A joint venture made up of three major contractors has been chosen to build the US$3.3bn Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) expansion project in Virginia, USA.
The city council in the US city of Salem, Oregon, has decided that it doesn’t want a new bridge.
Fourteen potential routes have been identified for a new crossing to relieve congestion on the 6.9km Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the USA.
California Transportation Commission has approved funding of over US$12 million towards the cost of a US$15.5 million bridge whose design will echo trees and bicycle wheels.
A task force in the US state of Louisiana has recommended the use of a public-private partnership to enable rapid replacement of the Interstate 10/Calcasieu River Bridge.
New York State Department of Transportation has awarded a consultancy contract for the rehabilitation of two century-old lift bridges over the Erie Canal.
Funding has been allocated to allow the immediate start of work on upgrades to nearly 250 bridges in the US state of Missouri.
Construction of a new pedestrian bridge is now under way in the US city of Des Moins, Iowa, following the local council’s approval of the plans.
Fabrication is now complete of new diagonal bracing for the USA’s Sunshine Bridge, which was badly damaged when it was hit by a barge in October 2018.
More than 200 US bridges are set to be upgraded after receiving funding from a US$1.5bn programme to revitalise infrastructure.
A US$253 million contract has been awarded for the rehabilitation of the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York, USA.
The 500th new bridge has been completed in a US$899 million project involving the accelerated replacement of structures that are in poor condition.
The US state of New York is set to start a two-year project to rehabilitate seven historic bridges along the Erie Canal.
Design checks carried out for the investigation into the fatal collapse of a bridge under construction in Florida, USA, have identified apparent flaws.
The 1.6km Willis Bridge linking the US states of Oklahoma and Texas is set to be replaced next year following the appointment of a contractor.
Repairs are set to get under way shortly to replace a main load-carrying member that was damaged last month when a crane hit the Sunshine Bridge in the US state of Louisiana.
The US city of Sacramento has appointed the lead designer for the replacement of the I Street Bridge and has unveiled some concepts.
An audit requested by senior US transport officials has concluded that the fatal collapse of a Florida footbridge was not connected to the way the grant funding application was made, though there were shortcomings in the documentation.
The group previously named as preferred bidder for the record-breaking bridge linking Canada and the USA has now reached financial close on the US$4.4 billion project.
The USA’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has cited five companies for safety violations in connection with the fatal collapse of a pedestrian bridge under construction in Miami, Florida.
