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Funding released for final phase of Presidio Parkway

US transportation secretary Ray LaHood has announced that work on the final segment of the Presidio Parkway project in San Francisco can move (...)

Oklahoma votes to change Skydance Bridge design

Councillors in the US city of Oklahoma voted this week to change the design of the proposed Skydance Bridge from a cable-stayed to a truss structure (...)

Funding allocated for Queensland study

The city council of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia, has announced the allocation of US$420,000 in this financial year's budget for a (...)

Government spending review threatens Mersey Gateway

Proposed major projects including the Mersey Gateway Bridge between Runcorn and Widnes in north west England have been put on hold pending (...)

ASCE grant helps charity build Kenyan bridge

Engineers from the Orange County, USA, chapter of charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB-USA) are this month making the first of three trips to (...)

Port authority seeks private finance for new Goethals Bridge

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) is seeking expressions of interest from potential investors for a project to design, build (...)

North Carolina awards Yadkin River contract

North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded a joint venture of Flatiron Constructors and Lane Construction a US$136 (...)

Aecom-Scott Wilson JV wins Izmit Bay contract

A joint venture of Scott Wilson and Aecom has won a US$15 million contract to provide supervision for design, procurement and construction (...)

Serbia and China sign Belgrade bridge contract

A US$230.8 million contract for construction of the Zemun-Borca Bridge in Belgrade was signed yesterday by Serbian minister Verica Kalanovic (...)

Parish votes on bridge proposals

Residents of the English town of Bradford on Avon will be invited to vote next week on proposals for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge that has (...)

Manitoba puts US$15 million estimate on repairs to buckled bridge

The Canadian province of Manitoba has said that it will need to invest at least US$15 million to restore the Pierre Delorme Bridge, which came (...)

Sellwood Bridge replacement to adopt value engineered approach

Multnomah County in the US state of Oregon has decided against using competitive low-price bidding for construction of the US$330 million (...)

Structal-Bridges team wins Deh Cho steel contract

A joint venture of Canadian manufacturers Structal-Bridges and Rapid-Span Structures have won a US$24.8 million contract to fabricate the (...)

UK's largest mobile crane positions Cardiff's People's Bridge

Cardiff's riverscape is changing this week as the new Pont y Werin, or People's Bridge, is lifted into place by the UK's largest mobile (...)

Strabag signs agreement to rebuild Serbian bridge

Strabag has been appointed by Serbia's public enterprise responsible for roads to reconstruct the Gazela Bridge in Belgrade. Directors of Strabag (...)

Long wait ends as Poole secures final funding for Twin Sails Bridge

Announcement of a US$20.4 million grant from the Department of Transport means that work can now begin on the long-awaited Twin Sails Bridge in (...)

Winning schemes announced under Tiger grant initiative

US transportation secretary Ray LaHood has announced the award of US$1.5 billion in grants under the Tiger programme, one of the initiatives (...)

Cost estimates rise for Deh Cho Bridge

The Deh Cho Bridge in Canada's Northwest Territories is now expected to come in at US$14.35 million over budget, costing a total of US$174 million (...)

Commission outlines US$106 million capital spend

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) has approved a capital budget for 2010 that forecasts investing US$106.9 million (...)

Pakistan approves series of bridge projects

The executive committee of Pakistan's National Economic Council yesterday approved five bridges as part of a package of 28 public sector (...)