News Bank approves $165m loan for Madagascar’s roads and bridges The African Development Bank has approved a $165m loan to Madagascar to build roads and bridges to boost its economy. Roads will be improved in two southern regions, Atsimo Andrefana…
News Massachusetts gets $1bn to replace ‘obsolete’ Sagamore Bridge The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and US Army Corps of Engineers will start building a replacement for the 90-year-old Sagamore Bridge connecting Cape Cod to the mainland in 2027,…
News US earmarks $830m to protect transport infrastructure from climate change The US government is to spend $830m on mitigating the effects of climate change on road and rail systems. The money will go on 80 projects to protect transport from…
News Biden pledges to replace Baltimore bridge ‘soon as humanly possible’ US President Joe Biden has pledged to reopen the Port of Baltimore and replace the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge “as soon as humanly possible”.
News India’s longest cable-stayed bridge opens to traffic India’s longest cable-stayed bridge was inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi yesterday.
News Contract awarded for Bangladesh’s Tyne-style steel-arch bridge A joint venture between China State Construction (CSCEC) and Bangladesh’s Spectra Engineers has been chosen to build the country’s longest steel-arch bridge, the Financial Express reports.
Projects Acrow supplies four temporary bridges for I-94 revamp in Michigan Acrow has supplied four bespoke, modular steel bridges to carry traffic during major highway construction in Michigan.
Projects Balfour Beatty completes overnight bridge-beam lift in Texas highway overhaul Balfour Beatty, as part of Colorado River Constructors (CRC) joint venture, achieved a milestone on the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) $674m Oak Hill Parkway project in Austin this month.
News Spain’s FCC in running to upgrade nine major bridges in Pennsylvania The John Harris Bridge (South Bridge) carries the I-83 over the Susquehanna River into downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (sully213/CC BY-SA 2.0)