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9 Articles in May 2001
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Work to start on US$89m bridge

The Bangladesh Government has awarded a contract to Japanese construction company Shimizu Corporation and the Italian-Thai Development Company (...)

Danube bridge traffic forecasts

Preliminary studies by a French agency suggest that by the end of 2005 some 22,000 cars and lorries and 2,500 carriages will pass through the (...)

Start date for viaduct work

A US$30 million widening of the East Viaduct on the Newark Bay-Hudson County Extension (NBHCE) of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City, USA (...)

Bids to open in June for Missouri bridge

After a wait of nearly two years for funding approval, bids will be taken in June for the construction of the first phase of the new (...)

Straits of Messina bridge wins approval

A long-held dream to construct a bridge over the Straits of Messina in Italy has come a step closer to reality after receiving government (...)

Integrated global fire detection alliance

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Det-Tronics (Detector Electronics Corporation), (...)

Hyder signs up new bridges boss

Hyder Consulting has appointed Peter Deason as head of its bridges and civil structures division (...)

Fehmarn Link likely to become EU priority

The proposed Fehmarn Link between Denmark and Germany could be awarded priority status as a Trans-European Network project when the new list (...)

ADB supports highway project in China

The Asian Development Bank has approved a US$250 million loan to the People's Republic of China to help build a four-lane expressway and (...)