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Thai officials investigate bridge collapse

Officials in Thailand are investigating this week’s fatal collapse of a small suspension bridge. Four people died and 13 were injured in (...)

Eight to bid for Chacao Bridge

Chile’s public works minister Loreto Silva has announced that eight international consortia have been prequalified to bid for the design (...)

Prequalification closes for Chacao Bridge

Chile’s Ministry of Public Works (MOP) is drawing up a list of potential bidders for the Chacao Bridge following the deadline (...)

Ceremony marks opening of Korea’s longest suspension bridge

The opening ceremony has been held of the Lee Sun-Shin Bridge, also known as the Yi Sun-sin Bridge. Lee Sun-Shin Bridge has a main span of 1,545m (...)

Long-span Yangtze suspension bridge opens to traffic

One of the world’s longest suspension bridges opened to traffic this week in China. The twin-tower Nanjing Yangtze Fourth Bridge has a (...)

New York awards US$235m contract for Verrazano-Narrows deck replacement

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has awarded Tutor Perini a US$235.7 million contract to replace the upper-level deck of (...)

Bay Bridge crews begin 35,200t lift

A major lifting operation is now under way to attach the suspension cables to the deck of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge&rsquo (...)

Caltrans to hold webinar to counter Bay Bridge safety claims

California’s department of transportation, Caltrans, is to hold a webinar in response to local media claims about the safety of the (...)

Izmit Bay Crossing passes wind tunnel test

Wind tunnel tests for Turkey’s Izmit Bay Crossing have been carried out at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy. Turkey’s (...)

Cable compaction nears completion at Bay Bridge

Compaction of the cable for the self-anchored suspension span (SAS) of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in California, USA, is (...)

Forth Bridge bolt replacement to be fast-tracked

A total of 28 nuts on the bolt assemblies have now been found to have cracked and the need for replacement is sufficiently urgent that the (...)

Hunan 'extra-large' suspension bridge opens

China’s Aizhai Extra-large Suspension Bridge has opened to traffic. The bridge, which has a 1,176m-long main span runs between two tunnels (...)

Bay Bridge main cable installation starts

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has reached a major milestone this week with the start of cable installation for the 624m-long (...)

George Washington Bridge hanger replacement moves ahead

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has approved US$15.5 million in planning funds for a major project to replace the steel hangers (...)

Suspension bridge collapses in Indonesia

At least 11 people have died and more than 30 are missing following the collapse of a suspension bridge in Indonesia. The collapse happened (...)

Cowi signs Izmit Bay design contract

Japanese contractor IHI has appointed Cowi as its consultant for the new bridge spanning Izmit Bay in Turkey. Cowi has signed the contract to (...)

Contract signed for Izmit Bay Bridge

Japan's IHI and Itochu have signed the contract for construction of the Izmit Bay Bridge in Turkey. Turkey's Otoyol Corporation is working with (...)

Funding approved for design of River Tees rope bridge

Durham County Council has now approved funds to carry out a full design and planning programme for a 265m-long suspended bridge in Barnard Castle (...)