August 2013

Bridges

DESIGN INNOVATION: Tending to the Gardens

Aug. 9, 2013
 Constructed in 1963, the existing northbound Van Wyck Expressway (VWE) viaduct consists of steel-plate girders and rolled stringers in an 18-span configuration with an overall...
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COMPLETE STREETS: Range of motion

Aug. 9, 2013
  A growing number of cities, counties and regions are focusing on complete streets as a way to more fully account for the range of modes and users within the transportation...
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CITY STREETS: Fixed asset

Aug. 9, 2013
 By looking to transit solutions from the past, the city of Santa Ana, Calif., is looking to leverage a fixed-guideway system to re-establish a transit system connecting ...
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CITY STREETS: Performance ready

Aug. 9, 2013
  The MAP-21 transportation bill approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on July 6, 2012, has clearly taken a giant leap forward by introducing a performance...
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CITY BRIDGES: Biggest of the little

Aug. 9, 2013
 When thinking of iconic bridges, we often think of large, sweeping spans with clean lines and dominating features of engineering. 

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CITY STREETS: AZTech pyramid

Aug. 9, 2013
  The AZTech partnership is a seamlessly integrated, multimodal regional freeway and arterial street traffic-management system developed for the Phoenix metropolitan area...
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COMPLETE STREETS: 500 elevation

Aug. 9, 2013
  With a quick stroke of his pen, Mayor A.C. Wharton added the city of Memphis, Tenn., to the growing ranks of communities and transportation agencies with complete-streets...