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Mandela
bridge polished ahead of big opening
Independent Online, South
Africa - Jul 15, 2003
... And now the countdown has
begun - in five days' time, the cause of what seems like
a million traffic jams, the newly built Nelson Mandela Bridge,
will open as ...
Changes
in bridge bill raise hopes it will pass
Oregonian, OR - Jul
15, 2003
SALEM -- A jobs-creation package appears
to be back on track Monday after a Senate
panel unanimously approved a revised $2.5 billion bridge-repair
bill that ...
Road-bridge
funding will be considered - Salem
Statesman Journal
Plan
for road repairs returns to Legislature - Salem
Statesman Journal
Bridge-widening
proposal draws objections from Upper Keys
Key West Citizen, FL - Jul
15, 2003
Some Key Largo residents are calling a
last-minute county proposal to support
four-laning the Jewfish Creek Bridge
"suspicious" and "inappropriate.". ...
State
officials target 18-Mile Stretch bridge - Key
West Citizen
Event celebrates bridge with music, food and fun
Pasadena
Star-News, CA - Jul 13, 2003
PASADENA -- The city cooled down
Saturday evening at the Colorado Street Bridge
party with chilled mixed-berry lemonade, frigid blades
of samurai swords and ...
Colorado
Street Bridge fund-raiser celebration today - Pasadena
Star-News
Unlike Galloping Gertie, new
bridge will fend off wind
Tacoma News
Tribune, WA - Jul 13, 2003
Rapid currents are the big challenge for
engineers designing the foundations
of the new Tacoma Narrows bridge. Wind, after
all, is ...
Brooklyn Bridge linked to Cincinnati
Akron Beacon
Journal, OH - Jul 13, 2003
What Cincinnati residents simply call
``the suspension bridge'' was the precursor
to New York's Brooklyn Bridge, both the handiwork
of architect John A ...
Moss Landing bridge project crosses to safety
The Californian, CA - Jul
12, 2003
By Larry Parsons. Monterey County will
advertise for construction bids on the new
Sandholdt Bridge in October. A contract is
expected to be awarded in December. ...
Divers inspect pier for bridge on 465
Vicksburg Post, MS - Jul
11, 2003
Jason Oatman, top, of Specialty Diving
watches as fellow diver Travis Pierce, bottom,
takes measurements from one of the piers of the
Mississippi 465 bridge ...
$ 57947 for covered bridge
Kewanee Star
Courier, IL - Jul 11, 2003
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Jerry
Weller (R-Morris), has announced that a security
enhancement project for the Historic Red Covered
Bridge near Princeton ...
Mary
’ s River Bridge Receives Transportation Grant - Chester
Sun Times
Covered bridge in Weathersfield gets federal
funds
Barre Montpelier
Times Argus, VT - Jul 9, 2003
... The Weathersfield Upper Falls
Covered Bridge, which spans the Black River on
Town
Highway 20, will receive $596,100 from the US Department
of Transportation. ...
Historic bridge 'bookmarked'
Martins Ferry Times
Leader, OH - Jul 10, 2003
THE BLAINE Hill "S" Bridge no
longer carries stagecoaches over Wheeling Creek, but
its historical and architectural significance and the
span itself continue ...
Disabled
man wins campaign for ramp on Delaware River bridge
Penn Live, PA - Jul
7, 2003
PORTLAND -- The goal of one man's long
lobbying campaign for greater mobility between
two states recently got a boost when the Delaware River
Joint Toll Bridge ...
News
in brief from eastern Pennsylvania - Penn
Live
Deck Collapse in West Virginia
WTRF, WV - Jul
5, 2003
... At least five others who were
hurt refused treatment. according to
a Gauley Bridge officer the victims fell about 15
to 20 feet.
12
Hurt in Deck Collapse in West Va. - Newsday
11
Hurt In Deck Collapse At West Va. Home - Guardian
Deck
collapse injures at least 13
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more »
Public involvement key to bridge project
Bettendorf News, IA - Jul
5, 2003
... The decking is coming
together quickly. And by year’s end, the 10-year
dream to replace the aging bridge will be
complete. Cars ...
Memorial plan complicates bridge issue
Grand Forks
Herald, ND - Jul 5, 2003
FARGO - Mayor Bruce Furness says a
proposal in neighboring Moorhead to add
a veterans memorial to a new Red River bridge
faces a couple of hurdles. ...
Island preps for bridge's long closing
Palm Beach Post, FL - Jul
5, 2003
... The North Beach Bridge,
whose drawspan has required many repair jobs and caused
many traffic tie-ups, will be closed from Wednesday
through Aug. ...
St. Louis' Eads Bridge Back
in Business
Dayton Daily
News, OH - Jul 4, 2003
By JIM SUHR. ST. LOUIS (AP)--Opened nine
years before the better-known
Brooklyn Bridge, St. Louis' Eads Bridge
for more than a century ...
Bridge might be part of original Sauk Trail
eTruth, IN - Jul
4, 2003
By Nancy Sipka. UNION -- Remnants of an
old corduroy bridge could be a link to
the original Sauk Trail -- or so thinks Charlie Bussard,
a Union resident. ...
Whetstone foot bridge approved
Brattleboro
Reformer, VT - Jul 4, 2003
BRATTLEBORO -- With the state's recent
approval and the financing heading down the
pipeline, the long-awaited Whetstone Pedestrian Pathway
and Bridge appears ...
Wu says bridge approved
The Standard, Hong
Kong - Jul 4, 2003
The proposed Zhuhai-Macau-Hong Kong
bridge has received the go-ahead from both former
and present Chinese premiers, Hopewell Holdings chairman
Gordon Wu said ...
Paying less to cross the 'Mighty Mac'
WOTV, MI - Jul
4, 2003
The state House on Wednesday approved a
bill that would encourage officials
to lower tolls on the Mackinac Bridge and assure
funding for the bridge. ...
Mackinac
Bridge - WILX-TV
A bridge to fair
St. Louis
Dispatch, MO - Jul 2, 2003
Dan Venable, an iron worker with St.
Louis Bridge Company, works on
the expansion joints on the Eads Bridge. Back in
1867, James ...
Fair
St. Louis Expands To Illinois - KDSK
Fair
St. Louis Opens Thursday - KWMU
Bay Bridge nears $3 billion
tag
Contra Costa
Times, CA - Jul 3, 2003
... contract methods and
instigated emergency legislation in parallel moves to
check
costs on the incredibly expensive replacement eastern
span of the Bay Bridge. ...
Board OKs $1.5 million for Southside bridge
Free Lance News, CA - Jul
2, 2003
The San Benito County Board of
Supervisors approved a $1.5 million contract with
a Sacramento construction company Tuesday to build a new
Southside Road bridge ...
Getting Around: Construction Guide
Pittsburgh Post
Gazette, PA - Jun 21, 2003
... Butler Main Street plans --
PennDOT and consultants will explain the $25 million
bridge improvement plan 6 to 8 pm Thursday at the
Butler Days Inn, Route 8 ...
Caution:
Road work ahead - Chambersburg
Public Opinion
Alliances
approves transportation recommendations for state ...
- Uniontown Herald
Standard
Owego opens bridge to pedestrians
Ithaca Journal, NY - Jun
21, 2003
By SCOTT ROCKEFELLER. OWEGO -- The Court
Street bridge will be open
to pedestrians during today's Strawberry Festival in
Owego. However ...
Bridge connects old, new Greeley
Greeley Tribune, CO - Jun
21, 2003
A 110-foot-long covered bridge
was installed Friday over wetlands in the
Fox Run subdivision as an interlink on 27 miles of bike
trails. ...
Residents call bridge-crossing contest unfair
Pascagoula
Mississippi Press, MS - Jun 19, 2003
PASCAGOULA -- The bidding process to be
the last motorist to cross the 50-year-old
US 90 East Pascagoula River bridge is unfair,
some residents say. ...
Senate passes bills on Mackinac Bridge funding
WOOD-TV, MI - Jun
18, 2003
(Lansing, June 18, 2003, 6:45 pm)
Legislation to encourage officials to lower tolls
on the Mackinac Bridge and assure funding for the
bridge passed the state ...
Plan abandons proposed Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
Toll
Hampton Roads Daily
Press, VA - Jun 19, 2003
CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- A $15 billion
road-building plan approved by southeastern Virginia
leaders abandons the idea of placing a toll on the
Hampton Roads Bridge ...
Carquinez Bridge Worker Injured
KCRA-TV, CA - Jun
18, 2003
VALLEJO, Calif. -- A man working on the
new span of the Carquinez Bridge was injured
Wednesday morning when a 2-inch diameter feeding cable
broke and struck ...
Bridge work to begin this week: Pendergast Circle
project will ...
Neponset Valley
Daily News, MA - Jun 19, 2003
NORWOOD -- The Massachusetts Highway
Department will begin work this week to prepare
for the replacement of the Pendergast Circle Bridge
spanning Rte. 1. ...
Fort Pitt Tunnel, Bridge Construction Deadline
Extended
WPXI.com, PA - Jun
19, 2003
PITTSBURGH -- The deadline for
completion of the Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel
project
has been pushed back a few weeks. PennDOT is now giving
Trumbull Corp. ...
Construction officials optimistic
about meeting bridge deadline
Beaufort Gazette, SC - Jun
19, 2003
... Mark Gershey, safety director
for Balfour Beatty, said the event was held to celebrate
construction of the last of 61 shafts that will support
the new bridge
Bridge
would attract millions
News 8 Austin, TX - Jun
17, 2003
If the former mayor David Chiu has his
way, a new bridge over Interstate
35 could bring millions of visitors to the city each
year. ...
Bridge
inspections under scrutiny (3/03)
Northern Ontario
Business, Canada - Jun 15, 2003
The collapse of the Aubrey Cosens VC
Memorial Bridge over the Montreal River
in Latchford on Jan.14 caused more than a temporary
traffic inconvenience. ...
New
county bridge opening today
Hannibal Courier
Post, MO - Jun 16, 2003
At 11 am today the new Hall Bridge
on Marion County Road No. 153 will be opened,
following a ribbon cutting ceremony by the Marion County
Commission. ...
Landmark
bridge opened in Dublin
U.TV, UK - Jun
16, 2003
A new landmark bridge for the
Irish capital, Dublin has been officially
opened on Bloomsday. The €8 million James Joyce Bridge
...
Pedestrian
bridge in San Benito to be demolished today
Harlingen Valley
Morning Star, TX - Jun 16, 2003
... SAN BENITO — For years,
Salome Martinez has counted on the pedestrian bridge
over
Expressway 77/83 as a route for customers living on the
south side of the ...
New
bridge opens on river Liffey
RTE Interactive, Ireland - Jun
16, 2003
The James Joyce bridge links
Ellis Quay on the north of the river to Ushers Island,
the setting for the family home in the short story 'The
Dead' in the Joyce ...
Blasting
to remove bridge set for Tuesday
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - Jun 15, 2003
On Tuesday, APAC-Missouri Inc.,
contractor for the Missouri Department of
Transportation,
will begin blasting to remove the old Route 5 Niangua bridge,
north ...
Route
52 to be closed near St. Elizabeth - Jefferson
City News Tribune
New
material allows repairs at US 64 bridge or less
time, money
Durham Herald Sun, NC - Jun
13, 2003
... NC Department of
Transportation expect substantial savings of both time
and money
to result from the use of a new composite material in a
Chatham County bridge ...
State's
largest bridge will transform Mobile skyline
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - June 2, 2003
... The state's solution: A $340
million high-rise bridge - the state's largest
with
a 190-foot vertical clearance - arcing over the downtown
tunnels, changing the ...
Stone
bridges on the rocks
Philadelphia
Inquirer, PA - June 2, 2003
... Among the 126 are amazing
specimens, such as the 1697 Frankford Avenue
Bridge, which few drivers realize is older than
Independence Hall. ...
State
asks public which stone bridges it should keep - Penn
Live
Cabinet
OKs permanent Yallahs bridge
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - May
31, 2003
CABINET APPRO-VAL has been granted for
the construction of a $180 million permanent
bridge to replace the recently destroyed Yallahs
River Bailey bridge in St. ...
Nebraska
Officals Working On Plan To Replace Bridge
KGWN, WY - June
2, 2003
State roads officials likely will have a
plan later this week to replace
a collapsed bridge over Interstate 80 near Big
Springs. ...
Funds
to help bridge transport problems
ABC Regional Online, Australia - June
2, 2003
... The program has been launched
at a time when the State Government is being warned
by local councils bridge infrastructure is
beginning to be eroded because ...
Bridge
projects get hearings
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville
NC - June 2, 2003
By Walton Walker. The state Department
of Transportation will give Fayetteville
residents a chance to talk about two proposed bridge
replacements Tuesday. ...
Council
to make do with wooden bridge
ABC Regional Online, Australia - June
2, 2003
Toowoomba City Council will make do with
an existing wood bridge as part of the
West Creek corridor master plan, rather than pay more
than $1 million to pay ...
Bridge
to past is nearer
Toledo Blade, OH - June
2, 2003
Plans are coming into focus for a new
pedestrian and bicycle bridge over US 24 that
would connect the Fallen Timbers Monument with the
nascent Fallen Timbers ...
Bridge
naming honours pioneer family
ABC Online, Australia - June
2, 2003
The history of a pioneering family has
been honoured with the naming of a bridge
over the Diamantina River at Old Cork, between Winton
and Boulia in central ...
Building
Bridges Out of Steel
San Diego State
University (press release), CA - June
2, 2003
SDSU recently hosted the annual National
Steel Bridge Competition at Cox
Arena. The event brought approximately 45 teams of
undergraduate ...
A
tough one to solve - Fresno
Bee
Aldona-Corjuem
bridge to be ready in 18 months: Shripad
Oherald, India - May
31, 2003
— If the foundation stone for the long
awaited Aldona-Corjuem bridge, laid on
the auspicious Goa Statehood Day, was a special moment
for residents in and ...
Bridge
could go to state
Florida Today, FL - Jun
1, 2003
The crumbling, county-owned Max Brewer Bridge
in Titusville could be returned to
state ownership within the next year or two, increasing
the chances the 55-year
Bridge
work remains at a standstill
Kankakee Daily
Journal, IL - Jun 1, 2003
Kankakee and Bradley won't have any bridge
work occurring until at least Tuesday
as a strike by union heavy construction and highway
workers continues. ...
Elizabeth
bridge dedicated to WWII vets
Parkersburg News, WV - May
31, 2003
ELIZABETH - Wirt County residents,
veterans and politicians honored World War II
veterans Friday morning with the dedication of the West
Virginia 5 Bridge near ...
Amelia
Earhart Bridge listed as endangered historic site
St. Joseph News
Press, MO - May
30, 2003
By SCOTT LAUCK. The Amelia Earhart
Memorial Bridge in Atchison, Kan., has been
named one of the most endangered historic sites in the
United States. (St. ...
Gridlock
To Greet I-30 Motorists As Bridge Comes Down
KXAS, TX - May
30, 2003
Texas Department of Transportation
workers are preparing to tear down the Oakland
Boulevard bridge Saturday night to build a new
and improved bridge.
Beams
arrive for new bridge
Northeast Georgian, GA - May
30, 2003
By Melody Spurney of The Northeast
Georgian. Drivers on Highway 105 (Cannon Bridge
Road) have been sharing the road withtrucks carrying
iron beams this week
Bridge
widening project
WMBB, FL - May
30, 2003
... There were already plans to
four-lane 79 in Panama City Beach. Thursday
local legislators unveiled plans to four-lane the West
Bay Bridge
ODOT
says $14 million project to widen Edison bridge
on track
Port Clinton News
Herald, OH - May 30, 2003
PORT CLINTON -- State officials are
still on track to open bids on a massive, $14
million widening of the Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge
over Sandusky Bay in ...
Hearings
start on $2.5 billion bridge, road package
Katu.com, OR - May
28, 2003
SALEM - Motorists would pay higher auto
registration fees under a proposed $2.5
billion road and bridge funding package that got
its first public airing ...
Plan
would raise money to fix roads - Salem
Statesman Journal
Proposed
bicycle bridge faces roadblocks
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - May 29, 2003
With funding and leadership issues still
unresolved, progress appears to
be obstructed on the proposed bicycle bridge over
the Missouri River. ...
Officials
support Fargo bridge plan
Grand Forks Herald, ND - May
29, 2003
FARGO - A new bridge corridor
that crosses over the Red River south of this city
and neighboring Moorhead could end a dispute over the
best route for motorists ...
Bridge
suit settled for $12 million
Louisville Courier
Journal, KY - May 28, 2003
... The state has agreed to pay
$12 million to settle a bribery and breach- of-
contract lawsuit brought by two companies hired to paint
the Kennedy Bridge. ...
State
paying $12 million to settle suit over bridge in
bribery ... - WDRB
Painters
get $12 million - Lexington
Herald Leader
Baldwin
Bridge In Need Of Repairs
Shore Publishing, CT - May
26, 2003
OLD SAYBROOK -- Ten years ago this week,
the second Baldwin Bridge opened, easing
the traffic crunch on I-95 over the Connecticut River
between Old Saybrook ...
The
Bridge So Far
Bremerton Sun, WA - May
21, 2003
Members of the state Transportation
Commission get a firsthand update
on construction progress of the new Tacoma Narrows bridge.
...
DOT
bends on plans for new Narrows office - Tacoma
News Tribune
Canada
to fund bridge projects
Buffalo News, NY - May
21, 2003
By BILL MICHELMORE. QUEENSTON, Ont. -
The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge will get a new
lane for truck traffic, and the Peace Bridge will
have an expanded US Customs ...
Pettem:
New Broadway Bridge replaces bridge from
1921
Boulder Daily
Camera, CO - May
21, 2003
The next time you're sitting in downtown
traffic, waiting to drive through road
construction on the new Broadway Bridge, you can
sympathize with Boulder ...
South
Causeway bridge to be replaced
Georgetown Times, SC - May
21, 2003
The South Carolina Department of
Transportation has announced plans to replace the
#2 South Causeway bridge over a tidal stream on
Route S-266 (South Causeway ...
DOT
to close Pawleys road, rebuild bridge - Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Michigan
Department of Transportation grants reprieve to bridge
...
Sault Star, Canada - May
20, 2003
By ELAINE DELLA-MATTIA. Local News - The
International Bridge bus has received another
injection of cash that will keep the vehicle running
through September. ...
MPO
supports stages for Manatee bridge
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - May
20, 2003
MANATEE COUNTY -- Although residents who
oppose a proposed bridge across the Manatee
River haven't gotten the project stopped, they may have
slowed it down. ...
Panel
to review highway projects - Sarasota
Herald-Tribune
Separatists
destroy bridge in Kashmir
Sify, India - May
20, 2003
Srinagar: A vital road communication
link in north Kashmir was snapped when militants
blasted a bridge in Bandipora while a Border
Security Force jawan and two ...
BSF
jawan killed and bridge blasted in Kashmir - Deepika
Four
killed and bridge blasted in Kashmir - Deepika
Covered
Bridge to Move to Monroe County
WISH, IN - May
20, 2003
James. (Bloomington - AP) -- A bridge
to be erected over Bean Blossom
Creek in 2005 will be new to Monroe County -- but it
won't be new. ...
County
to get covered bridge - Bedford
Times Mail
Thousands
Participate In Bay Bridge Walk-Run
KNSD, CA - May
19, 2003
The 17th annual Bay Bridge
Walk-Run kicked off Sunday morning near
the downtown Gas Lamp district. The 4-mile route takes
people ...
Bid
opening for Hood Canal Bridge project, graving
yard delayed ...
Port Angeles
Peninsula Daily News, WA - May
19, 2003
by BRIAN GAWLEY. Wednesday's scheduled bid opening for
the Hood Canal Bridge renovation
project and Port Angeles graving yard has been delayed
until June 4. ...
Happy
birthday, Brooklyn Bridge
New Haven Register, CT - May
18, 2003
The bridge, the world’s longest
suspension bridge when it opened May 24,
1883, has a total length of 5989 feet and a river span
of 1595 feet. ...
Cable-stayed
bridge causing worries
The Hindu, India - May
15, 2003
... Having failed to convince the
Railway authorities that they have been put to a
disadvantage
following the construction of the new Garden City Skyway
Bridge at ...
Residents
get look at bridge options
Cumberland Times
News, MD - May 17, 2003
KEYSER — There is “no easy
solution” to what will be done to either renovate
or replace the Keyser-McCoole bridge, and that is
why the West Virginia ...
Preliminary
work begins on Fairfax pedestrian bridge
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - May 16, 2003
-- The city of Fairfax has begun
preliminary engineering work on a half (m) million
dollar pedestrian bridge for children walking and
riding bicycles to four ...
News
in brief from California's North Coast - Sarasota
Herald-Tribune
The
George Washington Bridge
New York Times - May
16, 2003
Many Americans firmly believe that
George Washington wore wooden
dentures. It's not true. What is true is that Washington
had a ...
Residents
may sue over rotting bridge
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - May 17, 2003
ENGLEWOOD -- The Michael Kosinski Bridge,
which connects Don Pedro and Knight
islands, is rotting away and is unsafe, according to an
engineer's report. ...
Mud
River project tries to bridge time gap
NewHavenRegister.com - May
16, 2003
OLD SAYBROOK — Replacement work on the
Mud River bridge is behind schedule, and
town officials fear that could interfere with summer
activities in Indiantown ...
Bridge
building design OKd
Boca Beacon, FL - May
16, 2003
The same architect that designed the bridge's
toll plaza will probably be in on plans
for the new administrative building after no other firms
put forth design ...
Bridge
relocation discussed at meeting
San Bernardino Sun, CA - May
15, 2003
LOMA LINDA - A proponent of healthy
living and walking instead of driving, Loma
Linda Mayor Floyd Petersen is anxious to turn an
outdated bridge into ...
Council
discusses relocation of bridge - San
Bernardino Sun
Recycling
theme of council meeting - San
Bernardino Sun
IDOT
may bridge gap in Burbank
Chicago Daily
Southtown, IL - May
15, 2003
By Michelle Mullins. While construction
is years away, the Illinois
Department of Transportation will hold a meeting this
month to ...
Two
Eugene Bridge Projects Jump to the Top of the
State Priority ...
KVAL, OR -
... The urgency comes because the
crack are worsening and they don't know when a fatal
crack could close the bridge. Oversized trucks
already already detouring. ...
Accord
near on bridge, highway fix - Coos
Bay World
Eugene's
freeway bridges at top of fix-it list - Coos
Bay World
Eugene
bridges top state ’ s risky span list - Salem
Statesman Journal
County
begins design of Bayfair bike, foot bridge
Alameda Times-Star, CA - May
15, 2003
OAKLAND -- By next spring, BART riders
and mall shoppers in San Leandro will have
more accessibility to each other now that a new
connector pedestrian bridge ...
Plans
to replace Memorial Bridge in WV are discussed
WHAG-TV, MD - May
15, 2003
... Allegany and Mineral
Counties. Mineral County Commissioners are pushing
for a plan to replace the Memorial Bridge. With
over 19-thousand ...
Brooklyn
Bridge birthday celebration set for May 24
Newsday - May
14, 2003
NEW YORK (AP) _ Brooklyn will celebrate
the 120th birthday of its famous
bridge with a concert, a laser light show and a
giant cake on May 24. ...
Birthday
Bash for Bridge - Newsday
Brooklyn
Bridge Celebrates 120th Birthday - Newsday
Brooklyn
Bridge Birthday - WSTM-TV
Newsday
Committee
vote advances Newfield bridge project
Ithaca Journal, NY - May
14, 2003
ITHACA -- A unanimous vote Tuesday by a
standing committee of the county legislature
has added to the momentum pushing to refurbish a
Newfield bridge. ...
Covered
Bridge Celebration activities to include salute to
776th
Elizabethton Star, TN - May
13, 2003
By Greg Miller. Plans for the 37th
Annual Covered Bridge Celebration were
announced Monday at the Elizabethton/Carter County
Chamber of Commerce . ...
Story
published in the Johnson City Press: - Johnson
City Press
Thames
bridge plans put to public
BBC, UK - May
13, 2003
Plans for a six-lane
"motorway-style" bridge over the Thames
which the Mayor
of London hopes will encourage investment are being put
to residents. ...
Your
views sought on bridge plan - News
Shopper
Thames
road bridge scheme attacked - Financial
Times (subscription)
Six-lane
Greenwich bridge plans unveiled - This
is Local London
Financial
Times (subscription)
1-280
entrance to close for work on new bridge
Toledo Blade, OH - May
13, 2003
The Front Street entrance to northbound
I-280 will close for one week beginning
tomorrow for work associated with the new I-280 bridge
over the Mau|mee River ...
Bridge
Over Andulo´s Cutato River Reopens
AllAfrica.com, Africa - May
13, 2003
A bridge over Cutato river at
Andulo, in Angola´s central Bié province was
inaugurated
on Saturday after a complete rehabilitation which
counted on the aid ...
Inaugurated
the Bridge Built With the Support of WFP - AllAfrica.com
Pearl
River Bridge Closure Puts Drivers On Scenic Route
WAPT, MS - May
13, 2003
The Pearl River Bridge along
Highway 28 is closed after a truck hauling
heavy equipment crashed into the bridge Friday
night. Traffic ...
Sunset
Bridge
WECT, NC - May
13, 2003
The only access to the Brunswick County
barrier island is a small pontoon
bridge, but it is prone to breaking down. The
state Department ...
Bridge
Groundbreaking Held
KXMC, ND - May
13, 2003
Construction of the new Four Bears Bridge
over Lake Sakakawea near
New Town is officially under way. Tribal and state
leaders broke ...
Pedestrian
Bridge Work
WBNG, NY - May
13, 2003
The pedestrian bridge connecting
Centre Plaza to the State Street parking
ramp is being replaced. Construction crews installed the
...
Dillingham
Bridge Opens
WTVM, GA - May
13, 2003
It's a sign that things getting back to
normal. The Dillingham Bridge re-opened Monday
afternoon. It was closed around 4:30pm Friday afternoon
as a precaution. ...
Netravathi
Bridge to be opened today
The Hindu, India - May
11, 2003
... After facing years of traffic
bottleneck posed by the 87-year-old steel bridge
at
Panemangalore across the Netravathi, the commuters along
Mangalore-Bangalore ...
`Centre
keen on road improvement' - The
Hindu
Tractor
Trailer Accident Closes Highway 28 Bridge
WLBT-TV, MS - May
11, 2003
A Pearl River bridge linking
Copiah and Simpson counties will be closed
indefinitely,the
result of a tractor trailer accident which left the bridge
unsafe for ...
Miss.
28 bridge shut down - Jackson
Clarion Ledger
State
Road 84 bridge closing overnight Wednesday for
repairs
South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, FL - May 12, 2003
FORT LAUDERDALE --- The bridge
over State Road 84 at the South Fork of the New River,
which is west of Interstate 95 on the Davie-Dania Beach
boundary, will be ...
Broward
County news briefs - South
Florida Sun-Sentinel
Agreement
near on funding for bridge, highway repair
Salem Statesman
Journal, OR - May 12, 2003
A transportation funding package to fix
Oregon’s cracked bridges and highways
— and create 5000 jobs for Oregon’s struggling
economy — will be at ...
Accord
near on bridge, highway fix - Coos
Bay World
Senators
re-examine police patrols - Salem
Statesman Journal
Bridge
project brings lessons to life
The Olympian, WA - May
12, 2003
Students from Horizons Elementary
inspect damage to a bridge built by fellow
sixth-grader Kyle Sharp during a strength test at Saint
Martin's College. ...
Sunset
Beach anticipates bridge
Myrtle Beach Sun
News, SC - May 12, 2003
SUNSET BEACH, NC - Construction of a new
bridge connecting the barrier island to
the mainland is still scheduled to start next year,
despite a lawsuit filed by ...
Harsens
bridge plan gets mixed response
Detroit News, MI - May
11, 2003
By Associated Press. HARSENS ISLAND --
Residents who prefer the isolation
of island life fear a proposal to build a bridge
over the St. ...
Labuan
may be ‘ by - passed ’ without bridge
Daily Express, Malaysia - May
12, 2003
Labuan: The island risks being
“by-passed” when the Pan-Borneo Highway is fully
completed if no efforts are made now to realise the
proposed bridge linking ...
Government
Bridge Construction Begins Monday
WQAD, IL - May
11, 2003
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL-AS IF GETTING ACROSS
THE I-74 BRIDGE IS NOT BAD
ENOUGH, GET READY FOR MORE BRIDGE DELAYS. THERE
WILL BE SOME ...
Fun
at the bridge
The Olympian, WA - May
12, 2003
Celebrate the Fourth Avenue bridge
at the Kids at the Bridge event
from 11 am to 3 pm May 24 in downtown Olympia. Children
will ...
New
Bridge For Klamasi Muslim Cemetery Completed
Bru Direct, Brunei - May
11, 2003
It was demonstrated today through
efforts on building a new bridge at the
Klamasi Muslim Cemetery in Kampong Kasat Mukim Lumapas
yesterday. ...
NF
Bridge Commission office construction begins
Buffalo Business
First, NY - May 12, 2003
The Niagara Falls Bridge
Commission is the bi-national entity in charge of the
Rainbow,
Whirlpool Rapids and Lewiston-Queenston bridges spanning
the Niagara ...
Pedestrian I-10 bridge in plan for science site
Tucson citizen, AZ - May
10, 2003
A pedestrian bridge spanning
Interstate 10 and the Santa Cruz River is a key
component
of a new concept for the University of Arizona Science
Center planned ...
Truck to heavy for the bridge
Framingham Metro
West Daily News, MA - May 10, 2003
NATICK -- The Fire Department's $655000
ladder truck violates the weight limit
of the Marion Street bridge by almost 13 tons,
creating a potential safety ...
Elk Avenue Bridge restoration won't disrupt
festival
Elizabethton
Star, TN - May 10, 2003
By Thomas Wilson. Restoration of the Elk
Avenue Bridge will not disrupt the
Covered Bridge celebration as was previously
feared by city officials. ...
Story
published in the Johnson City Press: - Johnson
City Press
120th B'DAY BASH FOR B'KLYN BRIDGE
New York Post, NY - May
10, 2003
... The Brooklyn Bridge to
the World Celebration will kick off at 8 am at City Hall
Park and end with a free concert by the Brooklyn
Philharmonic at 7 pm and a ...
DOT to close Canaan bridge
Central Maine Daily
Sentinel, ME - May 10, 2003
CANAAN — The Route 23 bridge over
the Carrabassett Stream will be closed this
summer for as long as 42 days as work goes forward on a
replacement. ...
Bluegrass Festival Is May 10 Under Conway Bridge
Loris Scene, SC - May
10, 2003
... annually the second Saturday
in May, the 2003 event will take place May 10 from
noon-11 pm on the grounds of the Peanut Warehouse near
the Main Street Bridge ...
City puts up steel bridge in Vitali
Sun
Star, Philippines - May 10, 2003
THE Zamboanga City Engineer's Office is
putting up a pre-fabricated steel bridge
to connect Vitali Highway to Sitio Bataan just after the
Barangay Vitali proper ...
Routes for proposed I-66 narrowed to four
Southeast
Missourian, MO - May 10, 2003
... would connect Cape Girardeau
to a proposed Interstate 66 route, although they haven't
ruled out such a route linked to the new Bill Emerson
Memorial Bridge ...
Highway
options narrowed down - Skieston
Standard Democrat
Residents: New bridge shouldn't disrupt community
Columbia State, SC - May
8, 2003
CHARLESTON, SC - As the most expensive
bridge ever built in South Carolina rises
over the Cooper River, residents want to ease its effect
on the Charleston ...
Leaders
want bridge plan to protect neighborhoods - Charleston
Post Courier
Charleston
residents discuss ways to ease impact of new Cooper
... - WIS
Officials
seek plan to ease bridge's effect on residents - Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Bridge Helps Eliminate Traffic Accidents
KCIT, TX - May
9, 2003
A new bridge was put in to help
prevent wrecks at the dangerous intersection of US
60 and FM 1912 and it's something Highland Park High
School says it's proud ...
TxDot
predicts New Braunfels construction to finish by year's
end - News 9 San
Antonio
I-35
construction may finish by year's end - News
9 San Antonio
Bridge web cam puts Boca on the net
Boca Beacon, FL - May
9, 2003
With the installation of a new island
"web cam" as part of an online weather system
at the swing bridge, Boca Grande, or at least
part of it, can now be viewed ...
Group looks to ease new bridge's effects
Charlotte
Observer, NC - May 9, 2003
CHARLESTON - As the most expensive
bridge ever built in South Carolina rises
over the Cooper River, residents want to ease its effect
on the Charleston ...
Lake Marion road-bridge project backed by Clyburn
clears hurdle
Charleston Post
Courier, SC - 3 hours ago
COLUMBIA--The US Transportation
Secretary says no detailed cost-benefit study is
needed for a proposed bridge over Lake Marion
between Calhoun and Clarendon ...
Transportation
chief says no study needed for bridge - Orangeburg
Times Democrat
In
the Carolinas - Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Waverly Bridge repairs complete,
Moberly Monitor
Index, MO - May 8, 2003
The Missouri River Bridge at
Waverly is once again open to all cars
and trucks. The bridge had been closed to big
trucks since April ...
Cambridge planners to probe study rejecting bridge
over Grand ...
Cambridge
Reporter, Canada - May 9, 2003
... The review concluded that the
city does not need and the citizens
do not want a new bridge over the Grand River. An
earlier study ...
River rescue bid for Roman bridge
ICNewcastle, UK - May
9, 2003
By Tony Henderson Environment Editor,
The Journal. A rescue operation is set to
save the remains of a spectacular Roman bridge
which once spanned the Tyne. ...
Transparent Sound Wall to Keep Roar of Bridge
from Alexandria
WMAR (ABC2), MD - May
8, 2003
Alexandria - Instead of one of those
dull, gray noise barriers, the
new Wilson Bridge will get a see-through version.
Alexandria ...
Park Seeks Public Comment on Bridge Replacement
Mammoth Times, CA - May
8, 2003
Yosemite National Park has released the
Draft Environmental Assessment for the
South Fork Merced River Bridge Replacement
Project for public review. ...
London Bridge Tower may stand empty
South London
Press, UK - May 9, 2003
By Jon Ryder, South London Press. THERE
are fears that the massive
London Bridge Tower will stand empty if it goes
up. The future ...
Overcrowding on interstate bridges stifling commerce
Oregonian, OR - May
9, 2003
... He told the Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce that two chokepoints crossing the Columbia
River -- the Interstate Bridge on I-5 and the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe ...
Study:
I-5 corridor congestion will only get worse - Katu.com
Friendship Trail Bridge will become seating for
event
Tampa Bay Business
Journal, FL - May 7, 2003
... agreement Wednesday with
Pinellas County and American Power Boat Association
Offshore
Power Boat Racing LLC, which includes using the
Friendship Trail Bridge ...
Candidate seeks to bridge gap over school issue
Framingham Metro
West Daily News, MA - May 7, 2003
... Reddington. With a slogan of
"Bringing Community Back to School," Merchant
said he wants to bridge the gap he sees forming
in the town. ...
Penang Bridge toll rate may be increased
Star, Malaysia - May
6, 2003
PENANG: The concessionaire of the Penang
Bridge is in the midst of discussing
an increase in toll rates with the Federal Government.
...
Government Pledges Bridge Across River Benue -
Ibi
AllAfrica.com, Africa - May
6, 2003
The federal government has pledged to
construct a bridge across the River Benue
linking Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State to
Benue State, Defence ...
Federal funds to cover cost of bridge
reconstruction
Roxbury Register, NJ - May
8, 2003
ROXBURY TWP. - Using about $6 million in
federal money obtained from the state,
Morris County plans to revamp and reconstruct the
Landing Road Bridge. ...
Harsens bridge plans fly in the face of
opposition
Port Huron Times
Herald, MI - May 8, 2003
... Plans for a toll bridge
connecting the mainland with the island to help
relieve some of the congestion at the ferry docks, are
in the works. ...
North Barfield Bridge to be redesigned
Marco Island
Eagle, FL - May 6, 2003
It won't happen until next year, but
improvements to the North Barfield Bridge
over Marco River Inlet will require detours of between
three and four miles. ...
Hinsdale-Brattleboro bridge to close at night
Brattleboro
Reformer, VT - May 8, 2003
HINSDALE, NH -- Within the next few
weeks, motorists can expect to see the bridge
connecting Hinsdale and Brattleboro shut down completely
while work is done ...
Gov. Names Petersen To Head SHA
WBAL-TV, MD - May
8, 2003
... In his time as acting
administrator, Pedersen has seen the SHA through
February's snowstorm and oversaw the Wilson Bridge
project. ...
Charles St. bridge set to open next month
Baltimore Sun, MD - May
6, 2003
Three years after Baltimore severed its
principal northbound artery, officials
said Tuesday they will open the new Charles Street
Bridge in the cultural ...
Community celebrates bridge completion
Newton County
Times, AR - May 7, 2003
... Judea as a new bridge
across Big Creek waw formally opened by County Judge
Harold
Smith, pictured above, fourth from the left Neighbors
treated county road ...
Bridge reopens to train traffic
Vicksburg Post, MS - May
6, 2003
Engineers survey the damage to the US 80
bridge Monday after barges being towed
by the motor vessel John Paul Eckstein struck a pier of
the bridge.(Melanie ...
Bridge replacement gets board go-ahead
Barre Montpelier
Times Argus, VT - May 8, 2003
RANDOLPH – The town selectboard
officially ruled this week that replacing the North
Main Street bridge is necessary and reasonable, a
formal step needed for ...
Future Tense: Bridge Agreement Is Great News For
Yankton
Yankton Daily
Press, SD - May 6, 2003
On Monday, the Yankton City Commission
approved a proposal which may well
preserve the historic Meridian Bridge at the
south end of Yankton. ...
Redesigned
Bridge To Link Ohio, Kentucky
Ohio News Network, OH - Apr
22, 2003
Rather than a horse of a different
color, now there's a bridge of
a different color. A former railroad bridge over
the Ohio River ...
Valley
leaders told to think bigger on bridge project
Brownsville Herald, TX - Apr
25, 2003
AUSTIN, April 25, 2003 — State
transportation leaders praised Anzalduas International
Bridge Board members for their vision Thursday
and then told them to ...
Bridge
reopens with speed limit
Wodonga Border Mail, Australia - Apr
25, 2003
THE controversial Menangle rail bridge
was yesterday reopened by the NSW
Government with speed and weight restrictions placed on
traffic. ...
Menangle
Bridge reopens - Illawarra
Mercury
Freight
company pleased by bridge reopening - ABC
Online
Repairs
allow slow trains to use rail bridge - Sydney
Morning Herald
Governor
vows to end Cape bridge backups
Boston Globe, MA - Apr
25, 2003
... that snarls an entrance to
Cape Cod appears to be on the way, with Governor Mitt
Romney yesterday calling the extension of Route 3 to the
Sagamore Bridge a top ...
Troubled
bridge to be replaced
Rockingham News, NH - Apr
25, 2003
PLAISTOW - A relatively ancient bridge
that has long been on the state’s to-do
list will be completely replaced by August of 2004,
according to Bill Cass of ...
DOT
Recommends New Sakonnet River Bridge
WLNE-TV (ABC6), RI - Apr
25, 2003
(Providence-AP) -- The state Department
of Transportation is announcing
today its recommendation for a new Sakonnet River Bridge.
...
Work
on Whitten Neck Bridge set after Labor Day
Granite State News, NH - Apr
25, 2003
WOLFEBORO – The town is looking to go
out to bid on the reconstruction of
the bridge on Whitten Neck Road, with work
beginning after Labor Day. ...
St.
Charles chamber chimes in for bridge Chamber
chimes in for ...
Chicago Daily
Herald, IL - Apr 25, 2003
... Charles Chamber of Commerce
on Thursday night joined the lobbying effort aimed at
winning federal dollars for a proposed Red Gate Road bridge
by taking their ...
Sagamore
Bridge Fix A Priority, Gov Says
WCVB-TV, MA - Apr
25, 2003
BOSTON -- Gov. Mitt Romney said fixing
back-ups on the Sagamore Bridge
to Cape Cod is a top priority. Romney said he wants the
extension ...
Black
Creek Bridge closed after being damaged by fire
Pascagoula
Mississippi Press, MS - Apr 25,
2003
By MOLLIE REEVES. BENNDALE -- The Black
Creek bridge on Miss. 57 in
Benndale will be closed for approximately six months,
meaning ...
County
accepts bid on bridge
Seguin Gazette
Enterprise, TX -
SEGUIN — The Guadalupe County
Commissioners Court voted 4-0 Tuesday to accept
a bid from a construction firm to build a bridge
over Geronimo Creek at ...
De
Pere’s ‘living bridge’ idea gets national
exposure
Green Bay Press
Gazette, WI -
By Andy Behrendt. DE PERE — Thursday
was a big day for the De Pere group that
hopes the Claude Allouez Bridge could be
preserved as a mall on the water. ...
State,
CSX at odds on bridge repair
The News Journal, DE - Apr
25, 2003
... Who will pay to repair or
replace - and eventually own - the Newport Road Bridge
north of Newport and the Sixth Street, Seventh Street
and Ninth Street bridges ...
Train
hits 10th St. bridge
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Apr
25, 2003
NEWPORT - The 10th Street overpass was
closed for several hours Thursday
after a train hit it from below near Park Avenue. About ...
Route
46 bridge project scrapped
Parsippany Daily
Record, NJ - Apr
25, 2003
... It was first termed "the
San Diego Freeway," by Alderman James Visioli when
he saw
the proposed high-arching bridge that at one
point was 9 feet higher than ...
Butler
Bridge set for clean up this weekend
Peru Tribune, IN -
By Amanda Redman. Miami County Friends
of Iron Bridges will hold a
bridge clean up at Butler Bridge at 1 pm
Saturday. “It should ...
Full-strength
Wasps set to cross semi-final bridge
Independent, UK - Apr
25, 2003
Two seasons ago, Wasps ventured over the
Severn Bridge and found themselves on the
uncomfortable end of an Arwel Thomas-inspired 50-point
shellacking by Swansea ...
Centennial
Bridge Memories
WQAD, IL - Apr
25, 2003
But it's the Centennial Bridge,
and the memory of its beginnings that
leave a lasting impression in George Nikolas. Davenport
Alderman ...
Figures
threaten bridge
Macarthur
Advertiser, Australia - Apr
25, 2003
QUESTION marks over figures from an old
study threatened a proposed
walkway over the F5 between Claymore and Woodbine.
Macarthur ...
Bridge
repaired near OHS
Opelousas Daily
World, LA - Apr
25, 2003
... city employees, from left,
Calvin Robert, Johnel Volter, Jonathan Thomas, Willie
Guidry and Wilbert Levier make repairs to the Judson
Walsh Drive bridge ...
Preview
London Bridge Tower online
Web User, UK - Apr
25, 2003
Want to know what the new London Bridge
Tower is going to look like, then you should
check out this site devoted to the controversial 1016 ft
building that's ...
County
grants $3.4 mil to replace bridge
Hillsboro Argus, OR - Apr
25, 2003
Washington County has given Carter and
Company a $3.4 million contract to replace
the Tualatin River bridge on Rood Bridge
Road south of Hillsboro. ...
Bridge
collapses on popular drive
ABC Regional Online, Australia - Apr
25, 2003
A bridge has collapsed in the
Barrington Tops State Conservation Area on the NSW
mid-north coast, affecting motorists travelling between
Scone and Gloucester. ...
Dement
right to keep Mifflin bridge open
Jackson Sun, TN - Apr
23, 2003
Officials with Dement Construction did
the right thing Tuesday when they announced
that a Mifflin Road bridge near the East Union
community would stay open ...
Bridge
to stay open during repairs - Jackson
Sun
.
New
westbound I-4 bridge set to open
Orlando Business
Journal, FL - Apr 24, 2003
Florida Department of Transportation
officials say the new westbound Interstate
4/St. Johns River bridge is to open to commuter
traffic on April 28. ...
I-4
bridge to be a walkway for wildlife - Orlando
Sentinel
3rd
Bridge Eyed for Mississippi River
KAIT, AR - Apr
23, 2003
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. -- Ferries and barges
on the Mississippi River near West Memphis
could be floating under a new bridge in a few
years.The states of Arkansas ...
W.
Memphis Residents Back Third Bridge - KARK
Seven
Mile Bridge will be closed Saturday for race
Miami Herald, FL - Apr
24, 2003
MARATHON, Fla. -The Seven Mile Bridge,
longest of 43 bridges that help make up the
Florida Keys Overseas Highway, is scheduled to close to
traffic 7 am to 9 am ...
Freight
Co to request compo for bridge closure
ABC Online, Australia - Apr
24, 2003
... it will approach the New
South Wales Government to recoup between $5 and $10
million,
after a full estimate of the cost of the closure of the
Menangle Bridge ...
Tall
towers banned near Rama bridge
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Apr
23, 2003
City hall will enforce an Interior
Ministry announcement banning tall buildings
and large billboards around Rama VIII bridge to
keep them from blocking ...
WestJet
and DEW Engineering Introduce New Dual Boarding Bridge
Canada NewsWire
(press release), CA - Apr 23, 2003
A dual boarding bridge, also
known as an over-the-wing bridge, is the first
of its kind built in North America, and is now
operational at the Calgary ...
Council
moves to make Veterans Memorial Bridge official
Olean Times Herald, NY - Apr
23, 2003
... Council members voted
unanimously Tuesday to ask the state of New York
to rename the South Union Street Bridge Veterans
Memorial Bridge. ...
Ashby
man seeks alternative to closing Bernhardt Road bridge
Fitchburg Sentinel, MA - Apr
24, 2003
By Lisa E. Dupill. ASHBY -- A Turnpike
Road resident is worried that the planned
removal of the bridge on Bernhardt Road will
create a nuisance for his family. ...
Bridge
project nears completion
Berkshire Eagle, MA - Apr
23, 2003
WILLIAMSTOWN -- Phase 1 of the $5.8
million Cole Avenue bridge reconstruction project
is in its final stages, with traffic expected to be
rolling over a new ...
Environmental
review slows Rt. 34 bridge work by a year
Monroe Courier, CT - Apr
24, 2003
The Department of Transportation has
delayed the construction start date for the
new Route 34 bridge over Lake Zoar by a year as
the project slowly proceeds ...
No
location has been decided on second bridge from
Bullhead to ...
Laughlin Nevada
Times, NV - Apr 24, 2003
By SARAH KAHNE News West LAUGHLIN —
Conversations about the second bridge continue
to crop up at various committee meetings and social
functions, but the ...
City
invites public input on North Barfield Bridge
replacement
Marco Island
Sun-Times, FL - Apr 24, 2003
Public Works Director Vlad Ryziw will
host a community workshop on the city's plans
to replace North Barfield Bridge, which spans the
Marco River Inlet near ...
Fish
and Game OKs design for Southside Road Bridge
Hollister Freelance, CA - Apr
23, 2003
The county’s plea for a $1.7 million bridge
project did not fall
on deaf ears as state wildlife officials approved the
design. ...
Seven
Mile Bridge closes Saturday morning for race
South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, FL - Apr 24, 2003
MARATHON -- The Seven Mile Bridge,
longest of 43 bridges that help make up the
Florida Keys Overseas Highway, is scheduled to close to
traffic 7 am to 9 am ...
Sheyanghu
Super-scale Bridge holing in
Yangtse Evening
Post, China - Apr 23, 2003
As reported by Yangtse Evening, the
first filling pile of the longest bridge over
expressway under construction in our province-Sheyanghu
Super-scale Bridge ...
Trout
Creek bridge nearly done, Highway 20 open
Sweet Home New Era, OR - Apr
24, 2003
The bridge construction project
on Highway 20 at Trout Creek is nearly
complete after a total road closure of only two days.
The ...
Bridge
opened, sort of
eTruth, IN - Apr
24, 2003
ELKHART -- Snaking their way around the
orange-striped barricades, hundreds of
drivers proclaimed the Lexington Avenue bridge
ready for traffic Wednesday. ...
Commissioners
discuss Lake Campbell bridge
Moody County
Enterprise, SD - Apr 24, 2003
Two representatives from the Lake
Campbell Improvement Corporation met with the
board to discuss the Lake Campbell bridge project
that is now under design. ...
Street,
bridge to be as warm as their May opening
Herald and News, OR - Apr
23, 2003
Joe Chavez of Powley Plumbing connects
tubing for the geothermal heating
lines on Wall Street leading to the Wall Street bridge.
...
States
Look to New Bridge over Mississippi River
WATE, TN - Apr
24, 2003
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS (AP) --
Transportation officials in Tennessee, Arkansas
and Mississippi are hearing public comment on a proposed
new bridge over the ...
Planners
recommend arch bridge to span Treat
Contra Costa Times, Contra
Costa County - Apr 24, 2003
MARTINEZ -Contra Costa County planners
have picked an arch-type span as the bridge
they would like over a thoroughfare near the Pleasant
Hill BART station. ...
Downtown
Gateway Bridge on target for completion
Nashville City
Paper, TN - Mar
24, 2003
Digging the arch abutments for the
Gateway Bridge was extremley difficult,
requiruing digging to a depth of 40 feet below the
surface of the river. ...
Controversial
277 bridge dedicated Monday
WIS, SC - Mar
24, 2003
(Columbia) March 24, 2003 - After more
than a year of construction, a $4 million
pedestrian bridge linking two communities on
either side of Interstate 277 ...
Trapani
’ s bridge expertise goes over well in China
Glenwood Springs
Post Independent, CO -
... wheat fields.”. Trapani’s
visit included a trip to a new bridge
site on the Yellow River, about 50 miles south of
Lanzhou. The ...
Township
inks deal for bridge project
Lansdale Reporter, PA - Mar
24, 20035
TOWAMENCIN – Some Forty Foot Road
property owners can expect a letter in the mail
next week letting them know that the road-widening and
pedestrian bridge ...
First
Driver Crosses Veterans Bridge, But....
WTVM, GA - Mar
24, 2003
... to a wild wreck. Police say
the driver apparently drove over the bridge
at about 80 miles per hour. The driver apparently jumped
...
TWIN
CITIES: Businesses laud Ford Bridge project
St. Paul Pioneer
Press, MN - Mar
24, 2003
BY THERESA MONSOUR. The hammers pounding
on the Ford Bridge haven't
drowned out the ringing of cash registers for
neighborhood stores. ...
Cabinet
paper on bridge proposal
Daily Express, Malaysia - Mar
24, 2003
Kota Kinabalu: The State Industrial
Development Ministry will prepare a Cabinet
paper regarding the proposal by a consortium to build a bridge
connecting ...
Tacoma
Narrows Bridge open house
Seattle Daily
Journal of Commerce, WA - Mar
24, 2003
... of the Washington State
Department of Transportation and Tacoma Narrows
Constructors,
the design-build contractor for the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge,
will be ...
Seven
Mile Bridge links history of Keys in documentary
Key West Citizen, FL - Mar
24, 2003
... The documentary will describe
the construction of the Seven Mile Bridge, which
is still the world's longest concrete segmented bridge,
according to Ooey. ...
Clark
Street Bridge project on fast track
Clarksburg Exponent
and Telegram, WV - Mar
24, 2003
CLARKSBURG -- The state Department of
Transportation has put the replacement
of the closed Clark Street Bridge on North Third
Street on the fast track. ...
State
prepares cabinet paper on Labuan-Sabah bridge
Utusan Malaysia
Online, Malaysia - Mar
24, 2003
KOTA KINABALU March 23 - The state
Industrial Development Ministry will prepare
a cabinet paper regarding the proposal by a consortium
to build a bridge ...
Waverly
studies bridge's fate
Waterloo Cedar Falls
Courier, IA - Mar 23, 2003
WAVERLY - Expect a crowded council
chambers Monday night when community members
studying what to do with the "Green Bridge"
report their findings. ...
Swift
Creek Bridge project to start
New Bern Sun
Journal, NC - Mar 23, 2003
By Sun Journal Staff. The Swift Creek Bridge
on Butler Ford Road in Craven County
will be closed beginning at 8 am Monday for
construction, weather permitting. ...
Md.
man dies while picking up cans on highway
Hagerstown Morning
Herald, MD - Mar
24, 2003
UNION BRIDGE, Md. - A man
collecting aluminum cans with his wife and
grandson Sunday afternoon along the road where he lived
was ...
Protests
against war resume today in San Francisco
San Jose Mercury
News, CA - Mar
24, 2003
... They also say they plan to
try to block traffic on busy 19th Avenue
-- which carries motorists to and from the Golden Gate Bridge.
...
Legislators
huddle over trash importing
Detroit News, MI - Mar
24, 2003
By Lori Paionk / Port Huron Times
Herald. A trash truck enters the
United States at the Blue Water Bridge in
January. Four House ...
Trash
talk could help clean up Macomb County - Macomb
Daily
Trial
bridge schedules rile boaters
South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, FL - Mar 23, 2003
... said. Trips from the
Hillsborough Inlet in Broward County must start
later so Mann can time the boat trip with bridge
openings. ...
Sumner
closer to 167 link
Tacoma News Tribune, WA - Mar
24, 2003
... A bridge over the
highway will connect 24th Street East to West Valley
Highway,
which will connect to ramps for Highway 167's southbound
lanes from the west ...
County
making plans for major construction down the road - Seattle
Times
Bridge
will not open until July
Fitchburg Sentinel, MA - Mar
23, 2003
FITCHBURG -- The long-awaited completion
of the Arthur J. DiTommaso Memorial Bridge
just outside of downtown is being pushed back from April
to July, according ...
Lawmakers
pursue bridge funds
Henderson Gleaner, KY - Mar
22, 2003
An Illinois congressman is hotly
pursuing federal funds for a crumbling bridge
that
he says could be the key to economic development in
Southeastern Illinois. ...
Special
district to vote on bridge
Poughkeepsie
Journal, NY - Mar 22, 2003
... town board has created a
special district that paves the way for a June 2 vote on
whether residents will fund $80000 in repairs at the
Carriage Hill Bridge. ...
Driver
killed by object dropped from bridge
Ananova, UK - Mar
22, 2003
Michael Howard Little was found slumped
over the steering wheel of his cab
close to a bridge on the M3 between Lightwater
and Frimley, Surrey. ...
Funds
OK'd for turning on bridge lights
Baton Rouge
Advocate, LA - Mar 21, 2003
By CHRIS FRINK. Decorative lights may
soon grace the girders of the Mississippi
River bridge again -- thanks to $354000 in state
money. ...
NEWS
Cambridge bridge reopened
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - Mar
21, 2003
THE bridge which connects the
communities of Cambridge and Seven Rivers
in St James was reopened Thursday, one week ahead of
schedule. ...
Landmark
bridge spans generations
ICNewcastle, UK - Mar
21, 2003
By Tony Henderson, The Journal. The Tyne
Bridge is a very special symbol
to many North-Easterners. But for Julie Fox it means so
much more. ...
Dover
Bridge crews complete work earlier than planned
Thursday
Easton Star
Democrat, MD - Mar 21, 2003
TANYARD - Construction crews were done
earlier than the 10 hours set aside
Wednesday night and Thursday morning for Dover Bridge
closures. ...
Geophysical
work begins on bridge for Dawson City
Whitehorse Star, Canada - Mar
21, 2003
The Star has confirmed that Aurora
Geosciences of Whitehorse has been hired to do
a “geophysical investigation” for a Yukon River bridge,
according to the ...
Bridge
proposal causes concern
Times Picayune, LA - Mar
20, 2003
... Bernard Parish residents are
concerned that the proposed Florida Avenue bridge
will create traffic headaches by dropping traffic off at
Dr. Meraux Boulevard ...
National
Guard watch over Fort Madison bridge
WQAD, IL - Mar
21, 2003
FORT MADISON - Iowa National Guard
soldiers are helping police in Fort
Madison guard a railroad bridge over the
Mississippi River. ...
Mackinac
Bridge Security
WPBN-TV, MI - Mar
20, 2003
The troubles overseas have increased
security concerns here in northern Michigan.
Security has been heightened at the Mackinac bridge
since Monday. ...
Delay
in painting bridge: not enough paint
Virginian Pilot, VA - Mar
20, 2003
Hey, Road: What are they doing to the
Lesner Bridge? There have been
lane closures for maintenance the past nine months. Dear
Todd ...
Dental
Office By Walnut Street Bridge In Land Swap
The Chattanoogan, TN - Mar
20, 2003
Owners of a dental office next to the
Walnut Street Bridge have agreed to a land
swap that will benefit upcoming riverfront projects,
RiverCity Company ...
State
lists 15 road, bridge projects for Coffee County
Tullahoma News, TN - 17
Mar 2003
... area. * Repairing a bridge
on Highway 41 that goes over Interstate
24 . * Replacing a bridge over the Duck River on
State Route 2. ...
Liberian
rebels seize central bridge, people flee
Reuters, UK - 17
Mar 2003
MONROVIA, March 17 (Reuters) - Rebels
fighting to oust President Charles Taylor
have captured a strategic bridge in central
Liberia sending many residents ...
Neighbors
divided over bridge
Arizona Republic, AZ - 17
Mar 2003
CHANDLER - A proposed canal bridge
that would extend Frye Road from McQueen
to Cooper roads has neighbors disagreeing about its
necessity. ...
Extension
may help save historic bridge
Johnstown Tribune
Democrat, PA - 17
Mar 2003
Officials said a 60-day extension has
been approved for 131-year-old Wells
Creek Bollman Bridge, which had been scheduled
for demolition. ...
Pedestrian
bridge settles into new home above I-4
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 17
Mar 2003
... business. Sheri Manley's
husband is part of a 32-person crew preparing
to install a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 4.
"That's ...
Candidate
hopes to keep USD 377 strong
Atchison Daily
Globe, KS - 17
Mar 2003
... Mr. Westermann and his wife,
Marlene, run a cow-calf operation. He is also employed
by the Atchison County Road and Bridge Department
as an operator. ...
County
to replace bridges - Atchison
Daily Globe
Bridge
plan gets mixed reviews
Baltimore Sun, MD - 16
Mar 2003
Looking out of over Weems Creek toward
the Rowe Boulevard bridge from the sliding
glass doors in his bedroom, Evan Belaga is filled with a
sense of excitement. ...
Our
say: SHA shows itself ready to compromise on crucial bridge - Annapolis
Capital
Save our interstate system
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - 17 Mar 2003
... been discussed in the paper:
the first to add another connection to Interstate75
at Central Sarasota Parkway, and the second to build the
Fort Hamer Bridge in ...
New
bridge will serve many - Sarasota
Herald-Tribune
New
Mississippi bridge project leader is working on
an ...
Lacrossetribune.com, WI - 15
Mar 2003
The man they call bridge project
leader on the new Mississippi River bridge
project
figures he has played some part in almost every area bridge
and highway ...
Delaware
Memorial Bridge saw record traffic in 2002
Today's Sunbeam, NJ - 16
Mar 2003
-- Delaware River and Bay Authority
officials recently reported that record traffic
numbers on the Delaware Memorial Bridge for the
year ending Dec. 31, 2002. ...
New
hope for new bridge
Baltimore Sun, MD - 16
Mar 2003
Progress: After a decade of lobbying,
plans to replace a deteriorating
Shore bridge are set in motion. By Chris Guy.
TANYARD -- They ...
Study
of Del. Bay bridge-tunnel sought
The News Journal, DE - 16
Mar 2003
... a resolution this week
calling for the state or the Delaware River and Bay
Authority
to study connecting southernmost New Jersey and Delaware
with a bridge ...
Aruba
Natural Bridge warm sight to behold
Akron Beacon
Journal, OH - 16 Mar 2003
``Nice and warm,'' they wrote on their
card featuring the famous Natural
Bridge in Aruba. The bridge is the
island's most photographed feature. ...
Hastert
weighs in on bridges
Chicago Daily
Herald, IL - 10 hours ago
US Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
is hinting he is unhappy with attempts by
some Kane County board members to begin studying a local
bridge in northern ...
Bike
bridge proponents covet funds slated for
sidewalks
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - 14 Mar 2003
About $600000 set aside in the city
budget for sidewalks is a possible source
of funding for the proposed pedestrian/bicycle bridge
attachment across the ...
QC
delegates ask Feds for $100M bridge money
Bettendorf News, IA - 15
Mar 2003
The Quad-Cities is seeking $100 million
in federal funds from the next transportation
bill toward construction of a new Interstate-74 bridge,
officials said ...
2
groups interested in new US-Canada bridge
Detroit Free Press, MI - 14
Mar 2003
A parcel of former industrial land in
southwest Detroit has emerged as a likely
site for the US end of a new international bridge
to Canada -- if and when a ...
Resentment
in south as residents demand new bridge
Stuff.co.nz, New
Zealand - 13 Mar 2003
... Zealand and Transfund
representatives last night confronted more than 150
Marlborough
residents outraged at the lack of funding for a
replacement Awatere Bridge ...
Bridge
galvanises see-sawing voters in timber town
Sydney Morning
Herald, Australia - 14 Mar 2003
... election for the Nationals.
Photo: Edwina Pickles. It is not every day
that a bridge stirs such political passions. But
this is Grafton ...
Historic
bridge unearthed below flow of city's thickest
traffic
Sydney Morning
Herald, Australia - 14 Mar 2003
Traffic crawling up William Street to
Kings Cross has been making its way almost
directly over the remains of the third oldest surviving bridge
on mainland ...
Delhi's
Fitch's Bridge garners national timber merit
award
Oneonta Daily Star, NY - 15
Mar 2003
DELHI — Fitch's Covered Bridge
received an Award of Merit in the 2002 National
Timber Bridge Awards competition, which honored
15 outstanding bridges across ...
Officials
say bridge still possible
Galveston County
Daily News, TX - 14 Mar 2003
Galveston and Harris County officials on
Friday said they believed a state attorney
general’s opinion would not be the last word about a bridge
between ...
‘
Serious ’ shift in old bridge is found
Vicksburg Post, MS - 13
Mar 2003
[03/13/03]The Vicksburg Bridge
Commission has reported spending $1.3 million since
July on the US 80 Mississippi River bridge,
addressing a shifting pier that ...
Glenwood
bridge work starts Saturday
Raleigh News, NC - 14
Mar 2003
RALEIGH -- Glenwood Avenue will narrow
to two lanes over Wade Avenue starting
Saturday, heralding a bridge replacement that
will last a year. ...
Brattleboro-Chesterfield
bridge work starts -- late
Brattleboro
Reformer, VT - 14 Mar 2003
BRATTLEBORO -- Construction has begun on
the Vermont side of the new Brattleboro/Chesterfield,
NH bridge, but the Green Mountain State is so far
behind ...
Insuring
Golden Gate Bridge against terror too expensive
San Jose Mercury
News, CA - 14 Mar 2003
San Rafael - -- Forget about insuring
the Golden Gate Bridge against
a terror attack. It's just too expensive. The district
is in ...
Eighth
bridge collapse suit filed
Utica Observer
Dispatch, NY - 13 Mar 2003
A $70 million lawsuit has been filed in
state Supreme Court against the general
contractor that was hired to build the Marcy pedestrian bridge
that collapsed ...
Bids
taken for renovating Wardsville Road Bridge
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - 13 Mar 2003
Five companies submitted bids Thursday
morning to renovate the Wardsville
Road Bridge in Cole County. The low bidder for
the project ...
School
bridge is one-third built
Oregonian, OR - 14
Mar 2003
B uilding a sturdy bridge
includes three steps: designing the bridge,
persuading
someone to build it, and making sure the land on either
side will hold. ...
Time
short for public input after report says bridge
OK; Clyburn ...
Orangeburg Times
Democrat, SC - 13 Mar 2003
... Clyburn has long endorsed a
direct road link between Orangeburg and Sumter,
including
a new bridge spanning upper Lake Marion
connecting Lone Star and Rimini. ...
Bridge
work begins Monday
Rockford Register
Star, IL - 15 Mar 2003
ROCKFORD — If you’re one of the
41000 drivers who cross the North Second Street
bridge over Whitman Street every day, you’ll
want to find a new route. ...
Bridge
closed by cracks indefinitely
Coos Bay World, OR - 15
Mar 2003
NYSSA (AP) - The Snake River Bridge
on US 20 between Oregon and Idaho is closed
indefinitely because significant cracks were discovered
in the structure. ...
Cities hoping to dodge bridge battle
Kentucky Post, KY - 10
Mar 2003
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress put
up the money for a new Ohio River bridge,
Covington and Cincinnati fought so long and so hard
about where it should go ...
Resolution
urges funding for bridge - Kentucky
Post
County planner champions a better bridge to the
future
Cleveland Plain
Dealer, OH - 09 Mar 2003
Cleveland has many beautiful and
memorable bridges, but the I-71 bridge
over the Cuyahoga River isn't one of them. It's a
collection ...
Build the Fort Hamer bridge
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - 09 Mar 2003
State and local officials have built a
compelling case for a new
bridge over the Manatee River east of I-75. But
opponents have ...
Bridge-building contest fosters love of physics
Bowling Green Daily
News, KY - 09 Mar 2003
Andrew Shouse, 12 a Bowling Green Junior
High School student, takes a picture of
a bridge Saturday during the 2003 BRIMS Regional
Bridge-Building Championship. ...
Peruvian, Ecuadoran Presidents Inaugurate Cross-Border
Bridge
Voice of America - 09
Mar 2003
The $1.8 million bridge spans the
Canchis River near the Peruvian town
of Namballe, 500 miles northeast of Lima. Peruvian
President ...
Peru,
Ecuador Open Bridge Near Border - Newsday
Peru,
Ecuador Open Bridge Near Border - Austin
American Statesman
Peru,
Ecuador Open Bridge Near Border - Guardian
Verma opens Times National bridge
Times of
India, India - 09 Mar 2003
NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Vikram
Verma has called for efforts
to revive the popularity of bridge. Speaking
after inaugurating ...
Verma
opens Times National bridge - Times
of India
Future unclear for 1896 bridge
Lansing State
Journal, MI - 09 Mar 2003
Scenic bridge: Problems are in
the offing over the replacement of the Lowell Road
Bridge in Watertown Township, which was built in
1896 to span the Looking ...
Future
of Lowell Road Bridge still in doubt - Lansing
State Journal
Shell Gully Bridge Strengthened
Xtra News, New
Zealand - 08 Mar 2003
Transit New Zealand is to spend half a
million dollars upgrading Wellington's
Shell Gully Bridge. Work on the bridge,
just north ...
Bridge work to start in 2004
Belfast
Telegraph, UK - 08 Mar 2003
WORK on widening and strengthening the
main Bann Bridge in Portadown
is likely to take most of next year. And it will mean
major ...
State to redesign bridge project
Times Picayune, LA - 08
Mar 2003
By Richard Boyd. A group of citizens has
persuaded the state to redesign
a highway project near Abita Springs so that the work
will ...
Resolution urges funding for bridge
Kentucky Post, KY - 08
Mar 2003
The Kentucky House of Representatives
unanimously passed a resolution urging
Congress to fully fund the Brent Spence Bridge
replacement project. ...
Phillips begins process to get bridge replaced
Hattiesburg
American, MS - 08 Mar 2003
Petal Mayor Tony Phillips asked the
Forrest County supervisors to secure about $120000
in state money Thursday to replace a weakening bridge
on Kelly Rose Lane ...
New Bridge Named For Boykin
North Channel
Sun, TX - 08 Mar 2003
Harris County Commissioners' Court
recently approved a resolution submitted by Precinct
4 Commissioner Jerry Eversole to name the new bridge
over Gum Gully on ...
Commission okays Eldon project; plans for Hermann
bridge moving
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - 08 Mar 2003
The commission also okayed more design
work on the proposed new Highway
19 Bridge across the Missouri River at Hermann.
Michael ...
Name of flying ace could grace Highway 97 bridge
Albany Democrat
Herald, OR - 06 Mar 2003
But the Oregon Legislature is poised to
bypass those rules in an effort to have
Barber's name grace the new Highway 97 bridge
over the Crooked River gorge. ...
Bridge
may get name of WWII pilot - Salem
Statesman Journal
Part of Peace River Bridge dismantled
WBBH, FL - 06
Mar 2003
Sections of the Peace River Bridge
are being dismantled as part of
an effort to make the bridge a six-lane roadway.
The bridge is ...
NIIT, Indiatimes to bridge the gender divide
Times of
India, India - 07 Mar 2003
NIIT has been consistently aiming at
bridging the digital divide by bringing computer
knowledge to the lives of people and introducing them to
gender-neutral ...
New Morris Lake Bridge will be a step up
New Jersey
Herald, NJ - 07 Mar 2003
By MARY PAOLUCCI. SPARTA — Township
residents said Thursday the proposed new
Morris Lake Bridge will be an improvement over
the one that washed away. ...
Rood Bridge Road faces long closure
Hillsboro Argus, OR - 06
Mar 2003
Washington County will be replacing the
Tualatin River Bridge on Rood Bridge Road
south of Hillsboro this summer, and Rood Bridge
Road could be closed for as ...
Feasibility Report on Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge
Approved by ...
People's Daily
Online, China - 06 Mar 2003
Ever since the State Council approved
the filing of the project for the construction
of Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge it has drawn
high attention from overseas ...
River bridge idea pursued
South London
Press, UK - 07 Mar 2003
By Chris Pragnell, South London Press.
LONDONERS could soon be crossing
the Thames using a new bridge linking Battersea
and Chelsea. ...
Construction ‘ moving along ’ at Bull ’ s Bridge
Golf Club
Greater New Milford
Spectrum, CT - 07 Mar 2003
... Less than seven months after
its official groundbreaking, the Bull’s Bridge
Golf
Club in South Kent is heading toward completion of a
7000-yard, 18-hole golf ...
Editorial: One bridge, two plans
Sacramento Bee, CA - 07
Mar 2003
It only took a matter of days for the
politics of replacing the road over Folsom
Dam with a new bridge to take shape. That shape
is sadly partisan. ...
Sidney Lanier Bridge To
Open Next Month
WJXT, Jacksonville - 06
Mar 2003
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- The new Sidney Lanier
Bridge will finally be open to traffic
April 7, more than 27 months behind its scheduled
completion. ...
Sidney Lanier Bridge to
open April 7
WJXX, FL - 06
Mar 2003
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) -- The new Sidney
Lanier Bridge will finally be open to
traffic April 7, more than 27 months behind its
scheduled completion. ...
Aundh bridge likely to open in April
Pune Newsline, India - 07
Mar 2003
Pune, March 6: THE all-important
bridge over Mula river at Aundh, which provides
a vital link between Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, is
expected to be finally open ...
Letters request bridge backing
Kentucky Post, KY - 07
Mar 2003
Proponents of the $500 million
replacement or renovation of the Brent Spence Bridge
are trying to build on momentum gained on a lobbying
trip to Washington ...
Damage to the Hinomunjie Bridge
ABC Regional
Online, Australia - 06 Mar 2003
... The Hinomunjie Bridge
north of Omeo is presently being repaired to
bring the load limit up to a modern standard. Brian
Duncan from ...
Taylors Road bridge near Eastside YMCA should be
finished this ...
Greenville News, SC - 07
Mar 2003
TAYLORS — Work on the new Taylors Road
bridge is on target for completion
by the end of the month, a Greenville County spokeswoman
said Thursday. ...
TARGET FOR BOGIBEEL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
Press Information
Bureau, India - 06 Mar 2003
Approximately 11.19 hectares of patta
land required for Rail line on South
Bank has been acquired and handed over by the State
Government of Assam. ...
Bridge executives get big raises while hiking
tolls
The Trucker - 07
Mar 2003
Natso responds to ATA letter on 'price
gouging,' says it welcomes investigations
WASHINGTON -- Members of the truck stop and travel plaza
industry said March 6 ...
Silame communities call for bridge completion
The Triumph, Nigeria - 07
Mar 2003
... in Silame local government
area of Sokoto state have appealed to the state house
assembly over the abandonment of work on the
multi-million naira Silame bridge ...
After Mud Slide, It's All Downhill
Washington Post, DC - 06
Mar 2003
... by the rain and recent heavy
snows. Canal Road was closed until about
3 pm between the Key Bridge and Foxhall Road for
cleanup.
Rock,
Mudslide Causes Commuter Nightmare - WRC-TV
Work To Begin On Three-Year Expressway Bridge
Rebuilding
Queens Chronicle, NY - 06
Mar 2003
A massive three-year project to rebuild
the Whitestone Expressway Bridge and make
lanes on the expressway safer is about to begin but
engineers say it won’t ...
State
to begin construction on Whitestone Expressway - Bayside
Times
Five focuses in downtown revitalization
Phoenixville
News, PA - 07 Mar 2003
... the public. With several
downtown business owners in attendance at
the meeting, the talk often turned to Bridge
Street. After the ...
Borough
seeks public's ideas - Phoenixville
News
Driver in I-80 bridge crash identified
Rock Island
Argus, IL - 06 Mar 2003
Illinois State Police identified the man
thrown into the Mississippi River Wednesday
in a two-vehicle accident on the Interstate 80 bridge
as Terry S. White, 39 ...
Divers
scour Mississippi for crash victim - Rock
Island Argus
Presumed
I-80 accident victim would have turned 35 Thursday - Rock
Island Argus
Illinois
Man Loses Steering Control, Plunges Into River - WMAQ-TV
3 injured teens settle lawsuits on bridge failure
Daily Oklahoman, OK - 06
Mar 2003
ENID -- Three teenagers injured when
their vehicle went off a collapsed rural
Garfield County bridge have settled their
lawsuits against the county ...
Students
settle lawsuit - Enid
News
Mother of girl struck by car welcomes news of bridge
Press of Atlantic
City, NJ - 06 Mar 2003
... bow off the ribbon. ... I'm
looking forward to that day.". "And maybe
they'll name the bridge Aisha.". Aisha Black, 13,
was stuck ...
One worker missing after accident at bridge; Two
others hurt when ...
Orangeburg Times
Democrat, SC - 05 Mar 2003
... The worker was one of three
who fell from scaffolding while working beneath the
bridge.
Two were rescued, one after hanging from the scaffolding
for two hours. ...
Rescue
teams working to save man dangling from Richland
bridge - WIS
Swing bridge permits ' not valid '
Barbados Daily
Nation, Barbados - 06 Mar 2003
... Agricultur to secure permits.
Eight vendors have permission to operate
from the two ends of the Chamberlain Bridge. But
when police ...
Transit advocates to MTA board
Staten Island
Advance, NY - 07 Mar 2003
Cash tolls on the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge will soar to $8 and the Staten Island
resident discount will jump to $4 when new tolls take
effect May 18. ...
Bridge lights will help drivers go with the flow
New Zealand
Herald, New Zealand - 05 Mar 2003
Rush-hour motorists will be drip-fed on
to Auckland's motorways by an electronic
sign system if a planned Transit New Zealand trial on
Mangere Bridge is ...
Yosu-Kwangyang Bridge to Be Built by 2008
Korea Times, Korea - 06
Mar 2003
A bridge linking Yosu and
Kwangyang in South Cholla Province will be constructed
by 2008 to reduce logistics costs between the two port
cities, provincial ...
DOT puts Jolley Bridge expansion at $17 million
minimum
Naples Daily
News, FL - 04 Mar 2003
State and city public transportation and
city public safety officials concur that
the two-lane Judge SS Jolley Bridge has seen its
day for providing safe ...
Man must return $60000 for peeing off bridge
The Age, Australia - 04
Mar 2003
A man has been ordered to repay more
than $60000 damages he was awarded
by a NSW court for falling off a road bridge
while urinating. ...
MDMK terms Indo-Lanka bridge plan "treacherous"
The Hindu, India - 05
Mar 2003
... Mar.5. (UNI): Marumalarchi
DMK (MDMK), a constituent of the Vajpayee Government,
today asked the Centre to reject Sri Lanka's proposal to
have a bridge across ...
Preservation board grills bridge experts
Atchison Daily
Globe, KS - 06 Mar 2003
Preservationists shared their concerns
about the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge
with transportation officials Wednesday, hoping to get
them to conduct more ...
Preparing alternate routes for St. Johns Bridge
closure
Katu.com, OR - 04
Mar 2003
Johns Bridge in North Portland.
In a few weeks - drivers who use it the
bridge will need to find another way to get where
they're going. ...
Bridge board seeks update on new bridge
Del Rio News
Herald, TX - 06 Mar 2003
That’sa question Frank Mendoza, Del Rio
businessman and member of the Del Rio International
Bridge Board asked during the bridge
board’s regular meeting Feb ...
Weber Road Bridge has one last hurdle
Port Huron Times
Herald, MI - 05 Mar 2003
BRIDGING GAP: Brian Vanlerberghe cleans
around footings before a supporting wall
can be built for the Weber Road Bridge west of
M-19 in Richmond Township. ...
Earhart Bridge subject of plea
St. Joseph News
Press, MO - 05 Mar 2003
... The Atchison Preservation
Alliance on Wednesday asked transportation officials
to make a greater effort to keep the Amelia Earhart
Memorial Bridge open as ...
Smith Lake Rd. bridge closed
Brookhaven Daily
Leader, MS - 04 Mar 2003
Some motorists will have to find an
alternate route after a Smith Lake
Road bridge was closed Monday after failing
inspection. The ...
Contractor to work on 2nd area bridge
Chambersburg Public
Opinion, PA - 05 Mar 2003
By JC NORTH. While a Fulton County
contractor finishes work on the new Boyer Mill
Road bridge, he'll be readying materials to build
a new Rumler Road bridge. ...
City Council approves Fourth Street bridge plans
Mattoon Journal, IL - 06
Mar 2003
CHARLESTON -- The City Council took two
actions Tuesday that will facilitate the
construction this year of a new Fourth Street bridge
over the Town Branch Creek .
Taiwan train runs off bridge, killing 17
travellers
London Free
Press, Canada - 02 Mar 2003
TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- A train loaded with
tourists ran off a bridge near one of Taiwan's
most popular mountain resorts yesterday, killing 17
people and seriously ...
New life for old bridge
Knoxville News
Sentinel, TN - 02 Mar 2003
HARRISBURG - JR Layman remembers when
most of the names carved in the side and
top of the Harrisburg Covered Bridge were fresh
and clearly readable. ...
Bridge-building exercise trains Guard units for
river crossings
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - 02 Mar 2003
... Ft. Leonard Wood. Members of
the 957th Multi Role Bridge Company assemble
the floating bridge. Stephen Brooks / News
Tribune. "When ...
Hamilton gets $250000 for pedestrian bridge by
stores
Press of Atlantic
City, NJ - 02 Mar 2003
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - The township
recently got $250000 to build a pedestrian bridge
over the Black Horse Pike, close to where a child was
struck and killed by a ...
Ross Bridge recognised as architectural monument
ABC
Online, Australia - 02 Mar 2003
The bridge was designed by
colonial architect and engineer John Lee Archer
and built by convicts. Completed in June 1836 it is
Australia's ...
A cracked bridge to the future
Oregonian, OR - 02
Mar 2003
T he last thing Oregon needs is another
substandard bridge. Yet the
Legislature is pouring concrete around a highway funding
package ...
STRAITS BRIDGE: LUNARDI,
SOUTHERNERS ARE MORE INTELLIGENT
Agenzia
Giornalistica Italia (English Version), Italy - 01
Mar 2003
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Mar 1 - The local
population will not obstruct completion
of the Messina Straits Bridge and there will not
be the sort of problems ...
MESSINA
BRIDGE: LUNARDI, EIB INVITED AFTER PLANNING STAGE - Agenzia
Giornalistica Italia (English Version)
Massive Cranes Moved Under Talmadge Bridge
WTOC, GA - 28
Feb 2003
You may have seen two giant cranes
sitting at the foot of the Talmadge
Bridge the past few days. Today, they passed
underneath the ...
Tight
squeeze - Savannah
Morning News
PM, Vajpayee discuss Palk Straits bridge
Sunday Observer, Sri
Lanka - 01 Mar 2003
... today. The two leaders spoke
keenly on the construction of the planned
bridge to make a land route from Sri Lanka to
India. Both ...
Chandrika
set for deal with Marxists to oust govt - Daily
Times
'Lanka
favours greater cooperation with India' - Times
of India
Vajpayee
assures Sri Lanka continued support for peace process - Newindpress
Invitation to watch rope bridge being put in
place
Belfast
Telegraph, UK - 01 Mar 2003
IF you have ever wondered how the famous
Rope Bridge at Carrick-a-Rede is put
up each year, the National Trust is offering an
opportunity for visitors to ...
Penang Bridge project shelved
Star, Malaysia - 28
Feb 2003
PENANG: The RM300mil Penang Bridge
widening project to create motorcycle lanes on
both sides has been shelved because of funding problems,
said Works Minister ...
Bridge work threatens river businesses.
The Free
Lance-Star, VA - 28 Feb 2003
... A 30-foot-long wooden
bridge on River Road needs replacing, and the
Virginia Department
of Transportation has decided that the work must be done
right away. ...
City discusses campground bridge
Black Hills
Pioneer, SD - 28 Feb 2003
... On Wednesday, Johnson
requested direction from the Public Works Committee
about what to do with the bridge. According to
Johnson ...
Williams Street bridge contract awarded
Mansfield News, MA - 28
Feb 2003
The century-old Williams Street
bridge may finally be opened to traffic again after
more than 10 years, providing another connection between
the two sides of ...
Patton Island Bridge Will It Ever Be Done?
WHNT, AL - 28
Feb 2003
Cars slow to twenty miles per hour on
one side of the bridge. The road to Florence
Boulevard is not done. Cars detour through residential
neighborhoods. ...
Mishawaka - Work resumes on Jefferson bridge
eTruth, IN - 01
Mar 2003
MISHAWAKA -- Construction on the
Jefferson Boulevard bridge over the St.
Joseph River, south of Penn High School, will resume
next week. ...
Coast Guard approves bridge construction
WBBH, FL - 28
Feb 2003
... That work will start Tuesday.
"It’s going to be gauges, all kinds of devices
underneath the bridge that will monitor all
different phases. ...
Habour bridge a 'great kick': fundraiser swimmer
ABC
Online, Australia - 12 hours ago
Deke Zimmerman says the thrill of
swimming under the Sydney Harbour
Bridge gave him a great kick along. "They
actually said I picked ...
City blasts traffic study
Canada.com, Canada - 01
Mar 2003
Montreal has given the Nicolet report a
failing grade for proposing to move cars
and buses over a new bridge or tunnel rather than
favouring public transit. ...
New
bridge, tolls key to traffic proposals - Canada.com
Transport minister rejects bridge proposal
Canada.com, Canada - 28
Feb 2003
Quebec Transport Minister Serge Ménard
rejected Friday the idea of a new bridge
between Varennes and Repentigny as proposed in the
Nicolet report. ...
Commission
recommends building new bridge - Canada.com
Public
transit is solution to congestion: Ménard - Montreal
Gazette
Nicolet's
traffic jam solutions - CBC
Montreal
Demolish Forth Bridge, says MSP
Glasgow Evening
Times, UK - 28 Feb 2003
The Forth Bridge, one of
Scotland's architectural marvels, may need to be
demolished
in the face of soaring maintenance costs and years of
neglect, an MSP ...
Dear
old lady of the Forth must go, says MSP - The
Glasgow Herald
Anger
as demolition of Forth Bridge raised - Edinburgh
Evening News
Valley Morning Star
Harlingen Valley
Morning Star, TX - 01 Mar 2003
... on Friday agreed to advance
Cameron County and San Benito portions of funding for
improving infrastructure at the industrial park at the
Free Trade Bridge at ...
Valley
Morning Star - Harlingen
Valley Morning Star
Federal funding absent for Patton Island bridge
Times Daily, AL - 28
Feb 2003
By Mike Goens and Dana Beyerle. Looking
east from the Patton Island bridge, work
continues on the bridge approach from Florence.
CHRISTI BRITTEN/TimesDaily. ...
Muscle
Shoals Conducting Study to Help Wilson Dam Road - WAAY
CVB explores foundation to accept donations for
bridge path
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - 27 Feb 2003
... awarded by the Missouri
Department of Transportation (MoDOT), provides for a
six-foot-wide
path for pedestrians and cyclists attached to the
southbound bridge ...
City voters pan bridge-toll plan
New York Daily
News, NY - 28 Feb 2003
... Bill Cunningham, Bloomberg's
communications director, said the poll will
have no impact on the mayor's plans to pursue East River
bridge tolls. ...
'The Golden Bridge'
Washington Post - 27
Feb 2003
... And how the Chinese community
in this area does treasure the player known as "The
Golden Bridge" when he was playing in the Chinese
Basketball Association. ...
MESSINA BRIDGE: EIB, WE
WILL EVALUATE TO PROJECT IF REQUESTED
Agenzia
Giornalistica Italia (English Version), Italy - 27
Feb 2003
27 - The European Investment Bank (EIB)
will evaluate the possibility of financing
the construction of the bridge across the Messina
Strait "if and when" Italy ...
Burnley bridge 20-year cup gap
News
Interactive, Australia - 26 Feb 2003
FIRST Division Burnley are in the
quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time
in 20 years after outplaying their Premier League rivals
in this fifth round ...
State 253 bridge to be replaced
Greenville News, SC - 27
Feb 2003
The state plans to replace a
"structurally deficient" bridge on State 253 near
North Greenville College, with work possibly beginning
this summer. ...
BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR CITY LABOUR
Aberdeen Evening
Express, UK - 27 Feb 2003
Crunch talks are set to start on
building a new River Don road bridge
and re-opening Grandholm Bridge. Lib-Dem, SNP and
Tory councillors ...
Falling revenues put squeeze on bridge plans
Boca Beacon, FL - 28
Feb 2003
Members of the Gasparilla Island
Bridge Authority board say they want to be
"proactive"
with their bridges and roadways, especially in light of
problems ...
‘Living bridge’ proponents want to study
feasibility of ...
Green Bay Press
Gazette, WI - 27 Feb 2003
By Michelle Kennedy. The De Pere
bridge group will hold a public meeting at 7
pm March 12 in the Maple Room of the De Pere Community
Center, 600 Grant St. ...
A bridge over troubled waters
Bellevue Leader, NE - 26
Feb 2003
By Eugene Curtin. The City Council
balked at three votes dealing with the Bellevue
Bridge Monday night, delaying their decisions
until the March 10 meeting. ...
Twin towers of new Cooper River
Bridge slowly rise
Orangeburg Times
Democrat, SC - 26 Feb 2003
... SC (AP) -- Above the clutter
of cranes and construction equipment on two manmade
islands, the twin towers that will support the most
expensive bridge ever ...
Caroline, Talbot comment on Dover Bridge closures
Easton Star
Democrat, MD - 26 Feb 2003
... Talbot officials added their
voices to those of state lawmakers and local residents
expressing concerns about the planned nightly closures
of the Dover Bridge. ...
Senators push fix for bridge
Cincinnati
Enquirer, OH - 28 Feb 2003
By James Pilcher. WASHINGTON - Two US
senators wasted little time in naming the
replacement or renovation of the Brent Spence Bridge
as a major priority. ...
Trancas Street bridge opens Saturday morning
Napa Valley
Register, CA - 27 Feb 2003
If things go according to plan Friday
night, the new Trancas Street bridge at Highway
29 will begin to carry traffic, marking a milestone in
the $55 million ...
HIKE-BIKE PATH SOUGHT FOR VN BRIDGE
Staten Island
Advance, NY - 27 Feb 2003
For almost 40 years, only motor traffic
has been allowed on the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge, one of the last major crossings in the
city without pedestrian access ...
Coast Guard won't remodel bridge
Oregonian, OR - 27
Feb 2003
VANCOUVER -- The 95-year-old railroad
bridge between Vancouver and
Portland won't be remodeled using taxpayer money. After
a year ...
Congress funds Q-Bridge work
Yale Daily News - 26
Feb 2003
... law signed by President Bush
last week will aid local New Haven causes such as the
nursing shortage and the reconstruction of the Pearl
Harbor Memorial Bridge. ...
State putting local bridge repairs on fast track
Newark Star
Ledger, NJ - 27 Feb 2003
... The narrow passage that
carries Ernston Road under a railroad bridge
squeezes through an archaic pair of concrete support
beams. ...
Charleston bridge's towers
on the rise
Columbia State, SC - 27
Feb 2003
Charleston Above the clutter of cranes
and construction equipment on two manmade
islands, the twin towers that will support the most
expensive bridge ever ...
Radcliffe Sets World Mark At Moscoso Bridge 10K,
Ruiz Puts ...
Puerto Rico
Herald, PR - 28 Feb 2003
By Gabrielle Paese. From its inception
in 1998, the Moscoso Bridge
10K and its race director Rafael Acosta aspired to
greatness. ...
Bridge project set back
Ironwood Daily
Globe, MI - 27 Feb 2003
ONTONAGON -- Randy VanPortfliet, of the
Michigan Department of Transportation's
Escanaba office, confirmed this morning the $28 million
Ontonagon M-64 bridge ...
Naperville will ask for more funds for Main Street
bridge
Chicago Daily
Herald, IL - 28 Feb 2003
Naperville will try a little harder to
win federal dollars for wide sidewalks
on the downtown Main Street bridge over the
DuPage River. ...
New strategy for bridge job
Cincinnati Post, OH - 27
Feb 2003
WASHINGTON -- Northern Kentucky leaders
lobbying for federal funds to repair
or replace the aging Brent Spence Bridge have
changed strategy and are now ...
Man with cowboy hat, lasso climbs Tampa Bay bridge
WFTC, MN - 28
Feb 2003
(Terra Ceia, Florida-AP) -- A man
wearing a cowboy hat and wielding
a lasso has prompted officials to shut down a Florida
bridge. ...
Artist unveils bridge collapse memorial plan
Daily Oklahoman, OK - 28
Feb 2003
An artist unveiled final plans Thursday
for the memorial to victims of an Interstate
40 bridge collapse, presenting a sculpture for
the monument that ...
Cost of 'squinty bridge' doubles
Glasgow Evening
Times, UK - 27 Feb 2003
THE cost of a planned new bridge
over the Clyde has almost doubled in
the last three years. Council chiefs today warned the
"squinty ...
Twin towers for Cooper River
Bridge slowly rise
WIS, SC - 26
Feb 2003
26, 2003 -- The twin towers that will
support the most expensive bridge ever
built in South Carolina are slowly rising above the
Cooper River. ...
Ravenel Bridge support
towers slowly rising over Cooper River
WIS, SC - 26
Feb 2003
26, 2003 - The twin towers that will
support the most expensive bridge ever
built in South Carolina are slowly rising above the
Cooper River. ...
Man with cowboy hat, lasso climbs Tampa Bay bridge
News 14 Carolina, NC - 28
Feb 2003
(TERRA CEIA, Florida) -- A man wearing a
cowboy hat and wielding a lasso
has prompted officials to shut down a Florida bridge.
Officials ...
Troubled bridge to be removed
Waterloo Cedar Falls
Courier, IA - 28 Feb 2003
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A problem
bridge that has needed numerous
repairs will be removed, city officials said. The city
received ...
Marcy pedestrian bridge site to reopen
Utica Observer
Dispatch, NY - 26 Feb 2003
After a temporary restraining order was
lifted Wednesday, work can begin at the
pedestrian bridge collapse site where a
construction worker was killed in ...
I-24 bridge project is delayed by state
Tullahoma.net, TN - 27
Feb 2003
Tennessee Transportation Commissioner
Gerald Nicely has postponed a project to rehabilitate
the bridge over Duck River near Manchester
because of impacts on ...
Border a bridge too far
The Star, Africa - 27
Feb 2003
For far too long, just about everyone,
including ourselves, entering
Zimbabwe via Beit Bridge has made the same
comment. It is either ...
Finnieston bridge cost doubles in three years
The Glasgow
Herald, UK - 26 Feb 2003
In the past three months, the price of
the 140-metre long Finnieston bridge has grown
by more than a fifth, from £8.5m to £10.25m, according
to Glasgow City ...
Sculpture to memorialize bridge collapse victims
Daily Oklahoman, OK - 27
Feb 2003
Oklahoma City artist Chahla Rahimi-Reynolds
Thursday unveiled a clay sculpture that
will be part of a memorial to those who died in the
Interstate 40 bridge .
Controversial Bridge
Project Has Been In The Works For Years
Yankton Daily
Press, SD - 22 Feb 2003
BY SUSAN HOFFMANN. EDITOR'S NOTE: This
is the first in a three-part series
looking at the past, present and future of the Meridian
Bridge. ...
Missouri
River Bridge's History Spans More Than A Century - Yankton
Daily Press
Lantana bridge decision on Tuesday's agenda
Palm Beach Post, FL - 22
Feb 2003
... commissioners will vote
Tuesday on whether to approve a 12-month, $348000
contract
with EC Driver & Associates to determine the fate of the
102-foot bridge ...
DOT to try again to start 17th Street bridge
beams
Atlanta Journal
Constitution, GA - 22 Feb 2003
• The Georgia Department of
Transportation will post lane closings for
the 17th Street bridge project every Monday for
the coming weekend. ...
Expect
Delays as Bridge Work Ramps Up - WSB
17th
Street bridge will leave its mark - Atlanta
Journal Constitution
MoDOT to inspect, repair Cape bridge
Southeast
Missourian, MO - 22 Feb 2003
A Missouri Department of Transportation
crew will inspect and repair the Mississippi
River bridge at Cape Girardeau next week, weather
permitting. ...
Bridge
work will stop traffic periodically - Bolivar
Herald Free Press
Five month upheaval for £4m bridge repair
Glasgow Evening
Times, UK - 22 Feb 2003
DRIVERS face five months of disruption
as repairs costing £4million
begin on Glasgow's Kingston Bridge this Sunday.
The Stobcross ...
City's
£250 parking permits up for grabs - Glasgow
Evening Times
More bridge collapse suits filed
Utica Observer
Dispatch, NY - 22 Feb 2003
By TOM LAMBERT. As experts wait to
return to the site of the fatal pedestrian
bridge collapse, the lawsuits against the state
begin to mount. ...
Construction of Atlanta bridge may face weather
delay
Augusta
Chronicle, GA - 22 Feb 2003
ATLANTA -- Construction on the 17th
Street bridge that would have shut down several
lanes of Interstate 75-85 in downtown Atlanta over the
weekend was canceled ...
Bridge condition rating falls
Atchison Daily
Globe, KS - 22 Feb 2003
Kansas Department of Transportation
officials said this week that the Amelia Earhart
Memorial Bridge is in a little worse shape than
was previously presented. ...
City needs $1 million to garner $4 million for bridge
bike path
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - 22 Feb 2003
... Caryn Giarratano, MoDOT's
liaison to the panel, said the money would fund the
construction
of an attachment to the Missouri River bridge on
southbound Highway ...
Bridge Work Set To Begin Monday
Trenton Republican
Times, MO - 22 Feb 2003
The Missouri Department of
Transportation has announced that work to replace the
bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad on Ninth
Street will begin on Monday ...
State promises bridge over the river Clarence
Sydney Morning
Herald, Australia - 22 Feb 2003
Launching its plan for the North Coast,
the State Government promised yesterday
to spend between $65million and $95million on a new
bridge over the Clarence ...
South St. Bridge project set for summer start
Townsend Times, MA - 22
Feb 2003
TOWNSEND -- With the South Street
Bridge slated for closure sometime this spring,
the town has been notified that closure will not take
place until June 23 or ...
17th Street Bridge Construction Begins
WXIA-TV, GA - 22
Feb 2003
... area. Starting Friday night,
late-night construction on the 17th
Street Bridge will close part of the Downtown
Connector. While ...
squeezes through bridge
Daily
Herald, Netherlands Antilles - 22 Feb 2003
SIMPSON BAY--Super megayacht "Leander G"
barely made it through the Simpson Bay
bridge Thursday morning, with clearance of only a
few feet on the sides when ...
Sinking Rail Bridge Gives Residents Major
Headache
Waterford
News, Ireland - 22 Feb 2003
... as well as a host of
businesses including Anglo Irish Beef Processors, will
remain
virtually cut off for the next two to three weeks
following a rail bridge ...
Noyo Bridge column collapse fatal
Mendocino Beacon, CA - 20
Feb 2003
By Beacon Staff. Capt. Kevin Broin of
the Sheriff's Office reported they were
called about a structural collapse near the north end of
the Noyo Bridge. ...
Worker
dies in Noyo bridge accident - Santa
Rosa Press Democrat
Worker
killed in accident at construction site near Fort Bragg - Press-Enterprise
Worker
killed in accident at construction site near Fort Bragg - San
Jose Mercury News
Bridge contest set in Aurora
Grand Island
Independent, NE - 20 Feb 2003
AURORA -- Student bridge builders
will compete in Aurora Saturday
for more than $1000 in certificates, trophies and cash
prizes. ...
I-90 bridge changes raise questions
Seattle Daily
Journal of Commerce, WA - 21 Feb 2003
SEATTLE -- Proposals to change the
configuration of the Interstate 90 bridge
across Lake Washington to better accommodate transit and
car pools remain ...
Bridge toll idea troubles boaters' waters
Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA - 20 Feb 2003
... Nearly 10000 times a year,
the Fremont Bridge opens for pleasure and working
craft. It's the city's lowest bridge, arching
about 30 feet at its center. ...
Crews to work nonstop to repair McGinnis bridge
Atlanta Journal
Constitution, GA - 20 Feb 2003
A small hole develops on a busy
bridge, and ominously it gets bigger
and bigger. North Fulton and south Forsyth County
commuters ...
Bridge Tolls: Old Debates and New Ideas
New York Times - 21
Feb 2003
A BUNCH of elected officials from
Brooklyn gathered yesterday on the Brooklyn Bridge,
there to unburden themselves about the mayor's desire
for tolls on the ...
Link from Sicily to mainland may
be a bridge too far
Guardian, UK - 20
Feb 2003
Italy's plan for a suspension bridge
linking Sicily to the mainland have been put
in doubt following a report which says that the
structure will be anchored on ...
The Final Countdown: Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel
Work to Begin in ...
Yahoo News - 20
Feb 2003
... Office, will unveil the
Official 2003 Alternate Route Map and announce the
30-day
countdown to the start of the final phase of work on the
Fort Pitt Bridge and ...
Pedestrian span may bridge gap between cities
Council Bluffs Daily
Nonpareil, IA - 20 Feb 2003
Submitted graphic - The Missouri River
pedestrian bridge linking
Council Bluffs and Omaha will be lit up at night. A
pedestrian ...
Engineers: Waldo-Hancock Bridge
safe ... for now
Belfast Republican
Journal, ME - 20 Feb 2003
BUCKSPORT - More than a graceful
landmark on the Maine coast, this 72-year-old suspension
bridge at the mouth of the Penobscot River
provides an economic role ...
Truck roof strikes bridge
Billerica
Minuteman, MA - 20 Feb 2003
By Cheryl Lecesse / Staff Writer. A
tractor trailer's roof crumpled when its driver
tried to pass underneath a low-clearance railroad
bridge that goes over Mt. ...
Panel ready to endorse Shearwater Bridge
Pascagoula
Mississippi Press, MS - 20 Feb 2003
OCEAN SPRINGS -- Harbor commissioners
are satisfied with answers they received from
construction engineers concerning the Shearwater
Bridge and are willing to ...
Bridge On Brink Of Collapse Near Fayetteville
KHBS, AR - 20
Feb 2003
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A busy bridge
west of Fayetteville is on the brink
of collapse after being struck by a car, 40/29 reported
Thursday. ...
Supervisors Discuss Right Of Way Purchase, Hold-Up On
Bridge ...
Sigourney News
Review, IA - 20 Feb 2003
... 18 and was confronted by
Howard Snyder of Richland about right of
way purchase for the W15 Skunk River Bridge. The
Army Corps of ...
TxDOT to replace bridge
Sherman Denison
Herald Democrat, TX - 21 Feb 2003
... Company of Lewisville and
representatives of their subcontractors in a
preconstruction
meeting devoted to the reconstruction of the Mill Creek
bridge and its ...
Lions Donate Additional $5000 for Bridge Lighting
Missourian
Publishing, MO - 20 Feb 2003
The Washington Lions Club has
contributed an additional $5000 to help make sure
total funding is in place for the Missouri River
Bridge lighting project. ...
Bridge memorial salutes victims
Melbourne Herald
Sun, Australia - 20 Feb 2003
... The $1.65 million West Gate
Memorial Park in Spotswood will commemorate 35 men
who were killed when a steel section of the bridge
collapsed in 1970. ...
Ohio River Bridge Reopens Following Repairs
WISH, IN - 20
Feb 2003
(Evansville-AP) -- Repair crews closed a
bridge across the Ohio River in southern
Indiana Wednesday when a damaged joint in the pavement
caused an accident. ...
Donna Bridge
KRGV, TX - 20
Feb 2003
The mayors of both Donna and Mercedes
held a press conference to announce the 750000
dollars in federal funds they received for a new
international bridge. ...
Lobatse pedestrian bridge planned for NDP9 -
Kokorwe
Republic of
Botswana, Botswana - 20 Feb 2003
The construction of a pedestrian
overhead bridge at the Lobatse railway station
is planned for the first half of NDP9, assistant
Minister of Local Government ...
County to replace Raccoon River bridge
Dallas County
News, IA - 20 Feb 2003
... The Dallas County Road
Department will begin replacement of the bridge,
closing Dexfield
Road (P48) at the South Raccoon River about three miles
north of Dexter ...
Plane makes emergency landing on bridge
Independent
Online, South Africa - 23 hours ago
... few cars. He landed on the
bridge over the Mgwali River on the R61.
"I glided to the tar road between Engcobo and Cofimvaba.
I was ...
Auburn residents ’ bridge complaints heard
Chariton
Newspapers, IA - 20 Feb 2003
Residents of Auburn Avenue, east of the
closed railroad bridge, met with the
Chariton City Council Monday evening to discuss the
closing of the bridge. ...
DOT: Highway 169 bridge project pushed back to
2006
Algona Upper Des
Moines, IA - 20 Feb 2003
... at last Thursday's meeting
that the city's businesspeople have received a
concession
from the state about the method for rebuilding the
Highway 169 bridge over ...
Cities, walkers await promised pedestrian bridge
Daytona Beach
News-Journal, FL - 19 Feb 2003
But they rarely venture out of
Edgewater. That's because fighting traffic to cross
the narrow bridge into New Smyrna Beach is too
dangerous, Bushnell said. ...
Mayors share rosy outlook due to bridge
Omaha World
Herald, NE - 19 Feb 2003
COUNCIL BLUFFS - Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey
and Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan talked
Wednesday about how a planned $22.6 million pedestrian
bridge over the ...
New bridge for Riverside
Norfolk Eastern
Daily Press, UK - 19 Feb 2003
... It would also see the link
between Castle Mall and Riverside put into place
in the form a second pedestrian and cycle bridge
over the Wensum. ...
$3-m repairs for Stubs Bridge in Spanish Town
Jamaica
Observer, Jamaica - 18 Feb 2003
THE Stubs Bridge in Spanish Town,
St Catherine, which spans the Rio Cobre River
and links Spanish Town to Kingston, will be repaired to
the tune of $3 million ...
Additional lane on Al Maktoum Bridge by May
Gulf News, United
Arab Emirates - 19 Feb 2003
In order to improve traffic situation,
Dubai Municipality has started expansion work
on Al Maktoum Bridge, which witnesses heavy
traffic especially during peak ...
Tycoon's adviser dismisses bridge plan
South China Morning
Post (subscription), Hong Kong - 18 Feb 2003
A top adviser to tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung
yesterday said he opposed the introduction
of a departure tax and a proposal to build a bridge
linking Hong Kong ...
Work may slow Broadway Bridge commute
Oregonian, OR - 18
Feb 2003
A $27.5 million maintenance project on
the Broadway Bridge will limit
traffic on the bridge for more than a year.
Multnomah County ...
Singapore
objected to bridge to replace Causeway’
Star, Malaysia - 17
Feb 2003
PETALING JAYA: The Government came up
with a proposal to build a bridge linking
Johor to the midpoint of the Causeway because Singapore
objected to Malaysia ...
Malaysia
to go ahead with bridge project under revised
plan - New
Straits Times
Singapore
'manipulated bridge issue' - The
Straits Times
Singapore
: Goh didn ’ t object to new bridge - Star
Bernama
180
Oak Ridge Families Stranded by Collapsed Bridge
WATE, TN - 17
Feb 2003
Truckloads of rocks were used to fill in
a portion of the collapsed
bridge on Gum Hollow Road. OAK RIDGE (WATE) --
Nearly 200 Oak ...
Residents
of Gum Hollow Road left stranded - Oak
Ridger
Flooding,
Road Closures Follow Heavy Rains in East Tennessee - WATE
Bridge
needed to replace hazardous causeway on rural route
Times Daily, AL - 17
Feb 2003
... It's all that remains of a
swinging pedestrian bridge that residents used
long ago
to cross the creek that snakes its way through the
middle of a cove in the ...
$60000
trimmed from road, bridge funds
Jacksonville Daily
Progress, TX - 17
Feb 2003
... Commissioners approved on a
3-0 vote to cut $15000 from each precincts' road and
bridge budget -a total of $60000 - if further
research shows that action is ...
Officials
tighten belts, lambaste constables on lack of ...
- Jacksonville
Daily Progress
Party
time for a bridge that spans four decades
Edinburgh Evening
News, UK - 7 hours ago
Now plans are under way to celebrate the
40th anniversary of the Forth Road Bridge,
recognising its status as one of the engineering wonders
of its age. ...
'Deficient'
and substandard bridge crisis looms for state
Shreveport Times, LA - 17
Feb 2003
Traffic passes along the new bridge
on state Highway 154 over Lake Bistineau
in Bienville Parish on Wednesday as heavy fog covers the
area. ...
Syed
Hamid contradicts Dr Mahathir over bridge to
replace ...
Channel News Asia, Singapore - 17
Feb 2003
... Mr Syed Hamid claims the bridge
was never part of the bilateral package
of trade-offs over the water issue. "At the first
meeting ...
Bill
on way to Bush aids Sauvie bridge
Oregonian, OR - 17
Feb 2003
A huge spending bill that includes $2
million toward the Sauvie Island Bridge
replacement project is on its way to President Bush for
his signature. ...
Elevated,
swing bridge for Causeway
New Straits Times, Malaysia - 17
Feb 2003
PETALING JAYA, Feb 16: The project to
replace half of the Johor Causeway will
include a curved 1.4 kilometre elevated bridge
and a railway swing bridge ...
South
Corridor MAX plan unveiled
Oregonian, OR - 17
Feb 2003
... Milwaukie. The committee is
leaning toward building a new bridge over
the Willamette River instead of using the Hawthorne Bridge.
...
Singapore objected to bridge to replace Causeway’
Star, Malaysia - 15
Feb 2003
PETALING JAYA: The Government came up
with a proposal to build a bridge linking
Johor to the midpoint of the Causeway because Singapore
objected to Malaysia ...
Singapore
'manipulated bridge issue' - The
Straits Times
Singapore
: Goh didn ’ t object to new bridge - Star
MFA
responds to Mahathir's comments on bridge
proposal - Channel
News Asia
Straits
Times
Along With Pain, Progress On
Wilson Bridge Project
Washington Post, DC - 15
Feb 2003
For the past two years, passing
motorists couldn't really see construction of the
new Woodrow Wilson Bridge as much as feel and
hear it through the relentless ...
Unexpectedly
Low Bid Keeps Wilson Bridge Under Budget - Washington
Post
Low
bidder named for Wilson Bridge project - Baltimore
Business Journal
End of an era approaches for Stella, wooden bridge
Jacksonville Daily
News, NC - 15 Feb 2003
STELLA — A wooden bridge over the
White Oak River that has linked Stella to Onslow
County for half a century will be replaced this summer,
forever changing ...
AMSE hosting bridge-building competition
Knoxville News
Sentinel, TN - 15 Feb 2003
Visitors to the American Museum of
Science and Energy can find out why the triangle
is one of the strongest shapes to strengthen structures
at the bridge ...
Bids on bridge come in high
Bismarck Tribune, ND - 14
Feb 2003
Bids for a new bridge at New Town
-- the longest and designed to be the most beautiful
bridge in the state -- came in far higher than
the engineer's estimate ...
Railroad bridge might get new life
Salem Statesman
Journal, OR - 15 Feb 2003
The city is $600000 closer to turning a
retired railroad bridge into
a new pedestrian crossing over the Willamette River. The
Salem ...
Woods Memorial Bridge walkway a hit with users
Beaufort Gazette, SC - 14
Feb 2003
A walkway over Woods Memorial Bridge
is earning some high praise from walkers, joggers
and anyone who wants to get from one side to the other
without a car. ...
WORKERS TOIL AS WATERS ROIL 'Bubble tree' aids Benicia
bridge ...
Contra Costa
Times, CA - 15 Feb 2003
... of fish a nasty, explosive
death but also has freed the state's contractor to
resume
driving piles that will support piers beneath the new
Benicia bridge. ...
Fight is on to save oldest bridge
icWales, UK - 13
Feb 2003
HERITAGE campaigners are fighting to
save the world's oldest stone
railway bridge from the wrecking ball. The
possible demolition ...
DOT County must set priority for bridge repair
Key West Citizen, FL - 14
Feb 2003
The state Department of Transportation
is willing to move ahead with a Seven-Mile
Bridge repair project, provided the county is
willing to put it as a priority ...
Days Numbered for Hathaway
Bridge
WMBB, FL - 13
Feb 2003
Rob Bennett,
BridgePros Director of Operations is on the
Construction Engineering and Inspections staff for
Reynolds Smith and Hills, CS Inc for this exciting
project.
By Chris Mitchell (cmitchell@wmbb.com).
Florida DOT Spoksperson, Tommie Speights
explaineS how construction on the new Hathaway Bridge
is progressing. ...
Time running out to fix leaning covered bridge
Poughkeepsie
Journal, NY - 13 Feb 2003
Neighborhood residents would face an
$80000 bill to repair the Carriage Hill Bridge,
the covered span off Route 376 that could face
destruction if renovations ...
Covered bridge among home-show bargains
Cleveland Plain
Dealer, OH - 13 Feb 2003
At the close of the National City
Cleveland Home & Garden Show on Sunday, the quaint
covered bridge that is a focal point in the entry
garden will be for sale. ...
High court won't hear Red Gate bridge case State
Supreme Court's ...
Chicago Daily
Herald, IL - 13 Feb 2003
By Alicia Fabbre Daily Herald Staff
Writer. Getting across the Fox River
via a bridge at Red Gate Road may become a
reality. Illinois ...
2000-year-old Wooden Bridge
Discovered in Sichuan
People's Daily
Online, China - 13 Feb 2003
A wooden bridge dating back 2000
years has been discovered in a cultural
relic site in southwest China's Sichuan province. A
wooden ...
Detroit-Superior Bridge pedestrian plans reshaped
Cleveland Plain
Dealer, OH - 14 Feb 2003
... using the old lower level for
bikers and pedestrians were among the ideas raised
yesterday to salvage plans for the Detroit-Superior
(Veterans Memorial) Bridge ...
Medal of Honor' designation sought for bridge
Valley City Times
Record, ND - 14 Feb 2003
A former Valley City man, Dick Starke,
has introduced a bill to the 58th Legislative
Assembly of North Dakota to designate a "Medal of Honor
bridge" to ...
Mayor delighted over bridge first pledged 50
years ago
Vancouver
Sun, Canada - 14 Feb 2003
The Needles ferry will be replaced by a
long-promised bridge, Premier
Gordon Campbell says. In Nakusp, Mayor Bill Cowan
"almost ...
Bridge collapse suits seek millions
Utica Observer
Dispatch, NY - 12 Feb 2003
By TOM LAMBERT. Two lawsuits totaling
more than $80 million have been filed against
the state in the aftermath of the Marcy pedestrian
bridge collapse. ...
Hastert announces $7 million for bridge land
Bridge project, drug ...
Chicago Daily
Herald, IL - 14 Feb 2003
A plan for a new Fox River bridge
at Stearns Road in South Elgin is a step closer
to reality as the federal government is likely to
provide $7 million to buy ...
Sauvie Island bridge fix gets green light
Oregonian, OR - 14
Feb 2003
The US House of Representatives approved
$2 million for Multnomah County Thursday
to design a new Sauvie Island bridge to replace
the 52-year-old cracked and ...
DOT to resurface Thompson Bridge Road
Access North
Georgia, GA - 14 Feb 2003
GAINESVILLE - The state Department of
Transportation hopes to have a busy stretch
of Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville resurfaced
by this time next year. ...
New bridge for north-western cycleway
Scoop, New Zealand - 13
Feb 2003
The wheels are in motion for a purpose
built pedestrian and cycle bridge
over Great North Road. The bridge will provide
the safest ...
I-5 bridge project leads to fines for
environmental damage
Oregonian, OR - 14
Feb 2003
... state agency for a series of
environmental violations that dropped hazardous
materials
in the Columbia River in the course of repainting the
Interstate 5 bridge ...
Burnawn bridge gets the go-ahead
Kilmarnock
Standard, UK - 14 Feb 2003
... James Scouller had applied
for planning permission to build the timber bridge
from
land at the rear of his home at 15 Carnalea Court,
Galston to the southbank ...
Firm chosen for PCH bridge over corridor
Long Beach
Press-Telegram, CA - 14 Feb 2003
... The company's task is to,
among other things, build a half- mile bridge to
carry
Pacific Coast Highway traffic over Alameda Corridor rail
lines and Alameda ...
PM to open NH 4 over-bridge tomorrow
The Hindu, India - 12
Feb 2003
New Delhi, Feb 12. (UNI): Prime Minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee will inaugurate
a cable-stayed over-bridge on the busy Bangalore-Kolar-Chennai
section of ...
Bridge's fate still up in the air
Henderson
Gleaner, KY - 08 Feb 2003
By DAVE HOSICK Courier & Press staff
writer 464-7449 or hosickd@evansville.net. NEW
HARMONY, Ind. - The bridge across the Wabash
River at New Harmony remains an ...
World's longest steel-arch
bridge now in Shanghai
Straits
Times, Singapore - 08 Feb 2003
SHANGHAI - Construction was due to be
completed yesterday on the world's longest
steel-arch bridge in the Chinese commercial hub
of Shanghai, state press ...
Deck placed on new Carquinez
bridge
NapaNet Daily
News, CA - 08 Feb 2003
After months of gradual work on the
Carquinez Strait's new Al Zampa
Bridge, major activity is taking place. The
bridge's deck is ...
bridge story
Southeast
Missourian, MO - 07 Feb 2003
This winter's unusually frequent
snowfalls have some Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
watchers wondering if it can be built by the oft-stated
completion date: the ...
MoDOT
devises fix for Blanchette Bridge - St.
Louis Dispatch
State
closes lanes of Blanchette Bridge on I-70 to
inspect cracks - Jefferson
City News Tribune
UM-Rolla,
state develop bridge made without steel - St.
Louis Dispatch
St.
Louis Post Dispatch - Southeast
Missourian - and
more »
Missouri folks get bridge info
Atchison Daily
Globe, KS - 07 Feb 2003
... The effort was part of an
outreach program for the proposed replacement
of the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge. MoDOT
Public Affairs ...
October bid date 'feasible' for
covered bridge
Groton Landmark, MA - 06
Feb 2003
PEPPERELL -- The design phase of a true
wooden bridge to replace Pepperell's
landmark Jewett Bridge, delayed an estimated two
months late last year, is ...
Bridge projects atop Caltrans activity list
Contra Costa
Times, CA - 06 Feb 2003
... Construction on the new
Benicia and Carquinez bridges and the eastern
span of the Bay Bridge forges ahead despite
difficulties. ...
Nudist bridge set to open
CNN Europe, Europe - 05
Feb 2003
The so-called "bridge of thighs,"
which will connect two parts of the
nudist resort, is scheduled to open February 13. PALM
SPRINGS ...
Georgina River Bridge taken to a higher level
Infolink
Architecture & Building, Australia - 05 Feb 2003
Traffic is now flowing freely on the
recently completed Georgina River Bridge, built
on the Barkly Highway north of the remote Camooweal
township in north-west ...
"Cry Baby" Bridge improvements due
Okmulgee Daily
Times, OK - 04 Feb 2003
By Cheryl Schuman / 2-4-03. Final plans
have been approved to begin construction
work on the Montezuma Bridge. Okmulgee County
Commissioners ...
US 75 bridge will be replaced
Coffey County
Republican, KS - 05 Feb 2003
Q: The US 75 Neosho River Bridge,
just north of Burlington, is very
narrow. Are there any plans to widen it? A: The Kansas
Department ...
City
selects bridge project
Mansfield News
Journal, OH - 04 Feb 2003
... The option that was selected
originally would have raised Oak Street at its present
location to meet a raised South Illinois Avenue
approaching the bridge. ...
Parkway
Reopens, Bridge Inspection Continues
KDKA, PA - 04
Feb 2003
(KDKA) (Pittsburgh) All lanes of the
Parkway East are back open to traffic, but
the city is continuing to inspect the Greenfield Bridge
after a chunk of ...
Motorist
Injured By Falling Concrete - WTAE-TV
Falling
bridge debris injures woman, ties up Parkway East
traffic - Pittsburgh
Post Gazette
Some
nearby want 8 Mile bridge to stay
Royal Oak Daily
Tribune, MI - 04 Feb 2003
FERNDALE - In the midst of its efforts
to remove the Woodward bridge over Eight
Mile, Ferndale officials are now encountering opposition
from a group of ...
Bridge
to get bicycle path
Vero Beach
Press-Journal, FL - 04 Feb 2003
Metal posts popping up along the 17th
Street bridge are a precursor to a "bicycle
barrier rail" the Florida Department of
Transportation is having installed. ...
Ornament
features Fred Hartman Bridge
Baytown Sun, TX - 04
Feb 2003
... ornament for sale. This
edition, the ninth in the series, will feature
the Fred Hartman Bridge etched on the decoration.
Part of ...
Bridge
photographer remembered
Suffolk Evening
Star, UK - 04 Feb 2003
ONE of Ipswich's most colourful
characters is remembered today after
his death left a gap in a community that no bridge
can span. ...
Safety
Concerns Over Proposed Bridge
WNEP-TV, PA - 04
Feb 2003
A retired Penn Dot worker who helped design highways
claims state plans
to build a bridge will actually cause accidents.
When Robert ...
New
Bay Bridge Takes Big Step Forward
KTVU - 04
Feb 2003
The thousands of commuters who cross the
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
daily will soon have another distraction as they cross
the span. ...
OSHA
cites, fines contractor for Chas. crane collapse
WIS, SC - 6
hours ago
... Republic Contracting
Corporation was cited Monday for two crane collapses
at the company's Maybank Highway Bridge
construction site. ...
OSHA
cites, fines SC contractor for crane collapses - Columbia
State
Palm
Springs set to open nudist bridge
San Jose Mercury
News, CA - 02 Feb 2003
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Venice,
Italy, has the Bridge of Sighs.
Now Palm Springs has the ``bridge of thighs.''. A
pedestrian ...
Springs
bridge: Bringing naked people together, overhead - Los
Angeles Daily News
Palm
Springs to open nudist bridge - Long
Beach Press-Telegram
Palm
Springs Set To Open Nudist Bridge - WNBC
Testimony
Begins In LMS Bridge Collapse Case
WSOC, NC - 03
Feb 2003
Monday morning, testimony will begin in
the first Speedway bridge
collapse case to go to trial. A family from Virginia is
seeking ...
Testimony
begins in LMS suit - News
14 Charlotte
First
lawsuit - Wilmington
Morning Star
Rama's
bridge is only 3500 years old: CRS
Indian Express, India - 02
Feb 2003
Madurai, February 2: The Adam’s bridge
over Palk Strait, said to be the remains
of a bridge built by Lord Rama, dates back to
only 3500 years and not 1.7 ...
Bridge
Renamed for Veteran
Indiana Gazette, PA - 02
Feb 2003
... Here in this tiny southern
Indiana County village, near the remains of a
burned-down
bar and beside the iron girders of the dilapidated
Robinson Bridge ...
Everett
tries for bridge again
Snohomish Herald, WA - 04
Feb 2003
... publicly available. The city
wants to build a 1600-foot bridge over
the Burlington Northern Santa Fe main rail line. That
would ...
Fort
Pitt Bridge and Tunnel detours start March 21
NEPA News, PA - 02
Feb 2003
The first day of spring will also be the
first day that Pittsburgh commuters again
have to start dealing with detours on the Fort Pitt Bridge
and Tunnel. ...
Bridge
construction to begin this summer
Hilton Head Island
Packet, SC - 01 Feb 2003
BEAUFORT -- Beaufort County officials
have granted the SC Department of Transportation
an easement that will allow the department to build a
new bridge over ...
BAY
BRIDGE CHRONICLES
San Francisco
Chronicle, CA - 02 Feb 2003
Gray Davis donned a Caltrans hard hat
and declared construction of the new eastern
span of the Bay Bridge under way, it's been
difficult for anyone but the ...
Bridge
named to honor general
San Diego Union
Tribune, CA - 31 Jan 2003
... But dedication ceremonies
naming the College Boulevard bridge in his honor
did just
that, Murray said as he stood before more than 200
people who had come to ...
Bridge
climb to rebound
Stuff.co.nz, New
Zealand - 01 Feb 2003
... Auckland Bridgeclimb was
founded two years ago after it won the right
to take walking tours over the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
The ...
Cracks
in New Kamwenge Bridge
AllAfrica.com, Africa - 31
Jan 2003
The Kamwenge resident district
commissioner's (RDC) office is investigating
reports of substandard work on Mpanga bridge in
Nyabani sub-county. ...
It's
the morning after the Paseo Bridge has been shut
down, and I ...
Kansas City Star, MO - 02
Feb 2003
By TIM ENGLE. It's the morning after the
Paseo Bridge has been shut
down, and I am looking crankier and more disheveled than
normal. ...
Long-delayed
bridge may be built by 2006
Monroe News
Star, LA - 01 Feb 2003
Project bids on the construction of a
new Ouachita River bridge at Sterlington
are scheduled to be taken in December 2004. The project ...
Bill
would rename bridge for pilot
Salem Statesman
Journal, OR -
BEND — A Redmond lawmaker plans to
sponsor legislation that would
honor a World War II hero by renaming a bridge in
his name. ...
Veterans
gathering support to rename bridge after WWII ace - Bend
Bulletin
Peace
River Bridge project almost complete
WBBH, FL - 13
hours ago
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, January 30, 2003 - It
was a novel concept - to build
a new bridge inside two old ones. Now, the Peace
River bridge ...
Experts
say bridge safe, drivers aren't
Montreal Gazette, Canada - January
31, 2003
... Île aux Tourtes span. An
accident on the Île aux Tourtes Bridge
on Wednesday afternoon that killed two St. Lazare women
was just ...
Bomb
Destroys Bridge In Afghanistan, 18 Dead
WDSU, LA - January
31, 2003
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Eighteen people
are dead in southern Afghanistan
-- killed when a powerful bomb flew up a bridge.
A deputy ...
Tussing
Road bridge closed
Columbus This Week
Newspapers, OH - January
31, 2003
He said last week he was within an inch
of closing the Tussing Road bridge over
Blacklick Creek if drivers didn't cooperate in meeting
reduced weight limits. ...
Duffy
Road bridge in need of repair - Lancaster
Eagle Gazette
County
closes Tussing Road bridge - Lancaster
Eagle Gazette
Funds
approved for Ferry Street bridge
NewHavenRegister.com -
... approved an amended regional
transportation improvement plan that includes $3 million
of the $9.6 million needed to replace New Haven’s
Ferry Street bridge. ...
Father,
son survive 30-foot plunge off Sunshine Skyway Bridge
in ...
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - January
31, 2003
A father and son survived a 30-foot fall
into Tampa Bay after the SUV they were
in flipped several times and careened off the Sunshine
Skyway Bridge. ...
Contract
Let For Duplicate Upper Harbour Bridge
Scoop, New
Zealand - January
31, 2003
Transit New Zealand has let a $29.6
million contract to Fletcher Construction Ltd
for the construction of a duplicate Upper Harbour Bridge
and widening of the ...
HiNT
rolls 133MHz PCIX universal bridge
EE Times Online - January
31, 2003
has announced the availability of what
it claims to be world's first 133MHz, 5V-tolerant
PCIX-PCIX dual mode universal bridge for
high-speed storage and ...
DelDOT
officials honored for bridge
The News Journal, DE - January
31, 2003
... that advocates saving
historic resources, has honored Department of
Transportation
Secretary Nathan Hayward and others involved in
rebuilding Smith Bridge near ...
One-lane
bridge's demise
Waterloo Cedar Falls
Courier, IA - January
31, 2003
By SARAH STRANDBERG. DECORAH - A variety
of speakers will pay homage
Monday to Green Bridge on Fifth Avenue. The
one-lane bridge ...
TOW
discusses bridge acquisition
Decorah Journal, IA - January
31, 2003
... When asked by Decorah
Newspapers if TOW would consider the 80 year-old Tavener
Bridge,
also known as the "green bridge," which
spans the Upper Iowa River at ...
Bridge
moving up
Fort Bragg
Advocate-News, CA - January
31, 2003
Caltrans resident engineer Guy Preston
came before the Fort Bragg City Council Monday
to give an update as to the current status of the Noyo Bridge
Replacement ...
PennDOT
to start construction on $5.8M bridge project
Philadelphia
Business Journal, PA - January
31, 2003
5 on a $5.8 million project to replace
the 29th Street Bridge over the Amtrak
railroad line in the Strawberry Mansion section of
Philadelphia. ...
Ford
Road bridge to be replaced, Jan. 29, 2003
Zionsville Times
Sentinel, IN - January
31, 2003
... They were prepared to once
again state their case that the Ford Road
bridge just north of 96th Street does not need to
be replaced. ...
Traffic
woes expected during planned bridge construction
Pacific Stars and
Stripes, Japan - January
31, 2003
Cars wait to cross the busy intersection
where a bridge is scheduled to
be built to ease movement between Yongsan's main and
south posts. ...
Motorists
get a better view crossing Tully Bridge
Galway Advertiser, Ireland - January
31, 2003
SAFETY MEASURES which have been carried
out at Tully Bridge in Ballygar will help
to provide a better view for motorists travelling
through Tullyroe onto the ...
Green
Bridge celebration Monday
Decorah Journal, IA - January
31, 2003
The public is invited to attend a
Decorah Heritage event that celebrates the
history of the Tavener Bridge. The event starts
at 5:30 pm Monday, Feb. ...
Wilson
Bridge: Progress, Pain
Washington Post, DC - 30
Jan 2003
Bases at Jones Point will hold supports
for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
Several related road projects are planned this year,
including ...
Wilson
Bridge: Progress, Pain - Washington
Post
New
I-93 North To Open In March
WCVB-TV, MA - January
31, 2003
BOSTON -- Big Dig officials said
Thursday that drivers will be able to use the
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge beginning in
the middle of March. ...
Big
Dig officials eye mid-March opening of I-93 north tunnel - Boston.com
Georgia:
Explosion Destroys Bridge, Derails Train
Radio Free Europe, Czech
Republic - 29 Jan 2003
Tbilisi, 29 January 2003 (RFE/RL) -- A bridge
in western Georgia collapsed today
as a train was passing over, causing three tankers
filled with oil to fall ...
£
150000 bid to replace Cruden Bay's Ladies Bridge
Buchan Observer, UK - 29
Jan 2003
They will be asked to agree the
development of a funding package for the
replacement of the bridge. Aberdeenshire Council
has responsibility ...
Bridge
may cost an extra $1M
The Tennessean, TN - 29
Jan 2003
The downtown Shelby Avenue Pedestrian Bridge
is scheduled to be ready in August,
one year past its scheduled opening date and with cost
overruns that could be ...
Mt.
Pleasant supervisors explore option in bridge
removal project
Washington Observer
Reporter, PA - 30 Jan 2003
... Pleasant Township supervisors
may advertise for bids to remove a bridge
connecting
Johnston and Hornhead roads, instead of paying the
township's portion of a ...
Free
Bay Bridge ride if too much traffic?
Annapolis Capital, MD - 29
Jan 2003
... 5 miles from the William
Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge and moving
at less than 30 miles per hour. "I've tried to make
my bill ...
Province
funds bridge, road repair in Pickle Lake (1/03)
Northern Ontario
Business, Canada - 29 Jan 2003
The funds will be utilized to remove a
Bailey bridge and construct of a permanent
two-lane bridge. Money will also be spent on
road-base repairs.
Controversial Bike Bridge Taken Off Fast Track
WPTZ-TV, NY - 29
Jan 2003
-- Members of the Transportation
Committee in the Vermont House are continuing
to question a controversial bike bridge between
Burlington and Colchester. ...
More
damage found to Paseo Bridge
Kansas City Star, MO - 27
Jan 2003
Repair crews have found a crack in
another corner of the Paseo Bridge over the
weekend and will have to do more extensive work than
originally planned. ...
Do
We Have a Bridge Name to Sell You!
New York Times - 27
Jan 2003
... The Manhattan entrance to the
Brooklyn Bridge's pedestrian path site of that
famous
mayoral cheerleading during the 1980 transit strike is a
natural for Koch ...
President
Reinaugurates Bridge Over Kwanza River
AllAfrica.com, Africa - 27
Jan 2003
President José Eduardo dos Santos
Friday officially reopened the bridge over Kwanza
River, 70 kms to south of Luanda, which had been closed
for rehabilitation ...
Spencon
to Repair Manjiya Bridge
AllAfrica.com, Africa - 28
Jan 2003
The Manjiya Member of Parliament, David
Wakikona, told The New Vision on Sunday
that the reconstruction work would involve erecting a
20m bridge and a 200 ...
McIntyre
Bridge repair to begin
Greenwood
Commonwealth, MS - 28 Jan 2003
Work to reopen McIntyre Lake bridge,
which was closed to traffic last March,
could begin as soon as today, Leflore County supervisors
say. ...
TRANSPORTATION:
Elks Drive bridge still tops MPO list
Grand Forks Herald, ND - 29
Jan 2003
The Metropolitan Planning Organization
faced a skeptical Grand Forks audience Tuesday
night when it announced that an Elks Drive bridge
probably was the best ...
Commissioner
doubts Indian Street bridge's effectiveness
Palm Beach Post, FL - 27
Jan 2003
STUART -- Martin County Commissioner
Sarah Heard says she isn't convinced a
new bridge at Indian Street will relieve Palm
City's traffic congestion. ...
Editor's
advisory - Temporary bridge opens on Highway 11
at ...
Canada NewsWire
(press release), CA - 27 Jan 2003
27 /CNW/ - The Ministry of
Transportation will open a single-lane temporary
bridge on Highway 11 in Latchford ahead of
schedule by noon today. ...
Locals
fight to save old bridge
Melbourne Herald
Sun, Australia - 28 Jan 2003
By RUSSELL GOULD. A BUCKET brigade of
hearty locals has saved the
historic Hinnomunjie Bridge in the Omeo Valley
from fire. Three ...
Nemo
bridge on Mo. 64 will be updated, approaches
widened
Bolivar Herald Free
Press, MO - 29 Jan 2003
... to rehabilitate the Mo. 64 bridge
over the Lindley Creek arm of Pomme
de Terre Lake between Nemo and Pittsburg. Only one lane
at ...
Opening
of temporary bridge at Latchford capturing praise
in ...
Timmins Daily Press, Canada - 28
Jan 2003
Local News - Local shipping and delivery
companies are thrilled a single-lane
temporary bridge was erected ahead of schedule
and opened Monday at noon. ...
Old
Hamilton Covered Bridge
KHQA, IL - 27
Jan 2003
Now, with the help of a local
development group the old Hamilton
covered bridge could see another day. The old
Hamilton Covered ...
DOT
leases site for bridge construction
Seattle Daily
Journal of Commerce, WA - 28 Jan
2003
... The facility will be used to
construct floating bridge pontoons and bridge
anchors
for a $255 million project to replace the east half and
retrofit the west ...
Magnolia
Bridge options narrowed
Seattle Daily
Journal of Commerce, WA - 28 Jan
2003
SEATTLE -- Four options remain for a new
Magnolia Bridge under a study
conducted by the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Three ...
Construction of Haywood Road bridge over
Interstate 385 to start ...
Greenville News, SC - 27
Jan 2003
Work will begin next week to build a new
eight-lane Haywood Road bridge over Interstate
385, a task that state officials said is the "main
event" in the ...
Strong
winds close Mackinac Bridge
CNN -
IGNACE, Michigan (AP) -- Winds gusting
to 59 miles per hour closed the bridge linking
Upper and Lower Michigan for several hours Sunday, and
at least 30 cars ...
Winds
Close Mich. Bridge, Cause Pileup - Austin
American Statesman
59
mph winds close Mackinac Bridge, causes 31-car
pileup - MLive
Winds
Close Mich. Bridge, Cause Pileup - Guardian
Private
builder pitches Peace Bridge plan
WKBW, NY - 20
Jan 2003
In Detroit, a private company owns and
operates a major bridge crossing.
And that same company is about to pitch a plan to build ...
Public
officials briefed on Peace Bridge project - Buffalo
Business First
Court
orders bridge over Negev waters
Ha'aretz, Israel - 20
Jan 2003
The High Court of Justice yesterday
ordered the state to build a bridge urgently
over the Negev Hebron River, which carries polluted
water from the Palestinian ...
Workers
Hurt as Airliner Hits Bridge
WPVI, PA -
NEW YORK-January 19, 2003 — Six
airport workers suffered minor injuries Sunday
when a plane struck a passenger loading bridge at
La Guardia Airport ...
Six
La Guardia workers hurt when plane hits passenger bridge - Newsday
Six
La Guardia workers hurt when plane hits passenger bridge - WHBF
Coleman
Bridge Stuck Open
WAVY-TV, VA - 20
Jan 2003
The Coleman Bridge, connecting
York County and Gloucester along Route
17, is currently stuck in the open position.
Transportation ...
Six
Workers Hurt When Plane Hits Passenger Bridge in
New York
WISH, IN - 20
Jan 2003
(New York-AP) -- A Northwest Airlines
plane being moved to a gate, struck a passenger-loading
bridge at New York's La Guardia Airport today
injuring six ...
Six
La Guardia workers hurt when plane hits passenger bridge - MLive
Six
La Guardia Workers Hurt When Plane Hits Passenger Bridge - WABC-TV
Portage
River bridge closing for repairs
Toledo Blade, OH - 20
Jan 2003
... 28, State Rt. 163 will be
detoured via State Rt. 2, officials said.
The gearbox replacement is part of an overhaul of the bridge.
Mackinac
Bridge Closes Because Of Pile-Up
WLUC-TV, MI - 20
Jan 2003
... hazardous yesterday. The
Mackinac Bridge was shut down for 2.5 hours
after a fourteen car pile up on I-75 just North of the bridge.
A ...
Bridge
Debate Heats Up
KWWL, IA - 20
Jan 2003
To some it's the Harmon Street Bridge.
To others it's referred to
as the "Green Bridge." But no matter
what you call it, the 3rd ...
Temporary
bridge could restore Hwy. 11 traffic within two
weeks
Today's Trucking
News - 20 Jan
2003
The province plans to temporarily
replace a section of the Sgt. Aubrey Cosens
Memorial bridge with a single-lane structure
known as a Bailey bridge. ...
Bridge
closed to heavy traffic
Dubbo Daily Liberal, Australia - 20
Jan 2003
Coonamble Shire Council has been forced
to close a bridge to heavy
traffic after concerns about public liability. Concerns
about ...
MoDOT
to repair Missouri Boulevard, Missouri River Bridge
Jefferson City News
Tribune, MO - 19 Jan 2003
... The department will also
continue work on the expansion joints of the eastbound
lanes of the Missouri River Bridge, Route 54,
Jefferson City from Tuesday ...
City
takes a bite at bridge work
Glenwood Springs
Post Independent, CO - 19 Jan 2003
... The promise of federal
funding and more cooperative landowners prompted the
Glenwood
Springs City Council to continue work to build a new
south bridge and ...
Back
then, they knew how to open a road
The Californian, CA - 20
Jan 2003
... Back then, people around here
knew how to open a road. The Hilltown Bridge was
dedicated with all of the pomp Salinas could muster back
on Feb. 2, 1889. ...
DOT to raise, replace Gospel Island bridge
Citrus County
Chronicle, FL - 19 Jan 2003
After collecting feedback from area
residents, Department of Transportation officials
have decided that when the Gospel Island bridge
is replaced, it will be ...
Spring City residents demand bridge repairs
Pottstown
Mercury, PA - 19 Jan 2003
... Three bridges are cited in
the petition as needing repair -- one at the bottom
of Church Street between Yost Avenue and Bridge
Street; one at the bottom of ...
Deal on fish allows Benicia Bridge work to go on
Oakland Tribune, CA - 19
Jan 2003
Regulators have cleared the way for pile
driving to resume in the Carquinez Strait,
where work on a new Benicia Bridge has been
halted since November because ...
Widening of Taylor Road remains at least a year away
Birmingham News, AL - 19
Jan 2003
... The low bid opened Friday for
replacing the bridge over Mountain Fork Creek on
Winchester Road was well below the estimated cost.
Miller and Miller Inc. ...
Some work halted on Ringling Bridge
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - 18 Jan 2003
SARASOTA -- The Florida Department of
Transportation has ordered work to stop on
two sections of the John Ringling Causeway Bridge,
which is scheduled to be ...
Rainbow Bridge Dock Closure
Salt Lake
Tribune, UT - 18 Jan 2003
The National Park Service will close
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
to boat access Jan. 27-30 to enable crews to reposition
the ...
US
89 Lanes to Close for Construction - Salt
Lake Tribune
Engineer was quick with bridge help
Lancaster Eagle
Gazette, OH - 18 Jan 2003
The bridge you may be driving on
every day is sinking. It is sinking
so bad that only two cars can be on it at one time and
trucks ...
Tussing
bridge is falling down - Lancaster
Eagle Gazette
£8.5M CLYDE BRIDGE GIVEN THE OK
Glasgow Daily
Record, UK - 18 Jan 2003
A CONTROVERSIAL new £8.5million
bridge over the River Clyde has finally
been given the go-ahead. Glasgow councillors had already
...
£8m
Finnieston Bridge gets final go-ahead - Glasgow
Evening Times
Anger
as Finnieston bridge goes ahead - The
Glasgow Herald
Bridge opening will end 27-mile detour
Montgomery
Independent, AL - 18 Jan 2003
... Alabama 114 truncated down to
one lane at the river, and then the road crossed
over on a bed of old wood planks set down on a bridge
deck shared with a ...
Bridge mural in works
The Californian, CA - 18
Jan 2003
A three-way effort is under way in
Salinas to bring art, color and meaning to a lackluster
train bridge over North Main Street by attaching
colorful murals to ...
NLFT torches bridge in Tripura
Hindustan
Times, India - 18 Jan 2003
A wooden bridge was torched by
terrorists of the banned National Liberation Front
of Tripura (NLFT) who also fired on security patrols at
two places in Tripura ...
Maxwell Bridge replacement may survive budget
crisis
Napa Valley
Register, CA - 18 Jan 2003
By KEVIN COURTNEY. A stunningly low bid
this week to build a replacement Maxwell
Bridge may improve the project's chances of
surviving the state budget crisis. ...
Fire at new I-280 bridge causes $5000 damage
Toledo Blade, OH - 18
Jan 2003
Wooden forms, scaffolding, and tarps on
a pier being built for the new I-280 bridge
over the Maumee River caught fire yesterday, tying up
traffic for about 90 ...
Work on I-81 Bridge Truckin’ Right Along
Winchester Star, VA - 18
Jan 2003
... Work continues on a new
six-lane bridge over Interstate 81 at Exit
323 (Rest Church Road) in Frederick County. Work
continues on ...
Southern Jefferson County Bridge Construction
Supporters Happy
Wheeling News
Register, WV - 18 Jan 2003
A consultant's decision to prioritize
the possible building of a bridge across the
Ohio River in southern Jefferson County has prompted
favorable comments from ...
New bridge deal protects salmon
Tri-Valley
Herald, CA - 17 Jan 2003
Regulators have cleared the way for
pile-driving to resume in the Carquinez Strait,
where work on a new Benicia Bridge has been
halted since November because ...
Caltrans
was aware of danger facing fish - Walnut
Creek Journal
In Orange, few air TZ Bridge proposals
Gannett Suburban New
York Newspapers, NY - 17 Jan 2003
MIDDLETOWN — Only a half-dozen people
chose to speak at an Orange County public
hearing on the possible replacement of the Tappan Zee
Bridge, and most of ...
Possibility of new bridge is likely decades away
Poughkeepsie
Journal, NY - 16 Jan 2003
The idea of a new bridge across
the Hudson River in this area is not a new
one, but there are no plans to construct a new span any
time soon. ...
Study:
Widen roads, build bridge in Lloyd - Poughkeepsie
Journal
Study
links land use to Mid-Hudson's transportation needs - Kingston
Daily Freeman
Board Approves Bid To Fix Clarke Bridge
Winchester Star, VA - 16
Jan 2003
Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation
Board approved bids for six projects in
its Staunton District Thursday, including bridge
repairs in Clarke County. ...
APPROVED
FOR THE STAUNTON DISTRICT - Rockbridge
Weekly
Tay Bridge disaster caused by the 'Millennium
wobble'
Independent, UK - 17
Jan 2003
... Seventy-five people died when
the central navigation spans of the Tay Bridge
collapsed,
sending a train and six carriages plunging into the
Firth at Dundee in ...
Bridge's fate sparks larger debate
Munster Times, IN - 16
Jan 2003
... It's also a place pitted with
controversy over the fate of State Line Bridge, a
102-year-old metal truss spanning the Kankakee River
about a mile north of ...
Gulf Breeze won't budge: Limit new bridge to 4
lanes
Pensacola News
Journal, FL - 16 Jan 2003
City officials are refusing to back down
from their insistence that any
replacement for the Pensacola Bay Bridge be kept
to four lanes. ...
New bridge wastes $2 billion
San Francisco
Examiner, CA - 17 Jan 2003
BY YC YANG. A DECISION WAS made in favor
of building a new East Bay
Bridge rather than retrofitting the existing
bridge. That decision ...
Frigid weather may close Ironton bridge
Huntington Herald
Dispatch, WV - 16 Jan 2003
IRONTON -- As the temperature drops
toward zero, the likelihood the
Ironton-Russell Bridge will be temporarily closed
increases. ...
Tawa bridge ruined due to officials' apathy
Central
Chronicle, India - 17 Jan 2003
HOSHANGABAD: Tawa bridge,
constructed almost 16 years back, is in a dilapidat-
ed state, due to the PWD officials' apathy, which poses
great threat to the ...
Historic bridge in park will be replaced
MLive, NJ - 17
Jan 2003
After months of discussion and attempts
to discourage traffic through the surrounding
park, the historic Denton Street bridge will be
torn down and replaced ...
Columbia's 277 pedestrian bridge soon to open
WIS, SC - 16
Jan 2003
... The bridge was built
to connect several large residential developments,
because people, including young children, would cross
277. ...
Work begins on temporary bridge at Latchford
Timmins Daily
Press, Canada - 17 Jan 2003
... The highway was closed
Tuesday afternoon after a section of decking
on the Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge
collapsed. Vehicles ...
Bridge Order Hailed As Milestone Towards Removal
Of Major ...
Waterford
News, Ireland - 17 Jan 2003
WELCOMING the Ministerial Order for the
new bridge which was formally signed by
Martin Cullen, Minister for the Environment in City
Hall, this week, the ...
County to help pay for bridge
Cranbury Press, NJ - 17
Jan 2003
Construction on a new bridge that
would carry trucks to the industrial
district of Cranbury could begin as early as the summer.
...
Public officials briefed on Peace Bridge project
Buffalo Business
First, NY - 17 Jan 2003
Air quality along with financial "doability"
will likely determine where the
Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority
will construct a new span. ...
Ambassador Bridge to open NEXUS lanes
Cutoms Help, Canada - 17
Jan 2003
... 17, 2003 - Canada Customs is
expected to announce today that the NEXUS program
allowing
for quick clearance at the border will open at the
Ambassador Bridge ...
Douglas bridge closing Jan. 27
Daily Oklahoman, OK - 17
Jan 2003
SPENCER -- A bridge on Douglas
Boulevard just north of NE 36 will be closed for
maintenance for about two weeks beginning Jan. 27, city
officials said. ...
Group seeks bridge money
Cincinnati Post, OH - 16
Jan 2003
The drive to secure $500 million in
federal funding to replace or renovate the Brent
Spence Bridge continued Wednesday with a strategy
session in Cincinnati ...
Federal
proposal for bridge crafted - Cincinnati
Enquirer
Bridge, roads named for troopers, legislator
Columbia State, SC - 16
Jan 2003
... Transportation Commission. •
The Beaver Creek Dam Bridge on SC 97
in Kershaw County was named for state trooper Michael J.
Rao. Rao ...
Commission
announces memorials - Manning
Times
Work on bridge begins
Augusta
Chronicle, GA - 15 Jan 2003
Barges have been placed in the Savannah
River to help with the bridge's
foundation work. ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/STAFF. Three
towering ...
Crane
accident leads to DOT investigation - Augusta
Chronicle
PennDOT Sets Dist. 12 Projects
WTAE-TV, PA - 17
Jan 2003
Georges Creek Bridge No. 3 --
State Route 3003 (C10) The $1.42 million
project in Springhill and Nicholson Townshipst includes
the ...
Planning Begins on Fate of the Tappan Zee Bridge
New York Times - 14
Jan 2003
13 When it was completed nearly a
half-century ago, the Tappan Zee Bridge connected
Westchester and Rockland Counties at the widest part of
the Hudson River ...
Public Speaks Out About Tappan Zee Bridge
New York Times - 15
Jan 2003
14 While traffic choked the Tappan Zee
Bridge this evening, dozens of commuters,
local residents and others called for a solution to
their traffic headaches ...
Mega-bridge to Sicily is approved
CNN Asia, Asia - 14
Jan 2003
The bridge has three times the
span of the Golden Gate bridge in San
Francisco (artist's impression). ROME, Italy (Reuters)
-- Italy ...
Highway closed after bridge collapses
Canada.com, Canada - 15
Jan 2003
LATCHFORD, Ont. -- A partially collapsed
bridge on one of the major highway routes
in northeastern Ontario could cause months of major
detours for traffic. ...
Pressing on with the Mega-Bridge
Reuters, UK - 15
Jan 2003
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is inching
forward toward its goal of building the world's
longest suspension bridge to link the island of
Sicily to the mainland -- a ...
A Bridge to the Past
Ithaca Times, NY - 15
Jan 2003
... The other, over Six Mile
Creek at South Plain Street, was a new construction,
replacing a pedestrian bridge that had been. in
place since the 1970s. ...
OF THE REGISTER-PAJARONIAN
Pajaro Valley
Register, CA - 17 Jan 2003
... officials breathed a sigh of
relief Wednesday when Governor Gray Davis extended
deadlines
that would have cut off funding for the Harkins Slough
Bridge project ...
PV
trustees fire construction company hired to build new
high ... - Santa
Cruz Sentinel
Bridge failure forces detours in North
Toronto Star, Canada - 16
Jan 2003
LATCHFORD, Ont.—The partial collapse of
a bridge Tuesday afternoon on one of the
major highways in northeastern Ontario could cause
months of major detours ...
Officials hope to have bridge fixed in 2 weeks
Toronto Star, Canada - 16
Jan 2003
BRAMPTON (CP) - A bridge that
collapsed across the Montreal River in northern
Ontario could be restored before month's end,
Transportation Minister Norm ...
Bridge from Italy to Sicily to start in 2005
New Zealand
Herald, New Zealand - 15 Jan 2003
Italy has taken another step towards
building the world's longest suspension bridge
to link Sicily to the mainland - a project critics say
is a pharaonic folly ...
PennDOT alters bridge plan
Phoenixville
News, PA - 16 Jan 2003
PHOENIXVILLE - PennDOT will not reroute
Taylor Alley when it builds the new Gay
Street Bridge, as a result of complaints from the
residents of Mill Street. ...
Old Cedar Avenue bridge closed to hikers
Minnesota Sun
Publications, MN - 16 Jan 2003
... The Old Cedar Avenue
Bridge, also known as the Long Meadow bridge,
was closed
last month by Bloomington city staff who declared it a
safety hazard. ...
Swing bridge repairs start
Myrtle Beach Sun
News, SC - 15 Jan 2003
Highway crews began a 10-month project
Tuesday to rehab the Socastee swing bridge,
an aging landmark area residents have twice saved from
destruction. ...
City staff: Bridge planning should go distance
Glenwood Springs
Post Independent, CO - 15 Jan 2003
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — City staff strongly
recommends the Glenwood Springs City Council
not abandon the proposed “south bridge” across
the Roaring Fork River ...
Bridge project to close I-70
Monessen Valley
Independent, PA - 15 Jan 2003
Ferncliff Drive Bridge
construction in North Belle Vernon borough will cause
Interstate
70 to shut down in the surrounding area for four-hour
periods on two ...
RI lawmakers oppose bridge tolls again
Fall River Herald
News, MA - 15 Jan 2003
... State legislators from
Tiverton to Newport have once again joined in on a bill
to battle proposed tolls on any new or reconstructed
Sakonnet River Bridge ...
DOT Offers Three Options For Todd Bridge And Park
Boone Mountain
Times, NC - 16 Jan 2003
Citizens look over the latest DOT plans
for the bridge and park at the Tuesday
Informational Workshop in Todd. Photo by Miles Tager. By
Miles Tager. ...
New Nash Road bridge could be ready in summer
Free Lance News, CA - 16
Jan 2003
The San Benito County Public Works
Department hopes to replace the Nash Road
Bridge beginning this summer, restoring a traffic
route from southwestern ...
Mon
River Bridge Project Revived
WTAE-TV, PA - 3 Jan 2003
PITTSBURGH -- Plans to build a bridge
over the Monongahela River that were scrapped
in 1995 because the cost was too high will be discussed
at a public hearing ...
Covered
Bridge Saved
WPVI, PA - 3 Jan 2003
Delaware Twp., NJ - January 2, 2003 —
A couple in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
has taken steps to save a covered bridge that has
spanned 250 years and a half ...
Lawmakers
Sue To Block Bike Bridge
WPTZ-TV, NY - 3 Jan 2003
MONTPELIER, vT. -- Five Vermont
lawmakers and two residents have asked a court
to block work on bicycle bridge between
Burlington and Colchester. ...
Bridge
repairs mean months of misery for commuters
South London Press, UK - 3 Jan 2003
Motorists and bus passengers face ten
weeks of monster traffic jams on one of Croydon's
main roads from Monday morning because of emergency bridge
repairs. ...
Bridge
on Cliffdale Road makes concrete progress
Greenwich Time, CT - 3 Jan 2003
A yearlong project to replace an aging
Cliffdale Road bridge that safety inspectors
declared structurally unsound neared its halfway point
yesterday, as ...
Work
on Brooklyn Bridge began on this day
Ananova, UK - 3 Jan 2003
1892: Author JRR Tolkein, creator of The
Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit,
was born in South Africa. He died in Bournemouth in
1973. ...
Carroll
County : Bridge to be repaired , but future still
unsure
Arkansas Democrat
Gazette, AR -
BEAVER — The Arkansas Highway and
Transportation Department will repair a historic,
one-lane suspension bridge even though it faces
possible demolition, a ...
Public
to get say on bridge
The News Journal, DE - 3 Jan 2003
By ADAM TAYLOR. Delaware transportation
officials will try to convince the public
at a meeting Monday that the two-lane Tyler McConnell Bridge
on Del. ...
McConnell
Bridge may be razed - The
News Journal
Tappan
Zee planning process to begin
White Plains Journal
News, NY - 2 Jan 2003
Public meetings about the Tappan
Zee Bridge and its possible replacement will take
place in less than two weeks in three different
counties, and officials hope ...
Covered Bridge Saved
WPVI, PA - 2
Jan 2003
Delaware Twp., NJ - January 2, 2003 — A
couple in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
has taken steps to save a covered bridge that has
spanned 250 years and a half ...
Mon River Bridge Project Revived
WTAE-TV, PA - 2
Jan 2003
PITTSBURGH -- Plans to build a bridge
over the Monongahela River that were scrapped
in 1995 because the cost was too high will be discussed
at a public hearing ...
McConnell Bridge may be razed
The News Journal, DE - 2
Jan 2003
... 141, state officials are
planning to raze the 50-year-old Tyler McConnell
Bridge
and build a new four-lane bridge, according to
members of a community ...
Vermont slow to hold up its end of bridge
contract
Brattleboro
Reformer, VT - 2 Jan 2003
BRATTLEBORO -- Vermont officials are
preparing to award a contract for the Green
Mountain State's portion of the new bridge
between Chesterfield and ...
Inbound Fort Pitt Bridge, Tunnel lead list of
2003 road projects
Pittsburgh Post
Gazette, PA - 2 Jan 2003
The 10th and final phase of the Fort
Pitt Bridge and Tunnel rehabilitation that
will have cost more than $150 million, plus another $100
million for detour ...
State selects Figg Engineering for new inlet bridge
Bethany Beach
Wave, DE - 01 Jan 2003
A committee headed by Secretary of
Transportation Nathan Hayward III chose Tallahassee,
Florida-based Figg Engineering to design a new bridge
over the Indian ...
Pins cause more bridge problems
Charlotte
Sun-Herald, FL - 31 Dec 2002
ENGLEWOOD -- The same faulty pins that
closed the Tom Adams Bridge to motorists
Saturday afternoon closed the bridge to boaters
Monday and Tuesday. ...
Return to duty for old bridge
Lithgow
Mercury, Australia - 31 Dec 2002
... World War II to provide
access for munitions workers to the Cooerwull railway
station
and to the wartime hostels on the northern side of the
line, the bridge ...
Dam, pedestrian bridge work to get under way
Cedar Rapids
Gazette, IA - 01 Jan 2003
... When complete, the project
will include a 770-foot pedestrian bridge linking
a trail
system on the Iowa City side of the river with a
pedestrian and bike trail ...
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