Road Structures

One of the world's longest bridges is being built in Norway – for traffic volumes of just 2,000 cars/day reports Adrian Greeman. The stunning landscape of the long sea fjords in Norway is one of its glories, attracting thousands of tourists every summer. But the high mountains and deep sea inlets are also one of the great obstacles to transport and development.

A new bridge is to be built in Serbia's capital Belgrade.

A civil engineering tender worth U$4.73 billion for work in Saint Petersburg, Russia, has been awarded to a consortium of Russian, Italian and Turkish companies.

A new project is planned is Russian city St Petersburg that will extend Suzdalsky Prospect from Vyborgkoye Highway to the road to Kamenka.

The tender process for the new Sei Tayan bridge project in Indonesia is now opening.

The cost of the Strait of Messina bridge looks set to climb from original estimates.

Congestion beating measures in Bahrain will see the construction of a new underpass and a section of flyover.

Framework plays a key role in construction of bridges and other major infrastructure works – Mike Woof writes Speeding construction processes can help reduce costs considerably and the latest formwork solutions can provide significant benefits in this regard. In many projects the use of standardized and modular formwork solutions can play a key role, reducing the planning and systems required for bridge building work.

Japanese firm Sumitomo Mitsui is handling a US$52 million contract to build a section of the planned elevated expressway in Hanoi.