Emergency response

02 Jan 26

Indonesia to import 100 Bailey bridges for post-disaster recovery

Indonesian government launches major procurement initiative to accelerate reconstruction in disaster-hit regions of Sumatra.

10 Dec 25

Named storm forces emergency repairs on key UK crossing

Severe winds from Storm Bram have intensified structural concerns on a critical highway bridge between England and Wales.

13 May 25

Communities reunited

A long-span hybrid suspension-suspended crossing in remote western Uganda has been designed, modelled and constructed through a partnership between Engineers Without Borders and HDR. Rick Fauteux, Robert Mateega and Michael Roberts explain how
14 Jan 25

Contract approved for hurricane-critical USA bridge replacement

Modern fixed bridge to replace swing bridge on a North Carolina evacuation route.

20 Nov 24

Vietnamese PM expedites replacement of collapsed crossing

Project to replace bridge that failed fatally during a storm aims for 2025 completion.

08 Nov 24

Getting back on track

A successful emergency intervention resulted in a key rail bridge in Norway reopening only nine months after its partial collapse. Eve Boykova finds out how
26 Sep 24

Fire destroys historic Canadian truss bridge

Suspected arson caused timber bridge fire, say emergency services.
12 Sep 24

Safety work starts on failed German tram bridge

Federal agency gets to work on Dresden tram bridge that collapsed into river.
22 Feb 24

Barge strike kills five on Chinese road bridge

A bridge near Guangzhou City collapsed when a barge struck a pier with five confirmed deaths.
18 Jan 24

Indian army places 122m Bailey bridge in record time

Restoring infrastructure in North Sikkim following flash flood.
17 Oct 23

Lorry driver dies in bridge collapse as freight train derails

One dead as US rail bridge collapses on to highway.
26 Jul 23

US$9.1 million Split bridge contract awarded

Croatia Roads has awarded the contract for a bridge linking the city of Split with a northern suburb to China Bridge and Road Corporation.
24 Jul 23

Fatal road bridge collapse in Greece

The partial collapse of a ring road bridge on Sunday (23 July) in the Greek city of Patras left one person dead and eight injured.

21 Jun 23

Collapsed I-95 Bridge reopened in 12 days

Traffic on the USA I-beam steel bridge brought down by fire in June was restored in less than two weeks.
09 May 23

New Zealand opts for bridge to reinstate washed-out highway

New Zealand’s government has determined that building a new bridge is the fastest way to reconnect the Coromandel peninsula following severe storm damage to a key highway.

01 Sep 22

USA sets aside $500m to fix damaged bridges

The USA’s Department of Transportation has allocated more than US$500 million to repair roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters.

24 Jun 19

Indonesia secures grant to rebuild earthquake-hit bridges

The Indonesian government has secured grant aid of up to US$23 million for a programme to reconstruct bridges in Central Sulawesi Province.

08 Aug 17

Oklahoma introduces new system for post-earthquake bridge inspections

The US state of Oklahoma is introducing a new system that will help bridge engineers carry out safety checks following an earthquake.

12 May 17

Burnt-down US bridge rebuilt in just six weeks

It has taken just six weeks to rebuild a US highway bridge whose destruction by fire has caused widespread traffic disruption in the city of Atlanta.  

28 Aug 16

Bridge hit by excavator collapses onto busy UK motorway

A pedestrian bridge collapsed onto the M20 motorway in southern England yesterday afternoon.

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