Jun 14, 2017
The states of Maine and New Hampshire started a project called the “Three Bridge Agreement” in 2011. The project addresses the three bridges that the two states jointly own, including the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. As part of the...
Jun 14, 2017
The states of Maine and New Hampshire started a project called the “Three Bridge Agreement” in 2011. The project addresses the three bridges that the two states jointly own, including the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. As part of the...
Topics: vehicle bridges, wind fairings
Jun 7, 2017
Since 1940, the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge has provided a link between the states of Maine and New Hampshire. The bridge was a project undertaken by the then-newly formed Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority. The...
Topics: vehicle bridges, historic bridges
May 30, 2017
When it opened in 1939, New York City planner Robert Moses called the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge the finest suspension bridge in the world. Fast forward just two years when, by 1941, engineers feared the bridge would collapse. The...
Topics: wind fairings, suspension bridge
May 24, 2017
November 7th, 1940 is a day that changed the course of bridge engineering (as well as the study of aerodynamics) forever. That day, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Washington began to sway violently. A physical phenomenon...
Topics: vehicle bridges, wind fairings
May 17, 2017
Composite Advantage has been working hard on wind fairings destined for the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge that spans the Piscataqua River between Maine and New Hampshire. You may be asking, "Wait - what's a wind fairing?" Wind...
Topics: Infrastructure, bridge fairings
May 11, 2017
Last week I was in the South Boston area participating in a final inspection of a high-end pedestrian bridge that will be opening in the next month.
Anytime that I'm near bridge decks we've previously installed, I make it a point...
Topics: Rocks Village, vehicle bridges, swing span
May 2, 2017
NDSEED, a Notre Dame engineering organization with the goal of bringing pedestrian bridges to underdeveloped rural communities in Central and South America, is once again preparing to complete a bridge in Nicaragua this summer....
Topics: pedestrian bridges, Bridges to Prosperity, NDSEED
Apr 21, 2017
Québec City
Now that the weather is heating up, it’s not too painful to revisit a cold week in February. My family spent an early spring break visiting Canada – Ottawa, Montreal and Québec City to be precise. That’s right - when...
Topics: pedestrian bridges
Apr 18, 2017
In this day and age, big cities are seeking out ways to make their cities really stand out. One increasingly popular way of doing this is to create innovative architectural designs to complement urban landscapes. We’re in the...
Topics: pedestrian bridges, unique bridges
Apr 5, 2017
Map photo below by Filpro (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Many of our recent blogs have highlighted some of the most architecturally creative and unique man-made pedestrian bridges in the...
Topics: pedestrian bridges, unique bridges