Articles Tagged with ''Bridge Construction''

Officials will use design-build to cut 18 months and $35 million from earlier estimates.

Major delays in a pair of multi­billion-dollar bridge proposals have handed Canada’s Trudeau government a setback as it pushes to get marquee infrastructure projects moving to boost the economy.

Half of the $4-billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, named for the late Gov. Mario Cuomo (D), opened to traffic on Aug. 24.

Beginning work on the rehabilitation of the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge that runs over the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston, crews opened the toll road to preconstruction traffic patterns on Aug. 7—nearly three weeks earlier than planned.

The first of two spans opened on June 11 on the new Goethals Bridge, which connects New Jersey and Staten Island.

The American bridge design and construction industry has turned the corner in embracing tools such as 4D modeling, public-private partnerships and drones.