An extradosed bridge—often described as a hybrid of a cable-stayed and a box-girder structure—now stretches across the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Conn., as the crown jewel of a $2-billion, 7.2-mile-long Interstate 95 improvement program. Project officials say the extradosed design, rare in the United States, offered a number of space- and cost-saving advantages for this particular location while satisfying the public desire for a signature bridge.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials, stung by an audit detailing cost overruns at the World Trade Center, say they are pursuing increased private investment to recoup some of the burgeoning costs of rebuilding at Ground Zero.
New York state transportation officials and industry participants are scrambling to meet Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to have work under way later this year on the $5-billion-plus replacement of the aging Tappan Zee Bridge.
HNTB New Portsmouth Bridge design evokes history of predecessor www.portsmouth-nh.patch.com Old Memorial bridge main span floated out Feb. 8-9. After three days of delays, a visit from the Federal Highway Administrator and spirited public input, demolition began Feb. 8-9 on a key crossing between New Hampshire and Maine.
After three days of delays, a visit from the Federal Highway Administrator and spirited public input, demolition began Feb. 8-9 on a key crossing between New Hampshire and Maine.During a 72-hour window authorized by the Coast Guard to interrupt shipping, a design-build team led by Archer-Western Constractors used barges to float out the 300-ft-long center span of the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, N.H. during high tide. Through March, the towers and 40-ton concrete counterweights of the lift bridge will be removed using a 500-ton crane.The 88-year-old bridge was closed permanently to vehicular traffic on July 27 after New Hampshire Dept.
After enduring Gov. Rick Scott's suspension of contracts and consequent year-long delay to the start of construction, local, state and federal officials celebrated the survival of their prized $1.3-billion SunRail project with a project kickoff in late January.
A bipartisan-sponsored piece of legislation that would increase the weight limits for trucks on the interstate highway system is in limbo for now, after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 33-22 on Feb. 2 to delay consideration of any increase.
The Interior Dept. and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management breathed new life into offshore wind-farm leases on Feb. 2 by decreeing that in-depth environmental reviews are not needed before leasing can begin off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.
New York state transportation agencies have qualified four of five design-build teams that sought places on the short-list to build the estimated $5-billion-plus replacement of the aging Tappan Zee bridge across the Hudson River, north of New York City.
Expected to open in June, Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, a single new, robust air hub for Germany's capital, is nearing completion. Located 18 kilometers southeast of the city center, it will incorporate one runway from Schonefeld Airport, the smaller of Berlin’s two existing airports.
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