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Québec seeks private partner for autoroute scheme

The Ministère des Transports du Québec in Canada has issued a request for qualifications for the design, construction, financing, operation (...)

Preferred bidder named for Canada's Golden Ears Bridge

The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Translink, has named Bilfinger Berger's consortium as the preferred bidder for a new US$693 (...)

First of Calatrava trio breaks ground in Dallas

Construction began on Friday of the first of three bridges designed by Santiago Calatrava for the city of (...)

Opening of Coastal Drive bridge protects drivers from rock falls

Australia's US$36.7 million Sea Cliff Bridge will open this weekend, bypassing a section of the old road from Sydney which was prone to rock falls (...)

Guangdong hosts discussions on HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge

Tendering for the 29km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge could start next year, Guangdong authorities have told visiting Hong Kong (...)

Walsh lands contract for US$125 million bridge

Illinois State Tollway Highway Authority has approved the construction of a 2km bridge carrying the I-355 (...)

India's road minister pledges action on causeways

India's minister of shipping, road transport and highways TR Baalu said that causeways across rivers will be replaced with bridges to improve (...)

Main span joined on Shanghai's Lanlugang Bridge

The main span was successfully completed this week on the largest bridge on the western section of Shanghai's Huqingping (...)

Milestone reached on HK's Road T3 scheme

An opening ceremony was held today for the southbound mainline bridge of Road T3 in Tai Wai, Hong (...)

Entries invited for concrete bridge competition

Portland Cement Association is seeking nominations for its 10th biennial bridge awards. The competition recognises excellence in design (...)

Beams go in at Olympic zone crossing

Precast concrete beams are being installed at a bridge in East London which stands "an Olympic champion's stone's throw" from the site of the (...)

Falling span kills workers on Spanish viaduct

Part of a major highway bridge being built in southern Spain has collapsed today killing at least (...)

Chinese bridge failure kills 16

The collapse of a bridge under construction has claimed 16 lives in China's Guizhou (...)

Cleveland lobbies for world-class signature bridge

County and city officials in Cleveland, USA, are calling for a signature span to replace the existing I90/71 Innerbelt Bridge. Paul Alsenas of (...)

Skanska lands Finnish public-private highway contract

A Skanska-led consortium has signed the contract to finance, construct and operate a 51km expressway in southern (...)

New strategy seeks to ease cross-Forth travel

Scotland's Forth Estuary Transport Authority has outlined new plans to ease congestion and delays on the Forth Road (...)

Plastic bridge marks first for Highways Agency

Construction of a fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) road bridge is to start next week, crossing the M6 motorway in north west (...)

Bulgaria approves Danube Bridge funding contracts

Bulgaria has given the green light to loan contracts that will enable construction of the second Danube (...)

Joint communique confirms backing for Long Binh Bridge

Cambodian officials have welcomed Vietnam's efforts in expediting the feasibility study for for the construction of Long Binh Bridge connecting (...)

Old Four Bears bridge demolished as new one opens

Shaped explosive charges have been used successfully to drop the first of 10 sections of the old Four Bears Bridge in North (...)