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Plans agreed for south American highway

The presidents of Chile, Bolivia and Brazil have agreed plans to complete a highway corridor connecting the three countries. The route will run (...)

Yangtze bridge to link Chongming and Qidong

Shanghai has confirmed plans for a 7km bridge across the Yangtze River as part of a 52km expressway linking Chongming Island and Jiangsu Province (...)

Yangtze bridge tops out

China's 10.3km-long Chongming Bridge topped out yesterday, when the final concrete was placed in the second of the main towers for the (...)

Work begins on Dresden bridge

Construction of Dresden's controversial Waldschloesschen Bridge in the Elbe Valley has begun this week following the overturning of a (...)

FCC wins second Danube contract

FCC's Austrian subsidiary Alpine has won a US$71.4 million contract for a new bridge over the River Danube at Traismauer in Lower Austria. (...)

Bridge collapses in Dubai

Seven workers were killed and others injured today by the collapse of a bridge under construction in the United Arab Emirates city of (...)

Parsons wins City of Port Angeles contract

The City of Port Angeles in Washington State, USA, has awarded Parsons a US$18.4 million construction contract for the replacement of two (...)

Construction of new I-35W bridge begins

Crews yesterday began drilling the first test shaft for the piers of the replacement for the I-35W bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi (...)

Start on Pelješac Bridge draws Bosnian objection

Work started yesterday on the 2.4km Pelješac Bridge, a cable-stayed bay crossing that will connect the Croatian peninsula of Pelje'ac with (...)

Strelasund bridge opens to traffic

Germany's Second Strelasund Crossing opened to traffic yesterday, relieving the original bridge which had served as the only connection (...)

HK chief exec outlines progress on mega bridge

An ambitious infrastructure development agenda is expected to create more than 250,000 jobs, said Hong Kong's chief executive Donald Tsang (...)

Agreement signed for Qatar-Bahrain causeway

A memorandum of understanding has been signed for the construction of a 40km causeway linking Bahrain and (...)

Time lapse video shows 16 month bridge build

The 1.5km-long Jim Anderson Bridge was officially opened on Sunday near Sydney, Australia to form the high-level Windsor flood evacuation route (...)

Contract awarded for Californian interchange

A joint venture of Granite Construction and FCI Constructors has been awared a US$138 million contract by the California Department of (...)

Foundation work under way at Kanawha River

TY Lin International has announced the start of construction a new segmental bridge over the Kanawha River in South Charleston, West (...)

Three killed in Indian flyover collapse

A section of flyover under construction in the Indian city of Hyderabad collapsed in heavy rain last night, killing three people and injuring up (...)

Canada's Park Bridge opens

The new Park Bridge along the Trans-Canada Highway in Kicking Horse Canyon, British Columbia has been completed ahead of schedule and opens (...)

Celebrations mark start for Deh Cho Bridge

An agreement has been signed between Deh Cho Bridge Corporation and contractor Atcon Construction allowing work to start on a bridge over (...)

Louisiana accepts sole bid for Huey P Long widening

Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD) has awarded a US$453 million contract for widening the main span of the Huey P (...)

Bangladesh approves Padma Bridge

The executive committee of Bangladesh's National Economic Council yesterday approved construction of the US$1.5 billion Padma (...)