Lottery funding for earthquake resilience of key Portland, Oregon, USA, bridge
The timely fabrication, delivery and installation of over 65,000t of structural steel have been crucial for the successful completion of a new link between Croatia’s mainland and its hitherto isolated territory, write Bicheng Tang and Xuefeng Wang
Seven bridges are to be given seismic upgrades as part of a resiliency plan spearheaded by the US state of Oregon.
Asking readers to name the innovation that they believed had had the most impact on the bridge industry in the last 25 years was always going to lead to a variety of responses — but there was a clear winner.
Take a guided tour of the site of the 1,067m-long bridge being fast-tracked as a replacement for its predecessor, which collapsed in 2018.
Watch the techniques used to stabilise the two central arches of the 153-year old Deba Bridge
