The ninth longest suspension bridge in the USA is being rehabilitated using the largest deployment of UHPC anywhere in the Americas. Khalifa Bokhammas reports on progress so far
The Nigerian state of Lagos as closed part of Eko Bridge on safety grounds.
An unusual lifting operation over a freeway used by over a million vehicles per day gave engineers cause to scratch their heads when a deck section refused to shift, reports José María Sánchez de Muniáin.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the USA has awarded an engineering contract for a project to increase the clearance under nine highway bridges by raising their decks.
A new railway line in Algeria passes through an area of maximum earthquake risk. Bassem Ben Hamadi and Charles Cynober explain how protection for the main viaducts was designed
The primary temporary repair system has now been installed and tested at the Nipigon River Bridge.
Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation has brought in the National Research Council of Canada to help determine the cause of last week’s major mechanical failure at the new Nipigon River Bridge.
A major structural intervention which is currently under way will change the articulation of one of the world’s largest suspension bridges. John Collins, Richard Hornby, Peter Hill and John Cooper report.
The Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) has issued an alert on tension cable and rod connectors after reports on a number of failures.
A new road link in Bucharest, Romania, has been designed with full seismic isolation. Paolo Scotti and Mauro Sartori report
Manufacturers of expansion joints are putting great efforts into developing systems to cope with the world's ever-lengthening bridge stock, say Gianni Moor and Colm O'Suilleabhain
Refurbishment of a tourist railway in the Kalavrita valley has required engineers in Greece to come up with some imaginative solutions. Narrow and restricted access, steep slopes and historic structures made the contract, to replace bridge bearings and improve the seismic response of the structures on the line, particularly challenging.
The I-35 highway bridge in Minneapolis which collapsed on 1 August killing at least nine people and injuring more than 60 was identified as being at risk of fatigue failure as far back as 2001. An evaluation of the bridge deck carried out by researchers at the University of Minnesota on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Transportation found that the bridge truss had 'many poor fatigue details' on the main truss and floor truss system.
Nine people have been reported missing following the collapse of a 200m-long section of the Jiujiang Bridge which crosses the Pearl River in China's Guangdong province.
The Forth Estuary Transport Authority has announced that Atkins is to provide consultancy services for bearing and joint replacement on Scotland's Forth Bridge.
The 100t west expansion joint is due to arrive early next week at the Tacoma Narrows Bridge construction site in the US state of Washington.
Construction product designer and fabricator Canam Group has acquired the majority of the assets of Goodco and Z-Tech, which manufacture structural bearings and expansion joints.
Hyder Consulting has completed the concept and preliminary design for a glass-clad bridge over the Haihe River in the Chinese city of Tianjin.
