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Lake Polyfytos Bridge in Greece is closed for at least a month due to structural damage
- Mar, 16, 2023
- Bridges Bridge Management Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Damage (Structural) Other Structural News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Greece
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The Lake Polyfytos Bridge, in Greece, has been closed due to structural damage. More specifically, cracks and structural damage were spotted on the bridge, which was deemed unsafe by officials on M...
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Under-construction Islamabad bridge collapses for the second time within a week
An under-construction bridge in Islamabad collapsed on Thursday, March 2 for the second time within a week. More specifically, one of the bridge’s girders tipped over and caused a domino effect, w...
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Zuari Bridge: India’s second longest cable-stayed eight-lane opens in Goa
- Jan, 13, 2023
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Structural Design
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Minister of Roads Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the country's second longest cable-stayed eight-lane Zuari Bridge on Thursday. Right-hand side (4-lane corridor) across the Zuari Ri...
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Bridge collapses in Woodville, Mississippi; no injuries reported
- Jan, 09, 2023
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A bridge collapsed in Woodville, Mississippi, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Woodville is in the southwest corner of Mississippi, a few miles from the Louisiana border. The Wilkinson County Emergency Manag...
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The five longest bridges in India
- Dec, 19, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Systems Standards And Design Codes Other Structural
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The bridges of India are more-than-welcome steel-and-iron giants, reaching far and wide while overcoming natural barriers of waterbodies, marshy areas, and rocky terrain, as well as manmade blocks of...
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Africa’s longest bridge in Lagos: three teams in running to build it
- Dec, 09, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The government of Lagos State has shortlisted three bids to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a budget of $2.5bn. It is intended to...
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The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...
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India’s Morbi bridge collapse
- Nov, 04, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Abutments Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural Structural Loads
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
More than 50 children are among 135 people killed in Sunday’s bridge collapse in India’s Gujarat state, according to a list of victims published by state authorities on Wednesday. Investigators ar...
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Michigan: world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open
- Nov, 01, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Abutments Structural Design Structural Systems Wood Structures Wind Engineering Structural Stability Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open to sightseers in northern Michigan. For those willing to ride a chairlift to the mountain top and pay a fee of around $25, the bridge...
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Brazil’s Amazon: bridge collapses, at least three fatalities and 15 missing
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Bridges Other Structural
- Brazil
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least three people have been confirmed dead, with as many as 15 missing after a bridge collapsed as some vehicles were travelling across it in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, firefighter...
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