Road Structures

May 9, 2012
Russian operator company NCC (Nevskaya Concession Company) has placed an order with German manufacturer Herrenknecht for the world's largest tunnel…
May 8, 2012
China has opened the world's longest bridge over water, the 41.58km Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, which is said to have cost well over US$2 billion to build.…
May 8, 2012
Mega project of “extreme beauty” receives top award from the IRF, writes Patrick Smith.The Sheikh Zayed Bridge, which was constructed for the…
May 8, 2012
Infrastructure construction in China is booming as never before, but sealing the world’s longest immersed tunnel is a technically complex engineering…
May 8, 2012
A variety of systems are available for quickly and efficiently removing water from roads as Patrick Smith reports. The presence of water in a highway…
May 4, 2012
In Nepal a 159m long suspension bridge spanning the Trishuli River has collapsed, killing two and injuring 17 while five people are posted as missing…
May 4, 2012
Colombia's Transport Ministry has announced that the contract for the second La Linea tunnel will be put out to tender before the end of 2011. The…
May 4, 2012
Israel's new Road No 6 project is well on track, with some 140km of the planned 260km route already operating. The Road No 6 project is being planned…
May 3, 2012
Work is now underway in Bangladesh on the country's new Dhaka Elevated Expressway. The construction work is being carried out by Italian-Thai…
May 3, 2012
Urban mobility is high on the infrastructure agenda in Mexico. While highways continue to be a priority, capital Mexico City and other large cities…
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