The U.S. Coast Guard has proposed allowing CSX Transportation to remotely operate five drawbridges serving commercial waterways in Mississippi and Alabama, prompting renewed safety concerns from The American Waterways… Read More
Bridges
The Missouri and Illinois departments of transportation hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of the Don Welge Memorial Bridge on July 11. The ceremony took place on… Read More
The Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge in Cameron Parish, La., was closed until further notice after it was reportedly hit by a barge on June 22. The Louisiana Department of… Read More
Construction is scheduled to begin this spring on a new bridge over the Ohio River between Kentucky and Ohio in the Cincinnati area. Groundbreaking for the Brent Spence Companion Bridge… Read More
A 94-year-old bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Lansing, Iowa, has been demolished, with a car ferry to replace it until a new bridge opens in 2027. The Black Hawk… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) “urgently” recommended March 20 that 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states conduct a vulnerability assessment to determine the risk of bridge collapse… Read More
The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation have jointly secured $393 million in federal funds to build a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis, to be… Read More
