I was just looking back through the ManySpans messages and stumbled upon the several pertaining to the Al Zampa Memorial Bridge posted nearly two years ago. ...
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/tnb/ I thought this site may be worth sharing. It's the most comprehensive site I've found. Great wealth...
http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0271-23371_ITM "About 20% of the 4,800 coils of cable meant for the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge's 2,800-ft-long suspension...
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/13357793.htm Work to start soon on new Dallas bridge By MELISSA SÁNCHEZ STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Dirt will start flying this...
With the Sixth Street Bridge renamed the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the Seventh renamed Andy Warhol; the remaining bridge of Pittsburgh's Three Sisters eyebar...
Does anyone have any suggested details for a shallow water cofferdam. I just started working for a bvridge contractor this past August. The bridge we're...
Okay, let me see if I have this straight. You are working for the bridge company in some role in which you have influence over design and decision-making; is...
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No, Steve, you do not have it straight! The design for the bridge rehab project was done by a consultant engineer for NY State DOT, not us. We are a...
Kevin, Its expensive but here the resource you are looking for http://bridgepros.com/features/cofferdams.htm. It was written by a contractor for contractors....
I'm with the previous poster. If your firm doesn't know how to design a cofferdam, you shouldn't have even tendered for the job. I think the comments were...
I have a patient who needs brain surgery. Can someone please send me the surgery procedure as I haven't done that before. Maybe I should have posted this...
There may be a reason your company was the low bidder. SKT ... What I'm reading... "Dark Passage", another in a series detailing the adventures of trapper ...
Article in today's Portland (Maine) Press Herald: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/coast/051215bridge.shtml "They that can give up essential liberty to...
With the Brooklyn Bridge once again getting media attention as a major pedestrian crossing thanks to the NYC transit strike, I was curious which other "major"...
Well, these bridges are not very exciting but the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls and the "Pay" Bridge in El Paso Texas/Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico carry...
The only bridge that comes to mind is the Golden Gate. Most of that foot traffic is tourists though. There's a good deal of bicycle traffic on the Golden...
Pedestrians on Charles Bridge ============================== Centuries-old Charles Bridge in Prague, now carries only pedestrians. Throngs of people crowd the...
Nice writeup Paul. I was in Prague in 1979 and walked the Charles Bridge. Prague was a very different city back then. It was behind the iron curtain, and...
Found this in the MTA strike coverage: http://villagevoice.com/news/0551,news,71185,2.html -david [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
This sounds like what they installed on the Waldo-Hancock Bridge in Maine. Off-topic: Happy Christmas and Merry Chanukkah to everybody! -R.T. ... From: "David...
http://undergroundozarks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=21068 Bridge experts? Judging by the abutments and design of the piers, was this going to be a concrete...
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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/article336757.ece 'Caterpillar on skates' could help save Forth road bridge By Paul Kelbie, Scotland Correspondent ...
Build bridges to replace ferries only to have the vehicles to take ferries across the bridge. Gotta love the British. Suck it up, spend the money, build a...
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/060107degateway.shtml It's the 'Downeast Gateway Bridge' By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press The replacement for...
Granted, there weren't too many transporter bridges built (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge) but the ferry/bridge concept isn't new. This...
I can contemplate building a parallelling span along side the Verrazano Narrows. I just get tired of the cost factor. The Verrazano Narrows has a daily...