News Argentina gets $1bn credit package for major new bridge The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $1bn credit package for a new bridge over the Paraná River in northeast Argentina. Its board last week approved a $700m credit…
News Modular bridges restore roads washed out by rain in California California’s San Luis Obispo County has installed two modular steel bridges to restore traffic on remote roads washed out by rainstorms in January and March this year. The bridges were…
News Thailand revives $27bn “land bridge” plan to bypass Singapore An ambitious plan to build a railway across Thailand, first mooted by the government in 2020, is under active consideration once more, the Bangkok Post reports. Srettha Thavisin, the former…
News Bangladesh to open Padma Bridge railway next month The railway that will use the bottom deck of Bangladesh’s awe-inspiring Padma bridge is to be commissioned next month, according to reports in the Chinese media. A 172km railway, which…
News Hochtief announces final girder placed on vital Rhine bridge Hochtief has announced the placing of the last main girder for the reconstruction of the A1 Leverkusen Bridge over the River Rhine. The 1km-long bridge, first opened in 1965, suffered…
News ZHA-designed Jiangxi River bridge completed The 295m-long Chengdu West First Bridge has been completed. It crosses the Jiangxi River, a tributary of the Tuojiang River in China’s Sichuan province. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA),…
News Louisiana picks consortium to replace steep Calcasieu bridge Louisiana’s Department of Transportation has picked a consortium with which to negotiate exclusively for a $2.1bn replacement of the Calcasieu River Bridge, built in 1951 to connect the cities of…
News World’s highest bridge under construction in China’s Guizhou Province Construction has begun on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, a 2,980m-long structure that will cross the Huajiang River in Guizhou Province, southwest China. Dubbed the world’s highest bridge by state…
News Work begins on China’s 1,600m ‘super major bridge’ across Yellow River Construction has begun on the 1,600m-long “super major bridge” that will span China’s Yellow River and link Henan Province Shandong provinces. According to state press agency Xinhua, the bridge will…
News Webuild and IHI complete the EU’s second longest suspension bridge Romania’s 1,975m Braila Bridge has become the longest in the country and the second longest suspension bridge in continental Europe. The Braila, which crosses the Danube in southeast Romania, was…
Projects Deceptively old New Aare Bridge opens in Switzerland Basel-headquartered architect Christ & Gantenbein is celebrating the construction of a new bridge it designed over the Aare River serving the town of Aarau in northern Switzerland. The completion ends…
News Design unveiled for Panama Canal’s fourth bridge Two European engineering and architecture companies Sener and Greisch have won a contract to design and build the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal. The 965m-long cable-stayed bridge will have…
News Chinese rail engineers succeed in replacing bridge section in four hours Chinese engineers this week used a smart machine to replace a section of railway bridge in four hours, the South China Morning Post reports. China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) said…
News UK backs £26m loan to rebuild Ukrainian bridges The UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), has agreed to issue a buyer credit loan guarantee worth £26.3m that allows the Ukrainian government to to start rebuilding six…
News Crews work 24/7 to replace collapsed highway bridge in Philadelphia The state of Pennsylvania and the US Federal Highway Administration together this week released $10m in emergency funds to start replacing a section of elevated highway in Philadelphia destroyed by…
News 50km bridge to Zanzibar: Tanzania in ‘advanced talks’ with Chinese firm The Tanzanian government is planning to build a 50km bridge – the longest in Africa – between Dar es Salaam and the island of Zanzibar, Construct Africa reports. Geofrey Kasekenya,…
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…