bridge News Updates

Government, Business, Technology, Safety

FHWA Awards $96M to 16 States for High-Tech Safety Projects

For truckers, Maine was awarded $5.2 million to offset a $6.5 million project to develop real-time hazard alerts about congestion, bad weather and height restrictions on low bridges.

October 31, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

Baltimore Bridge Collapse Survivor Sues Ship Owners

Davis is still struggling to overcome the trauma he experienced, his attorneys said. He’s mourning the loss of his colleagues and processing the shock of his near-death experience.

September 19, 2024
Government, Safety, Logistics, TCA

NTSB: Negligence Led to 2022 Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge should have been shut down years before its 2022 collapse that injured several commuters, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Feb. 21.

February 22, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

How Collapsed Section of I-95 Will Be Fixed

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said June 14 that crews will work 24 hours a day in Philadelphia to reopen a collapsed section of an important East Coast highway.

June 14, 2023
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Biden, McConnell Announce $1.4 Billion Brent Spence Bridge Grant

Efforts to improve the Brent Spence Bridge in northern Kentucky took a step forward on Jan. 4 when President Joe Biden announced a nearly $1.4 billion grant toward the Brent Spence Bridge project.

January 4, 2023
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, TCA

South Carolina Seeks I-95 Bridge Replacement Funds

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has applied for a $161 million federal grant to replace the Interstate 95 bridges over Lake Marion.

October 11, 2022
Government, Business, Safety

Governors of Ohio, Kentucky Apply for More Brent Spence Bridge Funding

The governors of Kentucky and Ohio have applied for a $1.66 billion federal grant to fund improvements to the Brent Spence Bridge, a span that connects the states and serves as a vital link for freight traffic.

September 1, 2022
Business, Logistics, TCA

Funds Sought for Companion Span to Brent Spence Bridge

Kentucky and Ohio Govs. Andy Beshear and Mike DeWine announced their plans to jointly request up to $2 billion in federal funding for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project at a press conference in Covington, Ky., on Feb. 28.

March 1, 2022
Government, Business, Safety

Brent Spence Bridge May Finally Get Fix in $1 Trillion Bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Nov. 8 launched his sales pitch for his recently passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill, predicting that a notoriously congested bridge that sits in Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s backyard finally will get a long overdue overhaul.

November 9, 2021
Business, Logistics

I-40 Bridge Linking Arkansas, Tennessee Reopens

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Authorities on July 31 reopened the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that had been closed ever since a crack was discovered in the span in May.

August 1, 2021