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North America 2012

North America 2012

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

Romanian route

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

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

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 (...)
High-level thrills

High-level thrills

A new series of bridges, stairs and platforms provide a stunning visitor experience at a tourist attraction in Canada. Kent LaRose, Scott Loptson (...)
Knickerbocker glory

Knickerbocker glory

Large-scale application of hybrid-composite technology is demonstrated in a major bridge replacement project in the USA which has just opened (...)
Scoring a century

Scoring a century

One of the world’s few remaining transporter bridges is gearing up for an ambitious programme of restoration work, after being awarded (...)
Modal interchange

Modal interchange

Land, rail and water transport were exploited in a complex operation to install a new railway bridge in Germany. Restrictions on space at the site (...)
Hand in hand

Hand in hand

Completion of a suspension bridge that links divided communities in Northern Ireland is intended to strengthen bonds between the two. Peter (...)
Eastern promise

Eastern promise

Vladivostok in Russia will soon be home to the world's longest cable-stayed bridge. Alexey Rasputny explains the background to this major project (...)
Danube drive

Danube drive

Road and rail links between Bulgaria and Romania are set to improve with the opening of a new bridge next year. A major road and rail bridge (...)
Join the discussion

Join the discussion

There are now more ways than ever to interact with Bridge design & engineering; as well as being able to read ebooks online, you can comment (...)
Rising standards

Rising standards

Four derrick cranes were used to build up box girder elements in situ for the deck construction of Ningbo city’s new Qingshuipu (...)
Twist and turn

Twist and turn

Abu-Dhabi’s signature Sheikh Zayed Bridge created tough challenges for the contractors charged with lifting and installing its huge steel (...)
Harmonic highlight

Harmonic highlight

When the John James Audubon Bridge opens to traffic later this year, it will offer a new route over the wetlands of the Mississippi River as part (...)
Open access

Open access

A new link being built to the Port of Cadiz in south-west Spain will have a removable span to ensure marine access is not restricted. Although (...)
Tokyo triple

Tokyo triple

Construction work is progressing steadily on the second phase of the new highway project that is being built across Tokyo Bay. The link is some 4 (...)
Latvian link

Latvian link

Latvia’s biggest construction project, the Southern Bridge, is now open to traffic and is due to be fully completed in 2011 when the (...)
Living laboratory

Living laboratory

Many of the students set to use Princeton University’s new footbridge when it opens in autumn this year will be unaware that they are (...)
Counting the cost

Counting the cost

First-hand observation of the damage caused to bridges by earthquakes is essential for the appropriate development and ongoing refinement of (...)