The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) announced the winners of its biennial 2010 CRSI Design Awards program. For more than 37 years, the CRSI Design Awards program has honored excellence in reinforced concrete structures and acknowledged their designers. The CRSI Design Awards program is open to architects, engineers, contractors and fabricators — entrants may be individuals or teams. Eligible structures must be located in the United States, Canada or Mexico. Here are the winners and honorable mentions in the Bridges category...
 

Old pieces of a Washington state floating bridge will be disbanded this month for use in a waterfront development in Canada. The refurbished pontoons from the bridge will be used to hold up a public pier in a marina in Sidney.

The bridge, the crumbling hyphen in the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, last year topped a construction-industry group’s list of the most decrepit elevated roadways in the city. New York state's Department of Transportation has released plans to replace the aging viaduct in which two new bridges will take the place of the current steel-truss one. Four designs for the new bridge are under consideration.

Today, the Department of Transportation announced $1.5 billion in Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. The money went to more than 50 projects in states ranging from Maine to Hawaii to South Carolina. So which states walked away with the biggest piece of pie? Read on for the rundown.

Officials planning a new Columbia River Crossing are caught up in discussions about toll rates, cost estimates and how many lanes the bridge will have. The $4 billion project would replace the existing twin three-lane drawbridges, improve five miles of freeway and extend light rail through downtown Vancouver. Fifteen years in the works, the project faces a crucial juncture this year.