatal Flaw In Bridge Demolition Plan - 3/12/2004
STRATFORD, CT - A little more than three weeks after a crane operator died while demolishing the old Sikorsky Memorial Bridge, a state police investigator said Thursday authorities suspect a flaw in the demolition plan caused the fatal accident....

No Retreat On Bridge Funds, Say Lawmakers - 3/12/2004
FOLSOM, CA - The Bush administration raised the ire of the Sacramento-area congressional delegation this week when it said it is rethinking how to finance a much-needed bridge over the American River at the base of Folsom Dam, an issue the lawmakers thought they settled last year....

Point Marion Bridge Alignments Reviewed - 3/11/2004
POINT MARION, PA - Two years since the first public meeting to talk about a new bridge to connect the borough to Greene County, residents from both sides of the river learned Wednesday it will be another two years before construction of the new span begins....

Work Begins On New U.s. 2 Bridge - 3/11/2004
HAVRE,MT - Construction began this week on a permanent replacement for the Milk River Bridge between Havre and Chinook on U.S. Highway 2, which collapsed during a traffic accident last year....

Highway 522 Road Work Ahead - 3/10/2004
SEATTLE,WA - Construction is to begin in spring on a new highway interchange at Echo Lake and Fales roads that will ease congestion for the 25,000 cars that travel the route daily....

Tubes Planned For Chesapeake Bay Bridge-tunnel - 3/10/2004
NORFOLK,VA - The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel could get two new tubes for about $860 million, but only if tolls are raised about $2 per vehicle, according to a report released Tuesday by the bridge tunnel commission...

Residents Share Ideas For Bridges - 3/10/2004
VERO BEACH,FL - The estimated $16.3 million construction project for Sebastian River bridges is expected to begin in 2008 and would last between 18 and 24 months...

New Crain Bridge Will Be Longer, Taller, Wider - 3/10/2004
BOLIVAR,MO - Drawings were unveiled Monday for a new concrete bridge to replace the old low-water crossing over the Little Sac River on East 550th Road southwest of Morrisville. The new Crain Bridge will be 20 feet higher than the existing crossing and wide enough to allow two lanes of traffic. Construction is expected to start this summer and should take about six months....

Virginia Firm Seeks Bridge Engineer - 3/10/2004
RICHMOND, VA - ETI has an immediate opening for a Bridge Engineer Bridge/Structural Engineer in Richmond, VA. Currently seeking a Bridge Engineer to assist with the rehabilitation of Virginia bridges. Requirements include VDOT, 5-8 years of related experience, PE, vertical design experience, Autocad, civil and/or environmental engineering degree are all a plus....

Brunel´s Iron Bridge Is Found Buried In Brick - 3/6/2004
LONDON, ENGLAND - The first iron bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a lost treasure from one of the towering geniuses of the heroic age of British engineering, has been rediscovered hidden inside a much later bridge in London...

Officials Unveil Collapse-warning Mechanism - 3/6/2004
HOUSTON, TX - Almost two and half years after tragedy took the lives of eight people on the Queen Isabella Causeway, the Texas Department of Transportation unveiled mechanisms to ensure it never happens again....

State Revisits Bridge Bike Path Idea - 3/5/2004
JAMESTOWN, RI - With the estimated cost of demolishing the Jamestown Bridge increasing, the state Department of Transportation is again looking at what it would cost to turn the span into a bike path....

Civil War-era Bridge Will Be Taken Apart - 3/5/2004
NAPA, CA - Napa's Civil War-era bridge in the path of flood control will be crated and stored at a site on Atlas Peak Road, the City Council said Tuesday. The council rejected last-minute pleas from preservationists who wanted the stone bridge at First Street to be...

County Approves $26,000 Bridge Overhaul - 3/4/2004
COVINGTON, GA - Rather than taking a “wait and see” attitude and potentially endangering local motorists, the Newton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) continued with its pledge to rehabilitate structurally deficient bridges Tuesday night by greenlighting a $26,000 over...

Heavyweight Challenge: Barge Vs. Bridge - 3/4/2004
TAMPA, FL - Florida engineers will conduct the first-ever planned collision between a barge and a bridge, pitting 1,000 tons of metal against thick concrete, at the end of this month....

Commutes Future In Officials Hands - 3/4/2004
OAKLAND, CA - Bay Area commuters will pay $3 to cross bridges this summer, a price voters said unflinchingly was worth paying to improve the region's mass transit....

Time To Detour - 3/4/2004
AMARILLO, TX - For such a big project, many have wondered why the bridge didn't survive longer. Corrosion was the problem, but why the corrosion was so severe isn't clear...

Toll Road Idea Bad For Public, For Businesses - 3/4/2004
GLADSTONE, MO - Toll-booth legislation designed to charge Missourians more than the tax dollars they already pay for state roads emerged Feb. 24 from the Republican-led Senate Transportation Committee....

I-280 North To Open Monday If Crane Cleanup Is Finished - 3/4/2004
EAST TOLEDO, OH - While the Ohio Department of Transportation hopes to reopen northbound I-280 in East Toledo by Monday morning, that still depends on how the weather affects cleanup of the construction crane collapse that closed the freeway Feb. 16, agency officials said ...

Paint Mill Bridge To Be Rebuilt In Autumn - 3/4/2004
ALLENTOWN, PA - After a decade of planning, Bethlehem workers in the fall will begin replacing the Paint Mill Bridge, a narrow span across the Monocacy Creek that has plagued drivers for decades with its sharp turn....

Valley's Future Rides On Road Upgrades - 3/3/2004
NEW KENSINGTON, PA - The summit was held at Fort Crawford Elementary School, where a standing-room-only crowd gathered in an overwhelming show of support for the proposed Alle-Kiski connector bridge and the nine other transportation projects on the coalition's agenda....

Pedestrian Bridge To Cost The City $26,000 More Than Was Expected - 3/3/2004
TENNESSEE VALLEY, TN - Pedestrians can walk over trains rather than worrying about locomotives running over them when a contractor builds a bridge linking Northwest and downtown Decatur this year....

Commissioners Get Bids For Bridge Repair - 3/3/2004
CHAMBERSBURG, PA - Franklin County Commissioners on Tuesday received competitive bids on the repair of three bridges. Two of the bridge projects were bid on twice last year: The county got no bids in September; in October a lone bidder retracted his bid....

Nashville Firms Garner Engineering Excellence Awards - 3/3/2004
NASHVILLE, TN - Neel-Schaffer received the Grand Award for Engineering Excellence from ACEC for its structural systems project...

Thornton Urges Cdot To Fix Crumbling Bridge Over I-25 - 2/25/2004
COLORADO - Thornton city officials say the 128th Avenue bridge over Interstate 25 north of Denver is falling apart and needs to be repaired or replaced....

State Seeks Federal Funds For Waldo-hancock Bridge - 2/25/2004
MAINE - The urgency of having barely 16 months left to get a Route 1 replacement bridge built and carrying traffic across the Prospect Narrows has led the state Department of Transportation to the issuance of a special federally backed bond not previously used in Maine....

Manawatu Flood Costs Soaring - 2/25/2004
NEW ZEALAND - Powerco contractors get started repairing power lines by the shattered Kiwitea Bridge on the northern outskirts of Feilding yesterday....

More Problems Take Toll On Clearwater's Troubled Bridge - 2/25/2004
FLORIDA - For Clearwater, the news was another disappointing setback in a $69.3-million project planned as a city showpiece. Originally set to accept traffic in December 2003, the bridge has seen a string of mishaps. The cracks are the third structural flaw discovered in the past 14 months...

Butler City To File Monroe Bridge Complaint - 2/25/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - On Thursday, city council authorized solicitor James Coulter to file a formal complaint with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, asking it to order the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad to repair or replace the bridge. The railroad has not responded to informal complaints from the city....

Few Complaints About Safety Before Crane Collapse - 2/25/2004
TOLEDO - Ironworkers who have been building an interstate bridge had few complaints about safety at the site, union and state highway officials said a day after a crane collapsed and killed three workers....

Bridge Out Of Nowhere Leads A Town To Its Future - 2/25/2004
CALIFORNIA - The bridge is Mr. Calatrava's first free-standing bridge in the United States. Scheduled to open in April, it is already poised to alter the image of a conservative, decidedly unaffluent community that has struggled with its identity since the decline of the timber industry in the early 1990's....

Fg Saves N355m On Bridge Protection Contracts - 2/25/2004
AFRICA - The Federal Government has announced that it has saved about N355 million through the due process on the N3.3 billion contract awarded earlier to Julius Berger Nigeria Limited for protective works on the Eko, Carter and Third Mainland bridges across the Lagos lagoon....

Cracks Could Shorten Bridge's Life - 2/25/2004
FLORIDA - Experts agree the Clearwater structure probably won't collapse, but they fear it could age prematurely....

Aaa, Dot Differ On Bad Bridge Ratings - 2/25/2004
NORTH CAROLINA - The AAA study included a frightening statistic: Buncombe County has the highest number of substandard bridges in the state. Despite that, division engineer Jay Swain said an explanation of how the DOT and AAA rate bridges can help drivers understand the ratings don't necessarily mean the bridges are unsafe....

Area Firm Is Focus Of Crane Accident - 2/25/2004
ST LOUIS - Fru-Con Construction Corp. of Clarkson Valley is the general contractor on the project, a $220 million bridge over the Maumee River - the single largest transportation project in Ohio history....

No Decision In Bridge Meeting - 2/25/2004
FLORIDA - Lee County commissioners and Sanibel City Council members met for more than five hours Monday but failed to reach a resolution on whether to rebuild the Sanibel Causeway drawbridge or replace it with a new fixed-span structure....

Firm Named To Overhaul Bridges - 2/25/2004
OREGON - Oregon transportation officials Monday picked the engineering group that will mastermind, and be accountable for, the state's $1.3 billion bridge rebuilding project....

Friends Of The Chicago River Announces Project For Landmark Towers On Michigan Avenue Bridge To - 2/25/2004
CHICAGO - One of Chicago's most famous sites - the Michigan Avenue Bridge - will soon become home to one of the city's newest cultural attractions when two of the four towers guarding the bridge and overlooking the skyscraper-surrounded river become the location of the Chicago River Museum and Chicago River Center. Friends of the Chicago River has announced a two-phased project that will transform the southwest tower of the Michigan Avenue Bridge into a river museum and the northeast tower into a river cultural center....

Construction Crane Collapses On Bridge - 2/17/2004
TOLEDO - A construction crane collapsed Monday onto an Interstate 280 bridge over the Maumee River, crushing several vehicles and killing three people, fire officials said....

Bridge Project Likely To Be Delayed For Months - 2/17/2004
OHIO - But all that optimism came crashing to Earth yesterday along with the thousand-ton erection truss crane that collapsed, bringing construction to a standstill....

Manhattan Bridge Significant Step In Bridge Evolution, Says Elizabethtown College Professor's New Book - 2/17/2004
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA - Although forever in the shadow of its famous neighbor the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge represents a significant step in the evolution of bridge-building technology, according to an Elizabethtown College history professor....

Highway Funding A Political Time Bomb - 2/17/2004
WASHINGTON - Republicans who map the agenda at the White House and in Congress are hurtling toward a collision over highway funding. The vehicle is a bill that designates highway and transit spending formulas for six years...

Collapsed Bridge Forces Residents To Take A Longer Route - 2/17/2004
TEXAS - City workers initially closed the Sycamore Creek Bridge in the Travis Country neighborhood of Southwest Austin for 90 days for repairs late last year. Then it unexpectedly collapsed...

Http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20040217/news11/102170163/-1/news - 2/17/2004
INDIA - Heritage lovers are up in arms against the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) following a Standing Committee decision to dismantle the city’s oldest bridge — 128-year-old Hope Bridge over Tapi river....

Three Dead, Five Injured As Crane Collapses Onto Freeway Bridge - 2/17/2004
TOLEDO - The 2 million-pound yellow steel crane was moving but wasn’t lifting any construction materials when it fell about 2:30 p.m. in the space between the northbound and southbound lanes on Interstate 280’s approach to the bridge southeast of the river, said Joe Rutherford, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transportation....

Dot: Ocean Isle Needs Four-lane Bridge - 2/17/2004
NORTH CAROLINA - The town needs either a second bridge or an expansion of its current bridge to four lanes to accommodate future growth, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation's statewide planning branch....

Bedrock Beneath Bridge Poses Complex Engineering Problem - 2/17/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - Like a road to nowhere, Interstate 99's paved advance westward stops abruptly at an unfinished set of bridge piers that would carry the highway over alternate U.S. Route 220 and onward toward Blair County....

is A New Bridge Feasible? - 2/17/2004
DEL RIO - Does Del Rio need a second international bridge? And, if a second bridge is needed, can the city afford to build it?...

Global Experts To Design World's Highest Railway Bridges In India - 2/17/2004
INDIA - Global engineering majors are to help India build the country's highest railway bridges - providing the first rail link to the Kashmir Valley - in one of the most geologically active Himalayan terrains....

Before The Chutes, Hoosic Floods Raged - 2/17/2004
MASSACHUSETTS - On Oct. 4, 1869, in North Adams, after a full day of rain the previous day, mill dams started to collapse, and then bridges, streets and houses were carried away. In all, $100,000 in damage was estimated at the time....

New Bridge Collapses - 2/17/2004
BAGUIO CITY - suspension bridge being built with British assistance and funding to connect Kalinga to the Mountain Province, collapsed Sunday morning even before it could be inaugurated....

A Bridge Over The River Rye - 2/17/2004
CANADA - How can popsicle sticks, glue, toothpicks and dental floss win you a $1,000 and a trip to Montreal? Enter and win Ryersonís 10th Annual Bridge Building Competition....

Temporary Drawbridge Plans Can Be Stopped, State Tells Vineyarders - 2/17/2004
MARTHA'S VINEYARD - MassHighway officials say they will put plans for a temporary replacement for the Lagoon Pond drawbridge on hold until Island residents decide whether to nurse the existing bridge along until a new permanent structure is built...

I-74 Bridge Funding Request Modified - 2/17/2004
IOWA - planners of a new Interstate 74 bridge who see that bill as the vehicle to deliver the first significant funds for the project have modified their expectations. Instead of pushing for $100 million — which they said last year they would seek — officials now hope the legislation will cover the $60 million-$65 million in engineering costs and unspecified “millions” that will go toward land purchases...

Bridge Held Together By Junk - 2/17/2004
OREGON - Where the mountains meet the sea and fog mingles with ocean spray, Josh Rodriguez is jackhammering for gold in the landmark Rogue River Bridge....

North Shore Drive Bridge Likely To Be Closed At Least Another Year - 2/17/2004
MICHIGAN - The crumbling bridge was closed to traffic in August after a Michigan Department of Transportation inspector determined it is unsafe. City, state and regional officials are now working to find a source for the estimated $1.5 million needed to build a new bridge....

Brent Spence Not On Ky. Road Map - 2/17/2004
OHIO - When Gov. Ernie Fletcher unveils Kentucky's updated six-year plan for highway projects Wednesday, don't look for the Brent Spence Bridge on any work calendar....

Batavia Aldermen Pick Design For Wilson Bridge - 2/17/2004
BATAVIA - Aldermen on Tuesday selected a simple one-pier concrete stringer design for the Wilson Street bridge replacement, but plan fancy amenities for the deck....

South Span Of Iraq's Al Mat Bridge Re-opens - 2/11/2004
IRAQ - Bechtel today announced the opening of the south span of the Al Mat Bridge, a key transportation link in Iraq approximately 300 km (186 miles) west of Baghdad and 180 km (112 miles) from the Jordanian border....

Clues Sought Over What Makes Causeway Bridge Off-kilter - 2/11/2004
FLORIDA - A section of the new Memorial Causeway Bridge has apparently stopped drooping, but officials want to get work back on track...

Congress Approves Planning Funds For Knik Arm Crossing - 2/11/2004
ALASKA - It's not nearly enough to build a huge bridge these days, but $6 million in recently approved federal funds for the long-proposed Knik Arm Crossing will pay for a group of consultants to help move the concept toward reality, officials involved with the project said recently....

Danger To Homes Subsides In Port Deposit - 2/11/2004
MARYLAND - The town declared a state of emergency Sunday when cracks in High Street began to widen and portions of the road gave way and sloped on about a 15-degree angle toward the retaining wall. A portion of a small, one-lane bridge serving one house on High Street gave way and fell into a stream flowing into the Susquehanna....

Memorial Bridge In Danger Of Collapse - 2/11/2004
CALIFORNIA - Looking to head off a possible collapse of Healdsburg's Memorial Bridge over the Russian River, city officials have allocated $20,000 for emergency repairs to the 1920s structure....

Footbridge Payout - 2/11/2004
ISRAEL - AUSTRALIAN victims of the Maccabiah bridge collapse in Israel are set to receive the final payment of their $26 million total compensation package....

Traffic May Ease With New Bridge - 2/11/2004
ANN ARBOR - A major change in how drivers cross the Huron River on Dixboro Road will get under way in the near future as workers begin clearing trees for a new bridge....

Bearing Safety Concerns - 2/11/2004
BOSTON - For nine months last year, state and Boston officials allowed heavy trucks to cross the ailing Charlestown Bridge between Charlestown and the North End, despite repeated warnings by engineers that the bridge's weight limit was outdated and too high, and warnings by the state's trucking industry that the situation was a potential disaster....

Portland's 10 Bridges May Be No Match For Quake, Experts Warn - 2/11/2004
OREGON - Only two of 10 bridges spanning the Willamette River -- the Marquam and portions of the Burnside -- have been fitted with the easiest and cheapest seismic bracing....

Burden's Bridges: Toys That Fulfilled Their Potential - 2/11/2004
US - Bridges, of course, have always had great symbolic meaning — I see them as symbols of peace and optimism and connection. They're civil. My fascination with them came out of my interest in railways. And railways are interesting to me because they're the beginning of real nationhood, especially within the Industrial Revolution. They lead to thinking about what constitutes civilization, and what isn't civilizing....

Brent Spence Tunnel Option Too Expensive - 2/11/2004
KENTUCKY - Replacing the Brent Spence Bridge with a tunnel might be a very cost-effective and far-reaching economic development solution. Will a study be undertaken as an alternative to just replacing the bridge? Today's technology and engineering learned in part through the "Big Dig" project in Boston might reduce the costs and provide a multitude of long-term gains for the region....

Part Of Bridge Collapses Under Weight Of Propane Truck In Sw Wash. (photo) - 2/11/2004
WASHINGTON - A truck carrying 800 gallons of propane caused part of a small bridge to collapse in southwest Washington Thursday morning, police said....

Route 33 Bridge Project Just The First Of Many - 2/11/2004
PENNSYLVANIA - The northbound Route 33 bridge damaged Jan. 24 by a sinkhole is just one of a few bridges in the area the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation plans to replace during the next two years....

Uc Berkeley Architecture Professor's New Building System May Offer Solutions To Quake-ravaged Iran - 2/4/2004
BERKELEY - University of California, Berkeley, architecture professor Gary Black says he has a safe, simple and affordable solution to rebuilding the quake-ravaged city of Bam, Iran, where 41,000 people died after a 6.7 magnitude temblor earlier this year....

Neenah Pedestrian Bridge In Peril - 2/4/2004
WISCONSIN - Traffic engineer Gerry Kaiser said the state Department of Transportation rejected Neenah’s design for the bridge and requested changes that could increase the project cost from $1.6 million to $2.2 million....

Report: 13 Percent Of State Bridge In Poor Condition - 2/4/2004
NEW JERSEY - Thirteen percent of the state's bridges are in poor condition and should be repaired soon, but the work could cost nearly $2 billion....

Brent Spence Options Being Studied - 2/4/2004
KENTUCKY - Options for replacing or supplementing the aged Brent Spence Bridge have been whittled down to six configurations that fit into either the existing corridor or a new one that would be carved out of the dense urban landscape to the west....

County Plans To Widen Bloomdale - 2/4/2004
TEXAS - The widening of the roadway and construction of a second bridge over Central Expressway will be done at the same time as the courts facility is being constructed, county engineer Ruben Delgado said. The roadway should be completed before the opening of the new courts facility....

State's Plan For Port St. Lucie Bridge Veers North - 2/4/2004
FLORIDA - State regulators have asked the city to bypass Village Green Drive for the eastern end of a third crossing over the St. Lucie River and instead consider a more northerly route that would connect to U.S. 1 at Savanna Club Boulevard, crossing through La Buona Vita mobile home park and dozens of other homes never considered for the path of a six-lane bridge....

Bridge Routes Have $300m Question Mark - 2/4/2004
KENTUCKY - Whether to spend $300 million to move an essential electricity power substation tops the list of questions to be answered before an exact site can be chosen for the replacement of the Brent Spence Bridge....

Stone Bridge's Collapse 35 Years Ago Stirs Memories - 2/4/2004
FAYETTEVILLE - When the walls of the bridge actually started crumbling Saturday afternoon, word spread quickly throughout the county, and people rose from sick beds to bundle up and to see the beginning of destruction,"...