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The article discusses the progress of the construction of the $1.7 billion Portal North Bridge in New Jersey, which is part of the larger $33.7 billion Gateway Program. The new bridge will replace a 114-year-old swing bridge and will increase train capacity by allowing faster travel speeds. The project is on time and budget, and the scope of work includes retaining walls, deep foundations, concrete piers, structural steel bridge spans, rail systems, and demolition of the existing bridge. The article also mentions a lawsuit filed by a former chief of construction management alleging design defects, but the project team assures that monitoring systems are in place to address any concerns. The project received a significant funding grant agreement in 2021 and is seen as a generational investment in railway infrastructure. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the $2.4 billion plan to build a new Woodrow Wilson Bridge across the Potomac River and expand adjacent segments of the Capital Beltway. The plan has reached the one-third-complete mark. Neil Pedersen, head of the Maryland State Highway Administration, which oversees the lion's share of the contracts, said that the construction is on schedule. What puts the Wilson bridge even more squarely at center stage is that it is Washington D.C.'s megaproject, with the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation right on its doorstep.

The article discusses that total construction starts declined 25 percent from March to April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 572.2 billion dollar as COVID-19 and the economic recession hit the construction sector; and mentions that nonbuilding construction fell 5 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 156.6 billion dollar.

The article focuses on the Lincoln Nebraska Foot Bridge in Nebraska, which connects Pinnacle Bank Arena and Haymarket Park. It is noted that the 611-foot-long bridge was Conceived and designed and built by Kansas City company Dimensional Innovations (DI). It is stated that the bridge serve as a centerpiece to a restored part of Lincoln.

The article discusses repairing of Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by contractor Joseph B. Fay Co. Topics discussed include efforts of Fay and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to repair and realign the bridge temporarily after a fire, comments from H. Daniel Cessna of PennDOT, on same and repairing of the whole bridge.

The article reports on the Westlink M7 bridge project in Sydney, New South Wales, which is an example of an effective public-private partnership model . The road project was completed in December 2005, eight months ahead of schedule and under budget. It is a joint venture between Abigroup and Leighton Contractors.

This article reports on the delay in the opening of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Gig Harbor, Washington. The contracting team will be paying $12,500 a day in liquidated damages. Its a joint venture of Bechtel Infrastructure and Kiewit Pacific Co. Early in the project, the 120-ft-long deck sections became a source of controversy. This led to subcontractor Samsung Heavy Industries stopping work due to disagreement with Nippon Steel Kawada Bridge Inc.

The article focuses on the $2.4 billion plan to build a new Woodrow Wilson Bridge across the Potomac River. Maryland and Virginia approach and interchange contracts are geared to tie into a May 2006 switchover of traffic from the existing Woodrow Wilson Bridge to the new bridge outer loop lanes. The outer loop local lanes will carry interim traffic. The future outer loop express lanes temporarily will serve inner loop traffic going in the opposite direction for about 2 years. In summer 2008, traffic will switch over from the outer loop lanes to the new inner loop lanes.

The article discusses reports that the New York transportation officials selected Tappan Zee Constructors, a team of contractors and engineers including Fluor Corp., Granite Construction Northeast, and HDR, for the construction of a replacement bridge for the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River. Topics include the estimated 5.2 billion dollar cost of the contract, construction project procurement proposals, and plans for the hiring of a project consultant.

The article examines a construction project in which a bridge over the Winooski River in Vermont was expanded and renovation. The use of a hydraulic side-launching jacking system to cut and move the north truss of the bridge a distance of 12 1/2 feet is examined. The design of the project by the company Finley Engineering and the actual construction by contractor Harrison & Burrowes is discussed.

The reports that New York state transportation officials shortlisted four design-build teams on February 7, 2012 in an effort to fast-track construction to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge, which includes Kiewit Infrastructure Co., Fluor Enterprises, and Skanska USA Civil. The bridge, which will span the Hudson River, will reportedly be the largest bridge in New York when completed.

The article focuses on the completion of a contract to elevate the 2-mile portion of Route 164 in Portsmouth, Virginia by a design-build team led by contractor Tidewater Skanska and designer Vanasse Hangen Brustlin. The cost of the project is $22 million. The team received a bonus of $50,000 for completing the project five days earlier. The new exit and entrance ramps also served as bypass roads while the highway was closed for construction of the bridges.

The article reports on the contract for the construction of a bridge superstructure on Brightman Street over Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts. The new bridge is estimated to cost $103.6 million.

This article focuses on a construction project on a bridge over Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts. The estimated cost for the project is at $103.6 million.

This article reports on a contract awarded to Tidewater Skanska by the Georgia Department of Transportation to reconstruct a section of Interstate 95. The project includes more than a 9-kilometer section of I-95 in Brunswick, Georgia, widening of the existing roadways, construction of four bridges, and drainage systems.

The article reports that Michigan officials are hoping a nearly completed $14-million bridge will brighten tourists' impressions of Detroit as they travel from the airport to Super Bowl XL in February 2006. The twin tied-arch steel spans, designed by Chicago, Illinois-based Alfred Benesch & Co. last year, feature two large blue ovals augmented with more ovals that are supposed to evoke footballs. The exterior arch lengths are 355 ft, while the interior arches are 305 ft. The bridge is part of a larger $55-million project to improve I-94 between Detroit Airport and downtown.

This article reports that $650-million Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, opened on July 16, 2005, preceded by week-long festivities. Palmetto Bridge Constructors, a design-build consortium led by Norfolk, Virginia-based Tidewater Skanska Inc. and Longmont, Colorado-based Flatiron Constructors Inc., coped with a bankrupt steel supplier and hurricane threats in completing its $531-million contract a year ahead of schedule. The 2.5-mile-long, eight-lane Cooper River crossing linking Charleston to Mount Pleasant includes a signature 1,546-ft-long cable-stayed main span supported on two diamond-shaped 575-ft-tall pylons.

This article discusses the issue of widening of the flyovers in the United States. Crews completed in late August the widening of a recast segmental fly-over bridge in Miami-Dade County— the first job of its land in the mainland United States. A segmental bridge is not unique, but widening one is a first on the U.S. mainland, according to the American Segmental Bridge Institute. The designer and engineer of record, Tallahassee-based Westinghouse Corp, was concerned about traffic loads once the cantilevered wings were lengthened and moved out to new parapets.

The article focuses on results of a bid invited by Maryland Highway officials for the last of three contracts for Woodrow Wilson Bridge across the Potomac River. The $191.2-million apparent low bid, from a team of American Bridge Co., Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc., and Trumbull Corp., was 25 5.125840e-305ss than the state's figure. American Bridge and Kraemer joined to win the first of the Wilson bridge contracts, awarded on January 31, 2003 for the bascule portion of each of the two six-lane parallel bridges. The new contract is the largest of the Wilson bridge's three contracts, covering the construction of the 3,300-ft-long stretch from the Maryland abutment across more than three-quarters of the Potomac's width, to the bascule section. Officials are aiming to open the outer bridge in late 2005 or early 2006 and the inner bridge two years later.

Reports on the awarding of the first contracts for the rehabilitation of the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York, under a union-only labor agreement. Contract bidders; Issues related to the issuance of contracts.