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Welcome to Bd&e #119, our latest issue with a spotlight on Africa and moveable bridges. Among the articles for your enjoyment in this edition are:

• Deck review: a multi-span arch structure integral with in-river piers is completed in Ireland
• Sparkling anew: lighting system on a 4km-long icon is replaced in time for top US sporting event
• Bd&e at 30: Engineers share their thoughts on the past 30 years of bridge engineering – and the next 30
• Communities reunited: partnership leads to long-span suspension-suspended link in Uganda
• Ready to launch: the longest and highest single-span cable-stayed crossing in Africa takes shape
• Swing into action: truss swing rail bridge in Germany calls for significant engineering effort
• The heat is on: the addition of modelling to thermal analysis offers design assurance
• Moving with the times: temporary link with removable span assists during La Salle Causeway repair
• Ouvrage d’art number 8: a massive truss is launched in one of Europe’s busiest railway corridors
• Urban future: applying low-carbon methodology to a composite timber-concrete span in Paris
• Steel reborn: new study explores the reuse of structural steel in bridges
• Endurance test: enhanced assessment technologies deployed on 25km-long King Fahd Causeway

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