Sep 14, 2023
What activity is free burns 440 to 550 calories an hour and can reduce the risk of mental health problems by 50 percent? If this was a Jeopardy question and your response was hiking, you’d be correct. There are approximately 57.8...
Sep 14, 2023
What activity is free burns 440 to 550 calories an hour and can reduce the risk of mental health problems by 50 percent? If this was a Jeopardy question and your response was hiking, you’d be correct. There are approximately 57.8...
Topics: FRP bridge deck, composite bridge, FRP Composites, frp bridge
Sep 16, 2021
Pedestrian bridges play an important role in helping those who walk across them reach their destination – including children on their way to school in Narragansett, Rhode Island. So when a company reached out to us looking for a...
Topics: bridges, composite bridge, bridge design, frp bridge, FRP, access structures
Mar 17, 2021
Last week, we introduced you to the longest pultruded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) clear span bridge in the world. The 152-ft.-long, 8-ft.-wide structure is a jewel in the Friends of Bermuda Railway Trail’s project to reconnect...
Topics: bridges, composite bridge, bridge design, frp bridge, FRP, access structures
Mar 11, 2021
Bermuda is just 21 miles long and 1.75 miles wide. Yet its iconic pink sand beaches, crystal and fantasy caves, historic settlements and striking coves draw close to 650,000 visitors a year. In 2012, Dr. Tucker Murphy and his...
Topics: bridges, composite bridge, bridge design, frp bridge, FRP, access structures
Nov 13, 2019
A recent rise in health and environmental consciousness has led many people to begin walking and biking in lieu of driving their cars. Whether pedestrians are commuting or are out for a leisurely walk, their safety relies on an...
Topics: FiberSPAN, pedestrian bridges, pedestrian bridge decks, frp bridge, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer, FRP
Jul 17, 2019
As I work to promote FRP for bridges through Composite Advantage (CA) sales and through the educational efforts of the American Composites Manufacturers Association’s (ACMA), I’ve observed an interesting phenomenon. FRP enjoys a...
Topics: frp bridge
Jul 10, 2019
We have briefly discussed movable bridges, but, like submersible bridges, it is time to go beyond the surface level and dive deeper into the subject. I spotlighted a few types of movable bridges in our last blog, but this time we...
Topics: frp bridge, bascule bridge
May 8, 2019
We design our bridges and decks to handle maximum vehicle weight. Walkers on a quiet park bridge might find it surprising how important it is to also design for a human payload. That 18-wheeler freight truck may look big and...
Topics: frp bridge
Jan 23, 2019
A fresh round of Lunch & Learn programs kicked off this month. These meetings and presentations help spread the word about FRP technology for bridges, route platforms and waterfront applications. The questions that owners and...
Topics: frp bridge, FRP
Dec 19, 2018
Yellowstone National Park's Fishing Bridge recently benefited from one of the key attributes of fiberglass reinforced polymer (FRP) decking: light weight. Reducing the dead load on bridge structures affords engineers more...
Topics: vehicle bridges, frp bridge, FRP, Yellowstone National Park