Record-breaking

20 Feb 25

French rail launches 145m Warren span

Replacing a century-old puddled iron bridge with a record-breaking long span structure.

21 Jan 25

China joins world’s tallest bridge

With 625m between deck and water, Huajiang Gorge Bridge is the tallest in the world.
05 Aug 24

Majestic frontier crossing

The Gordie Howe International Bridge approaches completion after overcoming harsh climate conditions, severe pandemic-related disruptions and complex restrictions arising from its cross-border location, write Erik Behrens and Jaime Castro-Maier.

25 May 23

Mega in China

There are several long-span bridges currently under construction in China that have been designed by Dissing+Weitling. Poul Ove Jensen and Jesper Henriksen talk to Jose Sanchez about suddenly finding themselves in the design ‘hotspot’.

25 May 23

Forward charge

In declaring its ambition to become the world’s most sustainable bridge, Øresund is challenging bridge operators and owners around the world to start the journey towards sustainability and decarbornisation, writes Eve Boykova

21 Apr 23

Contractor backs resurrected plan for Messina Bridge

Work on a record-breaking bridge over the Strait of Messina in Italy could get under way straightaway, according to the company originally tasked with the project.
17 Mar 23

Italy resurrects plan for Messina bridge

Italy’s council of ministers has agreed to restart the planning of a record-breaking suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina.

21 Feb 23

Arch mastery

The restoration of a 150-year-old historical masonry arch bridge that unexpectedly collapsed in Spain nearly five years ago has been successfully completed using a combination of almost-forgotten construction techniques and modern equipment. Javier León writes
18 Mar 22

1915 Çanakkale Bridge opens

The suspension bridge with the world’s longest span opens today in Turkey.

31 Aug 21

Contract awarded for refurb of historic US bridge

The contractor has been appointed for the rehabilitation of the historic – and former record-breaking - Wheeling Suspension Bridge in West Virginia, USA.

05 Jul 21

1915 Çanakkale Bridge Video Construction Diary – March-April

Watch the installation of prefabricated parallel wires strands on the record breaking 1915 Canakkale Bridge.
03 Jun 21

Sprint finish

With less than a year left in the construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, work has entered the final phase at an accelerated pace, write Kemal Çetin, Seyma Serin Okur and Radu Verenciuc
05 Oct 20

Verifier appointed for Norway's E39 bridges

Norways’s public roads administration has appointed a consultant to provide independent verification for the designs of two major fjord crossings.

01 Sep 20

Watch the world's longest suspension bridge take shape in Turkey

Work on the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge is progressing to a tight schedule to hit the targetted inauguration date of March 2022, with the two 318m-high towers nearing completion and construction of land-based piers and spans well under way.
03 Jan 20

Record-breaking bridge opens in China

A bridge that incorporates a record-breaking concrete tower opened to traffic this week in China’s Guizhou province.

25 Nov 19

Designs on greatness

With the two caissons for the main towers successfully lowered into place on the seabed in May this year, the consortium responsible for designing and building what will be the world’s longest suspension bridge is now focussed on progressing the substructure and tower construction in the months ahead. Helena Russell reports
31 May 19

Second caisson placed for record-breaking Turkish bridge

The second of two 66,000t caissons is now in place for the pylon foundations of what is set to be the world's longest-spanning suspension bridge.

18 May 19

New cable-stayed bridge takes Guinness record

A new world record for the widest cable-stayed bridge has been confirmed.
25 Apr 19

Scotland launches tourism strategy for Forth bridges

The Scottish government has launched a plan to promote the three bridges over the Firth of Forth as a tourist destination.

18 Dec 18

Record-breaking final form revealed

Short video showing the recently closed steel truss arch of the Nujiang Railway Bridge Darui in Yunnan Province, southwest China.

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