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Asset management 2013

Our latest specialist supplement is now online and available to read as an ebook or to download at your convenience. Please click on the (...)

Foundation course

One of the most complex parts of the construction work for the new Forth Crossing in Scotland is in full swing, but passers-by will be forgiven (...)

Coastal crossing

Design of a major new suspension bridge in Nigeria has been aided by the use of specialist software. Andrew Hodgkinson explains. One of the (...)

Dark arts

Architectural lighting on a new bridge in Minneapolis offers endless possibilities for visual displays. Faith Baum and Tara White report When (...)

Anzac alliance

Major rehabilitation works are being carried out on the Anzac Bridge in Australia, including the use of robotic equipment to weld a fillet on (...)

Lake landmark

Assembly of steel elements for the tower of a new bridge in India is due to start in spring next year. Mike Schlaich, Harshavardhan Subbarao and (...)

Deck dilemma

A major bridge in Ghana is to undergo a full deck replacement, after an extensive inspection of the structure revealed serious fatigue damage (...)

Raising expectations

The float-in and erection of a 183m-long steel truss span over the Ohio River is just the first of several dramatic milestones in the replacement (...)

Celebrating a century

As non-profit organisation Bridges to Prosperity marked the completion of its 100th footbridge last month, it was also celebrating the help of a (...)

One in, one out

An unused railway bridge with a lifting span was repurposed to replace an older swing bridge more than 500km away. Ralph Eppehimer reports (...)

Sunny side up

Turning Blackfriars Bridge into a solar-powered (...)

Progressive approach

Movable scaffolding systems are being used to build the long, high viaducts for a highway bridge in the north of Portugal. Helena Russell (...)

Nanjing notable

Nanjing City’s fourth Yangtze River Bridge is set to open later this year. Bing Cui, Meng Dong and Xue Li report on the design challenges (...)

Tram trail

A new lifting bridge is planned for the Basque city of Bilbao. Juan José Arenas de Pablo, Guillermo Capellán Miguel and (...)

Future prospects

The approach spans to one of New York’s busiest bridges are being widened under traffic. Richard Fish went to find out how. In the league (...)

North America 2012

Construction of the Beauharnois Bridge in Montreal, Canada. Finding funds for infrastructure construction is a continuing challenge for (...)

Taizhou triple

A three-tower suspension bridge over the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province has provided tough challenges for design and construction. Ce Chen (...)

Romanian route

A new road link in Bucharest, Romania, has been designed with full seismic isolation. Paolo Scotti and Mauro (...)

Bordeaux boost

A new lifting bridge being built in the French city of Bordeaux will provide a much-needed link across the Garonne River, opening up the (...)

Lakeside lift

A dramatic float-in operation marked the final stages of a fast-track scheme to rebuild the bridge over Lake Champlain in New York (...)