Opinion

Great Lakes Engineering Group Celebrates Over Two Decades of Advocating for Stronger Infrastructure Standards

Great Lakes Engineering Group celebrates over 20 years of highlighting the urgent need for stronger bridge safety standards, sustained infrastructure investment, and long-term planning across the ...

What Those Gaps Along Highway Bridges Are Really Designed To Do

The gaps along highway bridges are expansion joints, designed to help the decks deal with expansion and contraction brought ...
Indiatimes

Structural flaws detected in Ahmedabad’s Shastri Bridge; heavy- and medium-sized vehicles banned for a year

Ahmedabad: Safety concerns have prompted Ahmedabad police to restrict access to one of the city's vital crossings across the Sabarmati, the Shastri Bridge. Police commissioner G S Malik issued a ...
Oregonian

Coast Guard will allow for less expensive Interstate 5 Bridge design

Washington and Oregon will not have to build a drawbridge as part of the project to replace the aging Interstate 5 Bridge across the Columbia River, the U.S. Coast Guard decided Friday. Instead, the ...
OPB

Records show how $140M might be paid to 4 Columbia River companies to offset effects of Interstate Bridge design

As Oregon and Washington transportation leaders await a Coast Guard decision that will determine the height of the planned Interstate Bridge Replacement project, OPB has obtained public records that ...
WSLS 10

Roanoke’s Wasena Bridge construction continues to progress with key structural updates

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke’s Wasena Bridge replacement project continues to make steady progress with the delivery and installation of critical structural components. Later today, one of three steel tub ...
Kansas City Star

Major route connecting KC to Northland closed after structural issues found

A major highway connecting Kansas City to the Northland is closed after the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Kansas City District discovered structural issues, a MoDOT official said. Crews shut ...
KCTV News

Northbound US 169 traffic near downtown airport shut down until at least next summer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Travelers to the Northland will have to find a different route on their way across the Missouri River if they prefer U.S. 169 Highway. The Missouri Department of ...
KSHB Kansas City

NB US 169 Highway closed near downtown airport due to structural issue with bridge

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed the northbound lanes of U.S. 169 Highway near the Kansas City Downtown Airport — Wheeler Field after discovering structural ...
WDAF-TV

Northbound 169 Highway closed after ‘major structural issues’ found on bridge

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Northbound 169 Highway is closed after “major structural issues” were found on the railroad bridge just north of the Kansas City Downtown Airport. According to a Facebook post from ...
The Gazette

Iowa City OKs initial Burlington Street Bridge design concept

Renderings of a concept for the Burlington Street Bridge project in Iowa City, which will look to replace the bridge and related infrastructure. The multiyear construction period, whose price is ...
Newsday

Weight restriction placed on Smith Point Bridge after inspection finds 'structural deterioration'

The Smith Point Bridge, a span in Shirley that had been designated as being in poor condition, has a truck weight limit after a state inspection “revealed structural deterioration,” Suffolk County ...