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17 Articles in August 2005
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Glass bridge to give panoramic views of Grand Canyon

A cantilevered glass bridge is to open in January at the western rim of the Grand Canyon, 1,220m above the Colorado (...)

Clearwater bridge opens

Florida's new Clearwater Memorial Causeway Bridge was officially opened on Saturday, celebrated by a community (...)

Kajima signs Ethiopian bridge and road accord

Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) and Kajima Corporation have signed a US$45.9 million contract for the construction of the Abay Bridge and the (...)

CTL to check floating bridge's capacity for light rail

CTL Group's sensors and structural diagnostics team is to take part in a testing programme next month to determine how well the Homer Hadley (...)

Botswana's president urges early start on Kazungula Bridge

Construction of Botswana's Kazungula Bridge should be carried out as a matter of urgency, according to president Festus Mogae (...)

Worker dies during bridge demolition

A worker was killed yesterday while working on the demolition of the Silas N Pearman Bridge in South (...)

Local opinion split on Knik Arm Bridge

Public comments are being tallied following months of local consultation about the proposed would link the Port of Anchorage and the Port (...)

Four Bears Bridge to open in October

Official opening of the Four Bears Bridge in North Dakota is set for 3 October (...)

Mott MacDonald wins Korean contracts

Yooshin Engineering has awarded Mott MacDonald two contracts in (...)

Skanska wins US$271 million Triborough Bridge contract

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority has awarded Skanska a US$271 million rehabilitation contract on the Triborough Bridge in New York (...)

Caltrans completes Richmond-San Rafael retrofit

California Department of Transportation has announced that the seismic retrofit on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge has been completed for (...)

Extra funding advances NZ highway schemes

Transit New Zealand has announced plans to advance three major projects following the government's allocation of additional funding for (...)

Mersey Gateway decision delayed to 2006

Roads minister Stephen Ladyman has said that there will be no decision before early 2006 about the proposed Mersey Gateway bridge in north (...)

Tender extension for Golden Ears Bridge

Vancouver's transport authority Translink is allowing extra time for both the technical and financial proposals for the US$460 million Golden (...)

Dubai government approves footbridge funding

A package of construction work including seven new pedestrian bridges has been approved by Dubai (...)

Construction start for new Clyde crossing

Contractor Edmund Nuttall has begun building Glasgow's new US$35 million Finnieston (...)

Caltrans invites new bids for Bay Bridge

Tendering has now restarted to build the self-anchored suspension section of the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge East (...)