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Zuari Bridge: India’s second longest cable-stayed eight-lane opens in Goa
- Dec, 30, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Structural Design
- India, Agaçaim
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Minister of Roads Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the country's second longest cable-stayed eight-lane Zuari Bridge on Thursday. Right-hand side (4-lane corridor) across the Zuari Ri...
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Africa’s longest bridge in Lagos: three teams in running to build it
- Dec, 09, 2022
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- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The government of Lagos State has shortlisted three bids to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a budget of $2.5bn. It is intended to...
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The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland
- Dec, 02, 2022
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- Italy
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...
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Dasmariñas bridge collapse: eight fatalities - the body of last missing victim found
- Jul, 26, 2022
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- Philippines, Dasmariñas
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Authorities found Thursday, July 28, the last missing victim in the collapse of a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV on Tuesday evening, July 26. On July 27, authorities...
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India’s Longest Steel Bridge, Mahatma Gandhi Setu: All Set To Fully Open For Traffic on June 7
- May, 28, 2022
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- India
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Bihar, considered as the longest steel bridge of the country, will open for traffic after its eastern flank is inaugurated on June 7. After being fully renovated, the 39-year-o...
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A 92-metre-long rail bridge is set to be installed in Stechford
- May, 06, 2022
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- United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Once installed in Stechford, it will become the longest single-span railway structure in the West Midlands allowing HS2 to access its new depot. A 92-metre-long (100yd) rail bridge is set to be dri...
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Fern Hollow Bridge replacement; construction expected to begin in April
- Mar, 08, 2022
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- United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Less than two months after the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh, PennDOT officials are announcing that both design and construction efforts are underway to replace the bridge. The new str...
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Rinsdorf bridge was blasted by German engineers - a new record is marked
- Feb, 06, 2022
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- Germany
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The Rinsdorf viaduct on Germany's A45 autobahn near Wilnsdorf in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia was destroyed by demolition crews who used around 120 kilograms (265 pounds) of explosives on Sund...
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Novel remote sensing monitoring program of bridges in Australia
- May, 28, 2021
- Structural Health Monitoring Bridge Management Structural Reliability Structural Optimization Structural Behavior
- Australia
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
The governmental authorities of Victoria in Australia are planning to deploy a remote structural health monitoring program for bridges. The program will be a joint venture between the Australian go...
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Closure of I-40 bridge in Memphis after cracks appear
- May, 26, 2021
- Bridge Management Bridge Design Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Design Structural Health Monitoring Beams Trusses Steel Structures Structural Analysis Fatigue Structural Behavior Repair And Retrofit Of Structures
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) released photos of a crack on the Hernando de Soto Bridge. The structure is part of Interstate 40 crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis. The br...
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