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The article informs about the West Virginia Dept. of Transportation, 26-bridge rehabilitation or replacement effort along Interstate 70 in and around Wheeling including new decks and overlays, steel and concrete substructure repairs, and elimination of deck joints and new coating systems..

The article informs that Total construction starts dipped 18 percent in September 2020 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 667.7 billion dollars, essentially taking back August's gain. It mentions that payback from several large projects entering start in August, the drop in activity brought total construction starts below levels seen in June and July.

A solution has been developed for fastening of running rails and check rails for a specific bridge structure. Special measures were necessary in order to meet the specifications involved, including those for vibration damping and longitudinal movement of viaduct/bridge segments and running and check rails able to move independently of one another. A baseplate for fastening the running and check rails was developed for this purpose. Different creep resistances for the running and check rails were realised in the plate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the application of composites in the design of Anacostia River Walk pedestrian bridge in Dayton, Ohio. Composite Advantage is in the process of completing fabrication of composite decking for the bridge. The fabrication is based on a design originally developed at the National Composite Center in Dayton.

The article focuses on the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will build a pair of modern bridges over the Cape Cod Canal, with the federal government on the hook to pick up the tab, under a memorandum of understanding between the state and the Corps signed on July 8.

The article reports that several media outlets had partnered to form the Detroit Journalism Cooperative (DJC) to report on the city's future after it had declared bankruptcy inlcduing the project has defunded, but for Bridge being an opportunity to launch BridgeDetroit.

The article offers information on the Vulcan Barrier solutions from Trinity Highway.

The article reports on plans of Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) of building two bridges that will tie into the existing roadway grade.

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 offers information on the hiring of the Kraemer North America by the Seattle Department of Transportation under an emergency contract to fix a bulging bearing and cracks in the West Seattle Bridge in Seattle, Washington.

The article discusses several U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of the just released U.S. Dept. of Transportation's 2019 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database. It mentions that economic recovery from coronavirus begins with strategic road and bridge improvements according to Dave Bauer, President of ARTBA.

The article focuses on Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge being the largest infrastructure project in the Washington, D.C., area has been schedule to be completed in 2021, the new bridge will replace an older, decaying bridge spanning the Anacostia River.

In this article the author talks about State and local transportation agencies, with help from direct federal and Highway Trust Fund dollars, continue to chip away at daunting backlog of structurally deficient bridges, according to a new American Road &Transportation Builders Association report.

The article focuses on the cover crops offer many benefits in terms of preventing erosion, managing organic matter in the soil and scavenging residual nutrients from the prior year's crop. Topics include the views of Anders Huseth, North Carolina State University Extension entomologist, on the same, and the problem has exasperated in multiple cover crop species mix that are incorporated into a cover crop mix.

The article discusses the architectural design of the precast concrete segmental towers on a vertical-lift bridge in the U.S which is designed by Hardesty & Hanover and FIGG Engineering.

The article discusses the New Jersey's proposed diversion of a portion of its annual payment to Amtrak to the Gateway Development Commission, established by New York to build the new bridge. Topics include the bridge project being received a medium-high rating from the Federal Transit Administration; the bridge and tunnel being considered antiquated workhorses of New York transportation infrastructure; and New Jersey is using traditional debt financing to fund construction of the Portal Bridge.

The article reports the decline of total construction that was started in December of 2019. Topics include the decline of construction of highway and bridge, the uncertainty surrounding trade policy weighed on construction activity; and fall of nonresidential building, and nonbuilding construction.

The article reports that the design-build consortium that constructed the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge across the Hudson River north of New York City has moved into the next phase of its lawsuit related to the project costs. Topics mentioned include demolition of the key truss of the old Tappan Zee bridge, the use of Freedom of Information Act provisions to force the authority to disclose more information about the project costs, and a flaw in one of the original bridge's joints.

The article presents information on former Adjutant General of Tennessee, Major General Hugh Barbee Mott. First Lieutenant Mott was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for securing a bridge across the Rhine river. However, the bridge was destroyed by the German forces in March 1945. The U.S. Army Engineer School, Missouri named a building as Mott Hall in his honor.

The article informs that a joint venture of Skanska, Corman Kokosing Construction Co. and McLean Contracting Co. is working on the replacement for an old bridge across the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

The article focuses on the installation of several steel arch segments on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C.; and mentions that the six-lane bridge is the largest infrastructure project in the history of the District Dept. of Transportation.

The article presents the construction analysis in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in which presents construction of commercial and manufacturing; highways and bridges; and health-care facilities along with the North San Jose Development Plan.

The article reports that Tappan Zee Constructors, the consortium led by Fluor Corp. for the fixed-price design-build construction has filed suit against the New York state Thruway Authority in state supreme court, and also claim for added payment and saying the agency is blocking document release to support it.

The article reports that Massachusetts regulators has approved a final permitting for the controversial Weymouth Compressor Station for the million Atlantic Bridge pipeline project that would extend from New England to Canada.

The article informs that the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project is nearing completion and also mentions that the project includes a dedicated bicycle path and pedestrian walkway as well as scenic overlooks.

The article offers information on the Fore River Bridge Replacement Project, part of the Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation's Accelerated Bridge Program, that offers a new approach to travelers and innovative, efficient solutions in modern engineering and construction.

The article informs that High Steel is pioneering the effective adoption of Phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) in steel bridge fabrication and mentions that sound is quickly transmitted through the weld at multiple angles with PAUT.

The article focuses on the restoration of the Longfellow Bridge in Massachusetts with the same materials used when the bridge was first constructed in 1903 such as seismic retrofit of 12 masonry substructures and reconstruction of signature granite towers to improve overall structural integrity.

The article informs that the governors of Maryland and Virginia have planned to rebuild and widen the American Legion Memorial Bridge, a notorious traffic chokepoint on the I-495/Capital Beltway that crosses the Potomac River.

The article informs that the U.S. Federal Highway Administration has proposed a revamp of its standards for bridge inspections and for those who evaluate bridges in the field. It mentions that the proposal also sets new requirements for training and certifying inspectors and team leaders. It also mentions that a registered professional engineer with six months of bridge inspection experience would qualify to lead an inspection team.

The article offers information on the help of worst traffic congestion spots with I-95 Southbound Rappahannock River Crossing project in Fredericksburg, Virginia that Started in late 2018, by the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide southbound-through motorists with more than three miles of dedicated travel lanes.

The article offers information related to the dehumidification of Delaware Memorial Bridge Main Cable and mentions that the dehumidification system on the twin-span bridge forces dry air through the four bridge main cables to prevent deterioration from corrosion. It further explores that the dehumidification system for this design-build project will extend the bridge's life span and prevent costly replacement of the bridge's main cables.

The article discusses the architectural design of the Marc Basnight Bridge / Replacement of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge located in Outer Banks, North Carolina and designed by HDR.

The article discusses the architectural design of the Surf City Bridge Replacement designed by RS&H - Roadway in Surf City, New York.

The article looks at a Major Rehabilitation Evaluation report which recommend Massachusetts Route 28 Bourne Bridge and the Route 6 Sagamore Bridges bring hope of alleviating miles of traffic backups for drivers and measure reliability of major components of the two bridges.

The article reviews the architectural design of a bridge home shelter at Schrader in Los Angeles, California designed by Architectural Division of City of Los Angeles' Bureau of Engineering, and recognized as the winner the of periodical's best project award.

The article reviews the architectural design of the bridge at Contra Costa County Department of Public Works in Clayton, California designed by Mark Thomas, and recognized as the winner the of periodical's best project award.

The article discusses that the 2.8-mile Marc Basnight Bridge in the Outer Banks of North Carolina is the winner of Deep Foundations Institute's Outstanding Project award.

The article offers information on the planning of foundation work for I-74 Mississippi River Bridge, and mentions that the team installed 233 drilled shafts and 7-ft-dia to 10-ft-dia permanent steel casing directly in the river.

The article discusses that Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has selected its preferred design concept for world's longest floating bridge, over the 550-meter-deep Bjørnafjord, south of Bergen, and presents the views of NPRA's technical development project manager Mathias Egeland.

Looks at the achievements that have been made in the field of engineering. Description of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge which opened on April 5, 1998; Construction of the Atalaya mansion in South Carolina without written plans; Establishment of the Draper Prize Awards in 1988.

Describes the design of a memorial bridge in Croatia. Details of architectural elements; Position of the steel structures.

This article offers a look at the lighting design installed by Sylvain Bigot at the Langeais Suspension Bridge over the Loire River in France. The bridge connects the town of Langeais to the municipality of Chapelle-aux-Naux since 1849. Bigot used blue atmospheric lighting and bold shadows to highlight the bridge's form and texture. He won the job in May 2006, and realized the design six months later. To pick out the five decks suspended between the bridge's four reinforced-concrete towers, Bigot installed 150 blue, single-watt LEDs on the decks' sides.

The article describes the architectural drawings of architect Jesse Reiser for two bridges. The red pencil drawing, Geodetic Studies of the Footbridge at Alishan, Taiwan, reveals an interest of Reiser since his boyhood days in the work of Sir Barnes Wallace, the English engineer who applied geodetic construction principles to aircraft design. Reiser is also fascinated with the human form, shown both in that sketch and the pen-and-ink wash, Study for Fenchichu Bridge and Station, Alishan, Taiwan.

The article discusses the slowdown in construction starts in the U.S. for April 2018 as compared to the previous month to $674.3 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Topics include the reasons for this slowdown in construction activity which included slowdowns in the Highway and bridge construction sector and Nonresidential building sector. INSET: Year-to-Date.

The article presents statistics for the total construction costs of non-residential structures such as bank buildings, hotels and shopping centers and non-building structures such as highways and bridges. According to the principal at Landow and Landow Architects Marc J. Landow, numerous projects in Greater New York focus on altering existing health care or education buildings.

The article features the 360-view offered by the Station Bridge of Bridgehouse that connects Middleburg's downtown to its outlaying areas in the Netherlands. The architects say the green glass relates to the copper roof of a nearby abbey and that they saw the project as an urban folly on the Walcheren canal.