Jun 20, 2018
Behind every bridge there are countless individuals who help to design, plan and build the finished product. Some of these designers have left a memorable mark on the world of architecture. Bridges serve as paths between two...
Jun 20, 2018
Behind every bridge there are countless individuals who help to design, plan and build the finished product. Some of these designers have left a memorable mark on the world of architecture. Bridges serve as paths between two...
Topics: pedestrian bridges, cantilever sidewalks, steel bridge, vehicle bridges, historic bridges
Jun 13, 2018
When we talk about our single panel fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) trail bridge we concentrate on things like zero maintenance and a life cycle of 100 years. We focus on applications and solutions which can sometimes make it easy...
Topics: trail bridges, national parks, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer, FRP
May 30, 2018
Bridges are often the topic of noteworthy lists due to some characteristic that sets them apart. For example, the oldest surviving roadway bridge is Northeast Philadelphia’s Frankford Avenue Bridge erected in 1697. The Chesapeake...
Topics: FRP Composites, vehicle bridges, frp bridge
May 23, 2018
The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge opened earlier this month just in time to welcome Memorial Day traffic. Like silent film star Lon Chaney who was called the man of a thousand faces, you might say the lift-span that carries Route 1...
Topics: FiberSPAN, frp bridge
May 16, 2018
Composite Advantage has been fabricating and shipping large, highly loaded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite parts for more than a decade.
In the summer of 2013, our team supplied Haverhill, Massachusetts’ historic Rocks...
Topics: Infrastructure, FRP Composites, vacuum infusion
May 9, 2018
The Kentucky Derby wasn’t the only thing that happened on the first Saturday of May. This past weekend also saw the first of a wave of college graduations. As they continue through the month, I want to take a moment to...
Topics: industry news
May 2, 2018
The administration unveiled a plan for fixing the nation’s infrastructure in February. In 2020, federal transportation legislation will come due for renewal. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has deemed the timing right and formed...
Topics: trail bridges, rails-to-trails, Infrastructure, FRP Composites
Apr 25, 2018
People across the nation participated in the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy’s sixth annual Opening Day for Trails on April 7, 2018. Since 1986 RTC has helped to develop thousands of miles of rail-trails built to give pedestrians and...
Apr 18, 2018
Last week, I attended the National Bridge Preservation Partnership Conference in Florida. This conference offers presentations from government agencies and industry on preservation technologies. The conference is tied to the ...
Topics: bridges, pedestrian bridges, FRP bridge deck, FRP Composites, pedestrian bridge decks
Apr 11, 2018
In our last blog we talked about the state of the nation’s ports, the amount of freight that moves through the U.S. and what it will take to modernize and rehabilitate America’s waterfront infrastructure. Improvement plans...
Topics: waterfront infrastructure, Infrastructure, FRP Composites, FRP Resource Center, Composite Advantage, infrastructure bill