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11 Articles in March 2001
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Mississippi to build longest US cable-stayed bridge

Bids are to be invited in June for the construction of a new cable-stayed bridge near Greenville, Mississippi, which is claimed to be the longest (...)

Route chosen for Hoover Dam bypass

The Federal Highway Administration has signed a Record of Decision which will allow the Hoover Dam Bypass to move ahead (...)

Millennium Bridge to stay closed until November

London's Millennium Bridge is to remain closed until at least November, after wrangles over retrofit funding took longer to resolve than (...)

Haussmann promoted to president of TYLI

Consultant TY Lin International has promoted John Haussmann to the position of (...)

New cable technology recognised in innovation awards

Freyssinet Group has been awarded second prize in the innovation competition at the TP Tech event in Paris, for its Cohestrand (...)

Plans to parallel Goethals Bridge revived

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey intends to re-examine plans to build a new bridge parallel to the existing Goethals (...)

Final link in Dublin motorway awarded

Contractor Ascon - the Irish arm of European group HBG - has won the contract to build the last phase of the South Eastern Motorway around Dublin (...)

Charles Bridge needs repairs

Prague's most celebrated monument, the Charles Bridge, is in urgent need of repair (...)

China to build high speed rail link from Shanghai to Beijing

The Chinese government has said it will build a new 1300km long high speed rail link between Shanghai and Beijing in the next five (...)

More than 60 feared dead in Portuguese bridge collapse

More than 60 people are believed to have drowned after a coach and two cars plunged into the River Douro in Portugual when the bridge they (...)

Millau Viaduct contract awarded to Eiffage JV

A joint venture between Eiffage Construction and Eiffel has been chosen as the concessionaire for the project to build the Millau Viaduct in (...)