| Province tenders road, bridge construction (Canada) | |
The provincial Department of Transportation and Public Works has announced another $5.1 million in bridge and road construction for the upcoming construction season. The department this week tendered five projects in Queens and Prince counties. The biggest of the five tenders is the full reconstruction and widening of 2.1 kilometres of Route 2, Veterans Memorial Highway, from Portage to West Devon. “These projects highlight our continued efforts to improve road safety all over Prince Edward Island,’’ says Transportation and Public Works Minister Ron MacKinley. He said to date this year the department has tendered over $16 million in road work and there are more projects on the way.
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[16.03.08 08:00 - admin]
| Messina bridge on track (Italy) | |
MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Italy's centre-right political leader Silvio Berlusconi said he has held contacts with construction companies on building a bridge across the Straits of Messina, from Italy's mainland to Sicily.
Berlusconi is ahead in opinion polls to win the April 13-14 general election and wants to relaunch his previous plan to build the bridge, which was halted by the outgoing centre-left government.
"I want to do it immediately. I have already spoken to all the companies. The plan is ready," said Berlusconi, referring to the bridge during a presentation of his electoral programme.
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[16.03.08 08:04 - admin]
| Construction bridge at Xangongo (Angola) | |
The construction of a bridge at Xangongo in Angola may be one of the contributing factors to the northern "efundja", the heavy floods in the north that have displaced thousands and left 17 others dead. The Angolan government is constructing a bridge over the Cunene River where the contractor is said to have blocked the river about 160 km upstream from the construction site.
The reason was to reduce the water levels within the immediate construction vicinity. Yet this is said to have caused water to divert inland. Coupled with the unprecedented heavy rains, much of the water now flows into southern Angola, resulting in the floods that have affected most of the northern regions.
In the town of Oshakati, hundreds of people have been displaced by the floods and are sheltered in various temporary camps. The famous Ongwediva Trade Fair Centre complex is currently temporary home to about 684 people while the Oshakati Soccer Stadium houses 200 displaced people.
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[21.02.08 06:51 - admin]
| Sunset bridge construction to start soon (USA) | |
SUNSET BEACH, N.C. (AP) - Engineers plan to begin work this month on a new high-rise bridge that will replace a wooden pontoon bridge connecting Sunset Beach to the mainland. Department of Transportation engineer Joe Blair said the first sign of construction will be land clearing on the mainland side of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The bridge is scheduled for completion in 2010.
The $31 million bridge contract was awarded in January after 30 years of dispute. Bridge opponents concerned about the environmental impact of building a new bridge asked a federal judge to halt the project last year, but their request was denied.
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[20.02.08 06:46 - admin]
| New Bridge Crossing Lake Hogdes (USA) | |
It sure looks like a bridge is extending north from Rancho Bernardo about two-thirds of the way across Lake Hodges toward Escondido.
A temporary trestle built out into Lake Hodges has raised expectations that it is a long-awaited pedestrian bridge.
It's just not the pedestrian and bicycle bridge that has been in the works for years. That won't be completed until March 2009.
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[11.02.08 06:38 - admin]
| Penang bridge on schedule (Malaysia) | |
Work on the Second Penang Bridge will begin in full swing from next month with a 2010 completion date and 2011 operational date. This assurance was given by head of the special task force for Penang second bridge Tan Sri Zaini Omar.
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[24.01.08 06:50 - admin]
| Devil's Slide Bridge milestone (USA) | |
You won't be able to drive on it for another two years, but the soon-to-be-finished southbound half of the Devil's Slide bridges is a big step toward the completion of the massive construction project. The one-lane bridge is scheduled to be finished in mid-February, according to Caltrans spokesman John Cunliffe.
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[12.01.08 11:32 - admin]
| Bamboo bridge opened in China (China) | |
A first of its kind, the bamboo bridge, designed by a professor of sustainable design at the University of Southern California (USC), has opened in China. The 10-meter long crossing in the Hunan province was assembled within days without heavy equipment and easily carries eight-tonne vehicles.
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