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The Commadore Hull Bridge, a section of Route 8 that connects Shelton and Derby, is getting repairs after a discovery was ...
Immediate repairs began Monday on the Commodore Hull Bridge, officials with the Connecticut Department of Transportation said ...
A maintenance crew repaired a corroded gusset plate Tuesday on the Interstate Bridge, but the work hasn't quickened plans to replace the 69-year-old structure. Minnesota Department of ...
The Emergency Declaration signed allows CTDOT and its contracting partners to move forward with permanent repairs more ...
The state Department of Transportation said it will pay for additional officers and signage to help direct traffic near the ...
The bridge consists of two structures ... The crack started at a connection between the web, horizontal cross-bracing, vertical stiffener, and horizontal gusset plate. For the emergency inspections, ...
It's gusset plates were not thick enough to hold the bridge's steel beams together. The collapse led to an effort by the government to improve bridge conditions, including an increase in ...
An important section of Route 8 is under repair. The Commodore Hull Bridge, which connects Shelton and Derby over the ...
This is a side-by-side comparison of the same gusset plate on the bridge, pictured in 2024 and 2025. The steel is rusting and getting progressively worse, prompting safety concerns that led WSDOT ...
Maintenance costs: The state would have had to pay more to maintain the concrete decks, gusset plates, supports and rivets, which were rusting, than to replace the old bridge. Modern engineering ...
This is a side-by-side comparison of the same gusset plate on the bridge, pictured in 2024 and 2025. The steel is rusting and getting progressively worse, prompting safety concerns that led WSDOT ...