Instead of pushing straight down, the weight of an arch bridge is carried outward along the curve of the arch to the supports at each end. These supports, called the abutments, carry the load and ...

The Streicker Bridge has a main span and four approaching ramps, so-called legs. Structurally, the main span is a deck-stiffened arch and the legs are curved continuous girders supported by steel ...

Kiewit Infrastructure Corporation was awarded a $73 million contract to design and build the Francis Scott Key Bridge ...

The first style, known as a “tied arch bridge,” is supported by two 300-foot curved arches that are rust colored in the commission’s renderings with deck supports below. The arches are 50 ...

finalizing the cable work on the arch and spraying the deck with protective coating. “The work necessary to open the bridge is extremely weather-dependent,” IDOT construction field engineer ...