Rail bridges

13 Mar 25

Latvia: balanced cantilever rail bridge project marks first phase

Rail Baltica is celebrating the first construction phase of its bridge over the Daugava River.

27 Feb 25

Swiss academics develop AI assistant to prioritise inspections and interventions

Switzerland’s rail authority teams up with researchers to harness AI.
25 Feb 25

Station footbridge slides through Victorian roof of UK station

Footbridge installed in two parts to give step-free access in historic railway station.

20 Feb 25

French rail launches 145m Warren span

Replacing a century-old puddled iron bridge with a record-breaking long span structure.

11 Feb 25

Green bridge’s 1,900 cubic metre deck pour complete

UK contractor puts finishing touches to over-rail bridge with two nature corridors.
30 Jan 25

Czech historic bridge replaced with near copy

Work to start next month on reconstruction of a rail bridge with an added pedestrian crossing.
29 Jan 25

USA: state rail authority names contractors for bridge package

JV picked for two-track rail bridge plus separate foot and cycle crossing.
23 Jan 25

Prague rail bridge designer selected

Replacement three-track bridge to improve Czech capital’s suburban rail network.
23 Jan 25

Strike monitor installed on one of UK’s most bashed bridges

Remote monitoring deployed in battle against vehicle strikes.

26 Dec 24

US rail body awards contracts for Sawtooth Bridges

Two JVs win contracts to work on replacement project involving complex rights of way.

06 Dec 24

Steel fabricator to foot US$25.5 million bill for bridge weld defects

UK welding issues worsened by testing regime, says HS2 fabricator Severfield

26 Nov 24

China completes world’s longest ballastless track bridge

725m rail bridge with ballastless track technology reaches construction milestone.

21 Nov 24

Tugboats ferry arch section down USA river

Arches destined for USA's busiest rail bridge ride back to Hackensack.

20 Nov 24

Assembly begins on UK green rail bridge

Wildlife corridor takes shape over high-speed railway.
14 Nov 24

China: rail engineers swing two halves of arch bridge over road

231m rail bridge was constructed in two halves on either side of a major expressway.
12 Nov 24

Slovenian designers challenged to bridge caves in 6km tunnel

Rail tunnel will need bridges to span karst caves.
08 Nov 24

Getting back on track

A successful emergency intervention resulted in a key rail bridge in Norway reopening only nine months after its partial collapse. Eve Boykova finds out how
17 Oct 24

UK historic cast-iron bridge protected in rail upgrade

1830s overbridge will be raised as part of Transpennine improvements.
24 Sep 24

USA: state gains US$472 million for drawbridge replacement

Massachusetts gets cash injection to replace a railway drawbridge.
20 Sep 24

Concepts for ‘iconic’ rail bridges unveiled in the USA

Fishhook bridge design aims to make Florida county a landmark.

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