Apr 19, 2024
As the makers of bridge and waterway Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) infrastructure products, we weren’t surprised when we started getting calls from reporters who wanted to understand “fenders” and “dolphins” after the accident...
Apr 19, 2024
As the makers of bridge and waterway Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) infrastructure products, we weren’t surprised when we started getting calls from reporters who wanted to understand “fenders” and “dolphins” after the accident...
Topics: vehicle bridges, fenders
Sep 7, 2023
Robert Wills, vice president of, the Construction Program for the American Iron and Steel Institute recently called attention to the critical need to repair or replace thousands of off-system bridges. He was talking about spans...
Topics: FRP bridge deck, FRP Composites, vehicle bridges
Apr 20, 2023
Shortly after the American Revolution ended, in 1794, the first bridge at Swett’s Ferry across the Merrimack River was built. The wooden bridge allowed Bay Staters a simpler alternative to a ferry crossing and its 30-foot draw...
Topics: FRP bridge deck, FRP Composites, vehicle bridges
Jan 8, 2020
Every bridge is unique—like a fingerprint—yet they also share some common architectural features that include crowns, drains and wear surfaces.
The world’s oldest datable bridge still in use is the slab-stone single-arch span...
Topics: vehicle bridges
Dec 11, 2019
Over the past 15 years, Composite Advantage has manufactured fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) decking for bridges of all kinds. From simple footbridges in National Parks to multi-lane vehicle bridges in major metropolitan areas, if...
Topics: FiberSPAN, vehicle bridges, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer, FRP
Mar 20, 2019
The Jeremiah Morrow Bridge is Ohio’s tallest bridge, hovering 239 ft. above the Little Miami River gorge. The crossing, located between Fort Ancient and Oregonia, is also one of the state’s longest bridges at 2,525 ft. The I-71...
Topics: vehicle bridges, gephyrophobia
Feb 13, 2019
In our last blog, we talked about the unique challenges faced by the Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) State Route 28 Shared-Use Path project. Miles of undeveloped, pristine, rocky shoreline also pushed the envelope...
Topics: vehicle bridges, lake tahoe
Feb 6, 2019
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been adopted as a mainstream construction material, particularly in structural strengthening applications, pedestrian bridges and rebar. For most FRP bridge applications, the steel...
Topics: vehicle bridges, FRP, lake tahoe
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
Nov 7, 2018
Dayton, Ohio has been called the cradle of creativity, a city of innovation. From the invention of flight and the advent of the self-starter which fueled the auto boom to the cash register, the city continues to nurture advances...
Topics: vehicle bridges, historic bridges