Also, a support column began to tilt by 5°. The bridge will be replaced with a 315-ft-long, two-lane clear-span steel-girder design. PHOTO COURTESY OF CALTRANS March 16, 2017 ...

For this bridge, the 18-inch I-beams had an I-value of 6,876 inches/174,650 mm to the fourth power. The 40-ft I-beam girders each weigh 3,000 lb/1,361 kg. All of the structural composites used on the ...

Inside a cavernous steel fabrication shop in Lancaster, the new beams for the I-81 interchange are being created. The company making them, High Steel Structures, has been building bridge beams ...

The steel beam is erected about 15-20 feet ahead of the bridge, on either side. It has reflective tape and flashing lights, and cost $19,000.

The acute issue with the I-40 bridge is a crack in a 900 foot steel beam, discovered during a May inspection. The issue was so serious that inspectors called 911 and told dispatchers to close the ...

Patrick Manwiller | 69 News OLEY TWP., Pa. - A steel-beam structure in place to protect a covered bridge in Berks County did what it's designed to do.

The construction of a bridge allowing high-speed trains to pass beneath a major road has taken a step forward. Using a 750-tonne (750,000kg) crane, engineers installed the last of seven steel ...

Workers on Monday began removing the fractured portion of the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River, a "significant" step toward reopening the closed crossing between Arkansas and Tennessee.

U.S. says steel in I-40 bridge prone to crack Metal grade cited in closing of Kentucky-Indiana span June 16, 2021 at 7:16 a.m. by Noel Oman ...

LYDNEY, United Kingdom, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its steel beam bridges has been installed ...

Construction on the Shiziyang Bridge in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area reached a milestone on Friday with the installation of its first steel beam. It is the first of many that ...

PennDOT took steps to protect the bridge and make it safer by installing a 500 pound steel beam. This is to ensure vehicles over nine feet do not cross the bridge.