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Second quarter issue now available
Published:  May 25, 2008

The latest issue of Bridge design & engineering has now been published.

A selection of features is available on this page, and the features from the last issue have been archived to the back issues section of the website.

Among other articles in this issue you can read about

  • construction of the Dashengguan Yangtze River bridge in China
  • Venetikos Bridge in Greece
  • a selection of major projects in Korea, including the Busan Geoje link and the Gumgang bridge
  • cable technology, including our annual suppliers' table and a new system for dehumidification of the towers of cable-stayed bridges
  • a new bridge over the Elbe River near Dresden in Germany
  • refurbishment of the Amposta Bridge in Spain
  • bearings & joints
  • paints, coatings and bridge deck waterproofing

To get your own copy, subscribe online now.  For back issues, please contact us at customer@hgluk.com

Bear Mountain Bridge Thad Roan

Sticky solution
Published:  May 25, 2008

A maintenance inspection of cables coated with polymer paste showed promising results, eight years after it was first applied.

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Protected status
Published:  May 25, 2008

The French island of La Réunion, situated in the Indian Ocean, is noted for its many steep gorges; in fact it used to be thought that the island’s jagged nature made the construction of a modern road network impossible. However, in 2002, a decision was made to substantially improve the island’s coastal road network in an attempt to attract more tourism.

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Vision on
Published:  May 25, 2008

Construction work on one of South Korea's biggest infrastructure links is in full swing, with substructure erection of the two main bridges under way and the first units of the immersed tube tunnel in place. Don Fraser reports on progress so far

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