News Walsh Construction to replace decrepit Providence bridge for $339m The state of Rhode Island has picked Walsh Construction Company to replace the decrepit I-95 Washington Bridge in Providence for $339m, creating some light at the end of the tunnel…
News Skanska wins two US contracts worth $514m Skanska has a contract to replace a road bridge in Massachusetts, and another to construct an engineering building at Virginia Tech University. The first, which is worth $274m, was signed…
News Work completed on East Africa’s longest bridge Work has finished on the $260m John Magufuli Bridge in Tanzania. The 3.2km structure connects the towns of Busisi and Kigongo across the Mwanza Gulf in the southern coast of…
News Cowi to design suicide deterrent on San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge Danish consulting engineer Cowi has been picked as lead designer in the project to add a suicide deterrent structure on the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. It’s the second most used…
News Six injured as bridge collapses during construction in Uttar Pradesh Six construction workers have been injured after the bridge they were working on collapsed in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh, during the evening of Monday 28 April. The bridge was to have…
News Skanska to build Sweden’s longest wooden bridge Skanska has signed a $35m contract to build Sweden’s longest wooden bridge, a 400m-long structure spanning the Skellefte River in the country’s north east. Working on behalf of Skellefteå Municipality,…
News Will Trump’s tariffs make a white elephant of Canada’s new bridge to Detroit? Canada’s C$6.4bn Gordie Howe International Bridge linking Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan is due to open in September, but President Trump’s trade war on Canada could make it a white…
News Japan to fund renovation of two Manilla bridges Japan’s JFE Engineering and local contractor First Balfour have won a $120m contract to renovate two bridges over the river Pasig in the Metro Manila area. The Guadalupe Bridge and…
News World Bank agrees $150m to help Nepal manage bridges The World Bank has signed off on a $150m financing package for Nepal’s Third Bridges Improvement and Maintenance Program. The money will be spent on increasing the organisational capacity of…
News India’s first vertical-lift rail bridge opens in Tamil Nadu Indian prime minister Narendra Modi opened a vertical-lift rail bridge in the southern state of Tamil Nadu yesterday. The 2km New Pamban Bridge connects the mainland with the town of…
News Skanska to replace New Jersey’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bridge for $421m Skanska has signed a $421m contract with the New Jersey Transit Corporation to replace a 435m-long rail bridge in Middlesex County. The scope of work on the Raritan River Bridge…
News ‘68 US bridges should be evaluated’ in wake of Baltimore collapse The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that 68 bridges across 19 states should be evaluated after the collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last year.…
News Kiewit lands $794m I-55 Bridge replacement, biggest in Tennessee history Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has picked Kiewit Infrastructure South to be construction manager for the $794m project to replace the 75-year-old I-55 Bridge over the Mississippi River near Memphis.…
News Jacobs to inspect all San Diego metro bridges Jacobs has won a contract to inspect all 85 bridges on 127 track-miles of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). MTS racked up 75.6 million passenger trips in the…
News Work starts on $11bn Chinese bridge over the Yellow Sea Work has begun on a 26km bridge in northeast China, 19km of which will be over the sea, China News Online reports. The Changhai Cross-sea Bridge will connect the city…
News Maryland unveils design concept for new Baltimore bridge Maryland Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Transportation this month unveiled the design concept for the new Francis Scott Key Bridge that will replace the one knocked over…
News All eyes on Trump for $7.5bn Portland-Vancouver bridge Oregon is hoping to begin work in September on the long-delayed bridge over the Columbia River, but local politicians worry about President Trump withholding pledged federal funding, Oregon Public Broadcasting…
News Skanska completes $19.8m I-40 bridge in California Skanska has announced the substantial completion of the $19.8m Essex Road Bridge replacement project in San Bernardino County, California for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Starting in May 2023,…