The $93 million New Bridge Ship Collision Protection System has recently begun construction on the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The Delaware River Bay Authority’s public information officer, James Salmon ...

A protection system that could keep the Delaware Memorial Bridge from collapsing when hit by a ship — even one as large as the freighter that brought down Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge on ...

Memorial Bridge: An icon for inaction. June 19, 2015 More than 10 years ago. Arlington Memorial Bridge is the most iconic bridge in our nation’s capital.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa., June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Modjeski and Masters, a nationwide leader in the design, inspection, and rehabilitation of all bridge types, today announced its selection ...

But, he noted, the bridge could not withstand a direct impact by a large freighter and that, as of 1980, installing such a system would not be economically feasible.

For example, Maryland’s Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, opened in 2022 over the Potomac River, has two pier protection rings that can “absorb the impact of a large cargo ship traveling at 8 ...

“The current bridge tower pier protection systems are original to each span and today’s tankers and ships are bigger and faster than those of the 1950s and 1960s,” Thomas J. Cook, the ...

The bridge has two spans, one built in 1958 and another in 1988. Both were completed before the adoption of more modern standards to mitigate the risk of a large vessel collision.

Concrete; Case Study: Effectiveness of MCI Surface Protection System in Bridge Preservation Project. Cortec’s MCI 2020 surface applied corrosion inhibitor was selected to treat salt damage on a ...

When the bridge collapse in Baltimore happened on Tuesday morning, many in Green Country thought back to May of 2002, the I-40 bridge collapse near Webbers Falls. Twenty-two years ago on May 26 ...

Bridges are the most vulnerable parts of a transport network when earthquakes occur, obstructing emergency response, search and rescue missions and aid delivery, increasing potential fatalities.