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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 (...)

Governor announces reconstruction of historic Massachusetts bridge

The governor of the US state of Massachsetts Deval Patrick has announced the reconstruction of the historic Longfellow Bridge. The US$260 (...)

Winning design picked for Boy Scout Bridge

Schlaich Bergermann und Partner has announced that its New York office and Hatch Mott MacDonald have won the design competition for the Boy (...)

Ceremony kicks off Twin Sails Bridge construction

A ceremony has marked the official start of the long-awaited Twin Sails Bridge project in Poole in southern (...)

Japan provides grant for Cambodian bridge

Japan's ambassador to Cambodia has signed an agreement for a US$130 million grant to build a major bridge over the Mekong (...)

Contract signed for Bahrain causeway

A team made up of Six Construct, Rizzani de Eccher and Haji Hassan Group has signed a US$261 million contract with Bahrain's Ministry of Works (...)

Major lift completed for Huey P Long span

A 2,650t steel truss was successfully lifted' into place over the weekend as part of the widening of the Huey P Long Bridge in Louisiana, (...)

Test bridge withstands magnitude 8.0 earthquake

A 33.5m-long four-span concrete bridge built by the University of Nevada in Reno, USA, has survived a series of nine increasingly (...)

Bihar mega bridge to be built by PPP

A 5.5km 'mega bridge' over the River Ganges in the Indian state of Bihar is to be built under a public-private partnership (PPP), chief (...)

Tutor Perini wins Tappan Zee deck contract

New York State Thruway Authority has awarded Tutor Perini a US$148.8 million contract for the next phase of the Tappan Zee Bridge deck (...)

Queensland government outlines budget that continues bridge investment

The government of Queensland in Australia will invest US$2.8 billion this financial year in building a stronger road network as part of a (...)

Helical design wins Xinjin competition

A design by WXY Architecture & Urban Design and Weidlinger Associates has won an international competition to design the Nanhe River Landscape (...)

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 (...)

New phase announced in Burlington Bridge upgrade

Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) has announced that Walsh Construction will begin work this month to replace seven approach spans on a bridge (...)

Assembly starts of M56 Bowdon View Bridge

Six beams measuring 38m have made an overnight journey from south Wales to north west England near Manchester where they will be installed for a (...)

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 (...)

Aecom wins Saskatchewan subcontract

Aecom has announced that it is lead designer on a design and build subcontract for the US$277 million Circle Drive South ring road project (...)

Ceremony marks start of Brooklyn Bridge rehab

USA vice president Joe Biden and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg have launched a US$508 million project to rehabilitate the Brooklyn (...)

Calatrava arch begins to take shape in Dallas

Erection has begun of the steel tubular sections for the central arch of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, Texas, (...)

Canal bridge joins up new footpath

A new bridge designed by Royal Haskoning has been lifted into place over the Reach Lode waterway in Cambridgeshire, England. The bridge forms part (...)