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23 Articles in August 2004
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Bay Bridge funds in doubt as legislature session ends

Funding for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in doubt after California legislators ended their 2004 session without approving a bill aimed (...)

Delayed bidding resumes for Mumbai mega bridge

Bidding is set to start for a record-breaking 22.5km sea crossing in India. The competition for the bridge had originally been announced in (...)

Taiwan passes budget for 10 major schemes

Taiwan's legislature has passed a US$1.07 billion special budget for a programme of 10 major construction (...)

Vancouver bridge holds promise of economic boost

A study published by Vancouver's transport authority, Translink, says that the construction of the Golden Ears Bridge and associated roads (...)

Construction begins on key Brazilian crossing

Work starts today on Brazil's US$30 million Aracaju-Barra (...)

Work advances on Chilean freeway bridges

Construction of Santiago's US$330 million Américo Vespucio Nor-Poniente freeway is now 30% (...)

Kramer gears up for Colorado bridge start

Edward Kraemer & Sons is to begin a bridge replacement project in Castle Rock, Colorado, in (...)

Environmental study outlines St Croix options

The US Federal Highway Administration and the Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Transportation have released a supplemental draft (...)

Wait continues for Bay Bridge decision

California's Department of Transportation now has until 30 September to decide whether or not to accept the sole bid for the self-anchored (...)

Shanghai gives nod to 10km bridge link

Shanghai has approved plans for a massive bridge and tunnel connection between Chongming Island and the city's downtown (...)

California governor announces Bay Bridge plan

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced a fiscal and programme audit of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project, prompted (...)

Balfour Beatty wins contract for finback bridge

A distinctive concrete "finback" bridge will be the focus of a US$48 million design and build contract just awarded to Balfour Beatty (...)

Superstructure takes shape on Cumberland Lake Bridge

The first verticals have been erected for construction of the superstructure for the new Cumberland Lake Bridge in Kentucky, (...)

Crowd fears prompt temporary closures of Brunel icon

Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England is to be completely closed for part of this weekend to prevent overcrowding during a (...)

Trimble helps position record-breaking Chinese bridge

Trimble has announced that its positioning technologies are being used to help speed construction of the US$1.7 billion Hangzhou Bay (...)

Masterplan to be prepared for Afghanistan roads

The Asian Development Bank has awarded a US$2 million grant towards a development masterplan and improvement project that will help (...)

Governor welcomes contractors starting on 1.8km Brazilian bridge

The governor of the Brazilian state of Sergipe has welcomed directors of the Empresa Sul Americana de Montagens (EMSA) which started work last (...)

Balfour Beatty completes Gammon purchase

Balfour Beatty announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Skanska's 50% interest in Gammon, the Hong Kong-based construction (...)

Olympic torch heralds Rion's completion

A huge fireworks display on Saturday night was followed by the Olympic torch being relayed across the Rion Antirion Bridge yesterday, (...)

Giant crane tackles UK motorway bridge lifts

One of the UK's biggest cranes is being used in a complex engineering operation taking place over several successive (...)