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RAI Exclusive: Bridge & Road Awards
A compilation of U.S. bridge and road projects that have captured major awards — in some cases multiple awards — in 2009 and early 2010. This article provides project summaries highlighting the engineers involved and significant design elements and design tools used.

Project Spotlight: Concrete bridge
A recent project highlights the design and construction of a concrete bridge.

Product Application: Steel
The new Central Street Bridge in Bristol and New Hampton, N.H., is a steel plate girder bridge providing a vital connection between the two communities. The structure features high-strength steel girders that are 8 feet deep and span 240 feet, making it the longest single-span bridge of its type in New Hampshire.

Industry Trends: Digital Technology
Experts from Microsoft explain how engineers are using digital technology to improve and create business and how cloud computing offers new levels of performance.

Funding & Policy: SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization
Pete Rahn, former director of the Missouri Department of Transportation and now HNTB’s national transportation practice leader, provides a look at proposals on the table for reauthorizing federal transportation funding and offers thoughts on when Congress will take action.

Signs: Dispatch from China — Part 2
From his travels in China, Dan McNichol describes the country’s high-tech, high-speed rail.

Buy/Specify: Geosynthetics
A look at features, benefits, and applications of geosynthetics in road construction.