Better Roads Staff - May 13, 2013

In bridges, there’s American old and then there’s old.  The Pont Vieux and the Cathedral de Sainte Cecile. You want old? The ...

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Better Roads Staff - May 06, 2013

At 130, the Brooklyn Bridge still does the job it was built for.   by Doug Hecox and Josh Guterman, FHWA     “Many believe ...

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Better Roads Staff - Feb 05, 2013

Big, heavy, Oregon bridge makes an innovative move   By John Latta, jlatta@randallreilly.com     You jack it up, you slide it. Simple. But the Sellwood ...

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Better Roads Staff - Nov 12, 2012

Getting Better all the Time   America’s structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridge count slowly, steadily falling   By Tina Grady Barbaccia   They aren’t numbers ...

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Better Roads Staff - Aug 05, 2012

Both Ends to the Middle   It’s not either end of this bridge that is its most important entrance/exit point. It’s the ...

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Better Roads Staff - May 05, 2012

Bridge Climbing Engineers on ropes doing specialized structural inspections By Tina Grady Barbaccia Bridges that were once inaccessible by traditional methods can now ...

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Better Roads Staff - Feb 17, 2012

Road Into Bridge A massive landslide causes Tennessee DOT to rethink its rebuilding By Tina Grady Barbaccia Sometimes it’s just better to start ...

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Better Roads Staff - Nov 11, 2011

Our exclusive annual research into bridge conditions in the United States. Over regulated, underfunded and disheartening.” That’s how Brian Olson, bridge replacement ...

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Better Roads Staff - Aug 02, 2011

Making History Again When a historical bridge in Maine had to be demolished and rebuilt, the question was how to do ...

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Better Roads Staff - Aug 02, 2011

Buy a Border Bridge! No Money Down Cash-squeezed Michigan plans a new Detroit River crossing to Canada with ‘no risk’ to its ...

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