Archive for the ‘Bridges’ Category

Pottawattamie County, IA: Keg Creek Bridge Replacement

Monday, February 6th, 2012

(Re-posted with permission from Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2)) This time-lapse video shows accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques being used by a local contractor with standard equipment to replace a three-span bridge on U.S. 6 over Keg Creek in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The $2.7 million reconstruction project is a cooperative effort involving FHWA, the [...]

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New York City, NY: Henry Hudson Bridge Stringer Replacement

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Henry Hudson Bridge is undergoing work to replace decades-old structural elements. – mtainfo on YouTube

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2012 Pocket Guide to Transportation

Monday, January 30th, 2012

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration produces the Pocket Guide to Transportation as a compact resource that provides snapshots of the U.S. transportation system and highlights major transportation trends.

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Phoenix, AZ: Loop 303/Greenway Road Construction Bypass

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Uploaded by ArizonaDOT on YouTube.
Remember this awesome time-lapse video showing the construction of a temporary bypass at Greenway Road and the Loop 303?

Well, today we’ve got an even more in-depth look at how crews built the new intersection – complete with temporary barriers, fences and traffic signals – in just about 43 hours!

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Illinois to Missouri: The New Mississippi River Bridge

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Construction work on the Mississippi River Bridge project has begun.The new Mississippi River Bridge is the first bridge built connecting downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois in more than 40 years. Currently, the only urban interstate bridge between Illinois and Missouri is the Poplar Street Bridge, known locally as the PSB. The PSB is one [...]

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Mesquite, NV: I-15 Bridge Slide

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Uploaded by NVDOT on YouTube.
See how the Nevada Department of Transportation and our contracting partners are using acclerated bridge construction and a bridge slide to improve the I-15 interchance 120 in west Mesquite.

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Great American Infrastructure: The Sundial Bridge, Redding, CA

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

This is the eleventh in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The Sundial Bridge, a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava , is also-as its name suggests-a sundial. When: The bridge opened July 4, 2004 Why: The Sundial Bridge links the north and south campuses of Turtle [...]

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The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN’T resonance.
And I defer all arguments to the elocution of Profs. Billah and Scanlon: http://www.ketchum.org/billah/Billah-Scanlan.pdf

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“Brooklyn Bridge Ride” – In A Brooklyn Minute

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

On Monday late afternoon I rode my bike across the Brooklyn Bridge and filmed it with a GoPro for you.

The result is nothing like I expected. So I let frustrations and happy accidents fall where they may and bring you a ride that almost looks like an “impressionist painting stop-animation” of biking across the Brooklyn Bridge.

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San Francisco, CA: Bay Bridge Cable Animation

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Animation of how the longest suspension cable in the world will be installed over the next few months on the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge. ZushaElinson1 on YouTube.

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