A newly launched fire-resistant coating developed especially for composites has found its first bridge application on two fibre-reinforced plastic footbridges in north-west England.
The winning design for the Estonian terminal of the planned 870km-long Rail Baltica line combines the roles of a major transport hub and a bridge.
The panel judging a design competition for a new bridge in Vilnius, Lithuania, has chosen a preliminary winner.
A round-the-clock lifting operation has been completed to install a footbridge that will serve as a gateway to the marina area in Hull in northern England.
An augmented reality (AR) app for smartphones has been launched to show UK rail passengers the plans for the next generation of footbridges being built at stations.
The construction contractor has been chosen for the Neville Bonner Pedestrian Bridge in Brisbane, Australia.
The USA’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable causes of last year’s fatal collapse of a footbridge in Florida.
Funding with a total value of US$15.5 million have been promised for a new ‘signature’ pedestrian bridge as part of the renovation of a waterfront park in the US state of New York.
A report into the cancelled Garden Bridge project has said that all key stakeholders – including London's former mayor and current UK prime minister Boris Johnson - are responsible for their part in the scheme’s failure.
The USA’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released all of its investigation records on last year’s fatal collapse of a footbridge at Florida International University.
The inauguration took place last week of the first of 355 footbridges that will be built in Rwanda to save lives and tackle rural isolation.
The council in Cedar Rapids in Iowa has agreed the US$1 purchase of a former rail bridge to enable construction of a new crossing designed to reflect the area's industrial heritage.
The design has been completed for a 3D-printed bridge prototype that will be made from a glass-filled thermoplastic PET material combined with continuous glass fibres.
The contractor has been chosen for the construction of a new footbridge to replace one that collapsed in 2017 in the Czech capital Prague.
With cost and utility as the main design criteria, there is rarely anything to admire about modern footbridges built over UK railways. But this could soon change, reports Helena Russell
Crowdfunding is being sought to make a rolling steel footbridge a reality at Cody Dock on the Lea River, with the project approaching one-third of its US$241,000 target.
A multi-million-dollar gift has moved the planned 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington DC closer to its US$139 million funding target.
The winning entry has been chosen in the design competition for a new footbridge in Gauja National Park in Latvia.
Construction is now under way of a footbridge designed to withstand the challenging coastal environment of the Shipwreck Coast in Victoria, Australia.
The contractor has been named for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge that will create a link to a cultural area being developed on London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
