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17 Articles in March 2005
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Contract awarded for McKinley Bridge in Illinois.

Halverson Construction has been awarded a US$44.5 million contract for the reconstruction of McKinley Bridge in Illinois, (...)

Plans announced for new bridge in HCM City

Vietnam's deputy prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved proposals to build a bridge connecting Ho Chi Minh City with the southern province (...)

Trenton-Morrisville Bridge to receive US$67 million upgrade

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has announced US$67 million in planned enhancements for the Trenton-Morrisville Route 1 Toll Bridge (...)

Death of Dr Jean Muller

French bridge engineer Dr Jean Muller, who was the designer of many elegant concrete bridges in the USA and Europe, has (...)

Pre-construction starts at Indian River Inlet

Delaware's Indian River Inlet Bridge project is now under (...)

Death of Dr William Brown

The eminent British engineer Dr William Brown, long-span bridge expert and pioneer of aerial cable-spinning and the aerodynamic box girder deck, (...)

Korntal-Münchingen bridge opens to traffic

Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner has announced the opening earlier this month of the 300m-long Korntal-Münchingen Valley Bridge near Stuttgart, (...)

Record-breaking aqueduct celebrates 200th anniversary

Celebrations have begun this week to mark the bicentenery of the spectacular Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in (...)

Balloons show the way for Kentucky bridge approach

Kentucky residents had a novel demonstration of a major project's location last week when the project's designer arranged for tethered balloons (...)

Hyder publishes Foyle Bridge accident report

Operating procedures for Northern Ireland's Foyle Bridge should be reviewed to enable speed and vehicle restrictions during high winds, (...)

Deck closed on Cooper River Bridge

All the concrete deck segments are now in place on North America's longest cable-stayed bridge, the Cooper River Bridge in South (...)

ASCE calls for US$9.4 billion annual bridge budget

Over a quarter of bridges in the US are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete according to a report published today by the American (...)

Jacobs and Granite scoop Florida contract

Florida Department of Transportation has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group and Granite Construction a design-build contract including two (...)

Chinese sea crossings to start on site this year

Construction is set to begin this year of two major bridges connecting China's largest group of offshore islands with the (...)

Ship collides into Storebælt Bridge

Denmark's Storebælt West Bridge was hit by a 3,600t ship yesterday evening, killing a crew member. The collision damaged a 2.5m by 5m (...)

Construction draws nearer for Mukterpur Bridge

Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Authority has issued a series of advance work tenders in preparation for construction of the 6th (...)

Bahrain and Qatar agree to build international bridge

Representatives of Bahrain and Qatar have signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to build a bridge linking the two (...)