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Eleven die in Chinese crane accident

Eleven workers have been killed and 12 injured when a crane cable failed at a bridge under construction near Chongqing in south west (...)

Blasting removes old Missouri River bridge

Hundreds of people watched yesterday as a 137m-long section of the old Liberty Memorial Bridge was blown up in North Dakota, USA. The (...)

Massive mobile crane lifts new Harthill Footbridge

Britain's largest crane manoeuvred a new footbridge into place across Scotland's M8 motorway on Friday evening. The eye-catching US$8.9 (...)

Stockton footbridge takes shape

The larger of the two arches has now been positioned for the North Shore Footbridge in Stockton, northern England. The arch was lifted into place (...)

Stainless steel bridge takes its place in Bristol

One of the UK's largest mobile cranes today positioned a 55m-span stainless steel bridge over the floating harbour at Temple Quay Central in (...)

Superstructure work starts on new Brisbane bridge

Concrete beams were lifted across one of the busiest roads in Brisbane, Australia, on Thursday as the US$61.4 million Tank Street Bridge started (...)

'Contrail' bridge to be installed this week

Prefabricated steel trusses are set to be lifted into place for a new pedestrian bridge at Seattle's Museum of Flight in the USA. The bridge's (...)

First arch installed for landmark Tees bridge

The smaller of the two arches for the North Shore Footbridge in north east England is being installed (...)

Giant crane positions new London rail bridge

A bridge was lifted into place over the weekend to form a key part of the new East London line. A 1,200t mobile crane - the UK's biggest - lifted (...)

Deck placement starts at Gateway Bridge

The first two deck segments of the second Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, were lifted into place today. The 80t concrete segments form part (...)
 

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