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Tacoma Narrows toll canopy takes shape

Crews are to place two large steel roof truss segments for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge's toll plazas next (...)

Prizes on offer in Ekspan bridge building game

Ekspan has teamed up with software company Chronic Logic to run a holiday competition to "build" a (...)

Chongming link construction begins

Construction started this week of a 25.6km expressway across the Yangtze River, connecting Pudong with Chongming (...)

Macau's Sai Van Bridge completed

San Van Bridge in Macau has been inaugurated ahead of its opening to traffic next month (...)

Burial site may force new Hood Canal plan

Washington State Department of Transportation is giving serious consideration to a request to abandon work at the Hood Canal Bridge's graving (...)

Peace Bridge design competition announced

The Buffalo & Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority is preparing to launch an international bridge design competition for a new crossing of the (...)

Thames Gateway backed by local planners

Local authorities at both ends of London's proposed Thames Gateway Bridge have provisionally given the go-ahead for the river (...)

Hong Kong viaduct work awarded

Dragages-China Harbour Joint Venture has won a US$130 million contract to build Hong Kong's East Tsing Yi (...)

Millau Viaduct opens

French premier Jacques Chirac today inaugurates the spectacular Millau Viaduct, ahead of the opening to traffic later in the week. The 2 (...)

Options narrowed for Bay Bridge

Californian's transport authorities have recommended development of a simpler option for the main span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (...)

Design funds announced for NZ's Kopu Bridge

Land Transport New Zealand has approved US$2 million for the design of the replacement for Coromandel's 80-year-old Kopu (...)

Early finish for Thelwall bearing replacement

Thelwall Viaduct's northern carriageway is to reopen this month following the replacement of all 148 (...)

Systra to supervise building of Tianxingzhou Bridge

The Ministry of Chinese Railways has awarded Systra a contract to provide advisory and supervision services for a new cable-stayed road and (...)

Bank funds bridge and road schemes in Bosnia

The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is lending Bosnia & Herzegovina US$94 million to improve road (...)

Ohio, Kentucky seek Brent Spence Bridge consultant

Ohio and Kentucky have announced an agreement to embark on design work to improve traffic capacity at the Brent Spence (...)

Fatal collapse at Four Bears Bridge

One man was killed and three injured yesterday when a supporting structure collapsed at the Four Bears Bridge, under construction across (...)

Dubai Creek construction to start this month

Construction of the fourth bridge over Dubai Creek will start this month, Dubai Municipality has (...)

Third Hunter River Crossing moves closer

The Roads & Traffic Authority of New South Wales has announced its preferred route for a third crossing of the Hunter River in (...)

Contract let for Brisbane's Green Bridge

John Holland has been awarded a US$43.1 million construction contract for a bus, pedestrian and cycle bridge in Brisbane, Australia. The Green (...)

Order placed for Stonecutters stainless steel

Outokumpu Stainless Hot Rolled Plate is to supply 2000t of individually hot-rolled stainless steel plate for Hong Kong's Stonecutters (...)