News China’s railway to the Arabian Sea would be worth the $58bn, study finds A 3,000km railway from China’s Xinjiang autonomous region to the Pakistani port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea would cost $58bn, but a feasibility study says it would be worth…
News China and Russia agree to build second rail bridge over the River Amur A railway bridge between China and Russia over the Amur river in southeast Siberia was approved last week, website RailFreight.com reports. The bridge will connect the city of Mohe in…
Projects Dead bridges: How modular viaducts are keeping the I-91 open in Massachusetts New Jersey-headquartered bridge maker Acrow has supplied two modular steel bridges to keep traffic flowing during a major bridge replacement project on the busy Interstate 91 (I-91) in Northampton, Massachusetts.…
News Skanska to replace 90-year-old bridge in Barstow, CA as city braces for population surge Skanska has won a $30m contract to replace a near-century-old, steel-and-timber bridge over a big rail yard in Barstow, California as the Mojave Desert city braces for a doubling of…
News SNC-Lavalin to replace Florida bridge Canada’s SNC-Lavalin has won a design and engineering contract to replace the Shepard Broad Causeway bridge in south Florida, which crosses the Intracoastal Waterway. SNC-Lavalin will serve as the prime…
News US Highway Administration to spend $2.1bn on “nationally significant” bridges The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced that $2.1bn has been awarded to four projects as part of its First Large Bridge Project Grants. Those chosen…
News Implenia-led team wins €250m bridge over the Kiel Canal Swiss contractor Implenia will lead a consortium building a steel composite motorway bridge over the Kiel Canal in northern Germany. DEGES, the state agency in charge of Germany’s road network,…
News Three teams in running to build Africa’s longest bridge, in Lagos Three bids have been shortlisted by the government of Lagos State to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a…