Offering featured two lanes and wider shoulders for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross, designs for the span between New York and Vermont include concrete and steel cable bridges, and “tied-arch” spans.

Since launching Rebuilding America's Infrastructure magazine in April 2009, we (the editors) have paid close attention to your comments and clicks on this website. By doing so, we've learned a lot about the types of stories you appreciate most. We've learned that while news stories about the stimulus package are prevalent, you often prefer stories that take a longer view. We've learned that although articles about tried-and-true methods are important, new ideas always deserve consideration. We've learned that the essence of "rebuilding" is often about admiring the structures we built generations ago. The following is a list of the news stories, magazine stories, online exclusive, videos, and photos that were viewed the most on the website this year:

News stories
1. Popular Mechanics spotlights extraordinary bridges
2. Employability concerns push engineers to flex business-management muscles
3. Most children say 'no way' to an engineering career
4. Plastic roads in India paving the way for a global greener future?
5. Which contractors are getting the most stimulus money?

Magazine stories
1. New technology speeds bridge replacement in Utah
2. Happy 100th, Manhattan Bridge
3. Replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct
4. Infrastructure's 15 minutes
5. Researching the Future: From smart materials to sustainable standards

Videos & Photos
1. VIDEO: Time-lapse look at the Manhattan Bridge
2. SLIDESHOW: The Colorado River Bridge
3. SLIDESHOW: Virginia Metro extension tunnel construction
4. VIDEO: Operatic bridge demolition, courtesy VDOT
5. SLIDESHOW: 'New York City’s 10 Worst Bridges - A Horror Picture Show'

Online Exclusives
1. Preconstruction photo documentation just got better
2. Bentley’s dynamite smart pen thickens the project plot
3. Dan McNichol: Brick & mortar as Olympic sport

Not requiring Caltrans to completely close the viaduct, structural repairs on San Francisco's Bay Bridge (amounting to about $14 million), are slated to begin as early as this week.

Civil engineering students at the University of Rhode Island will soon take to the roadways to apply what they have learned in the classroom in real-world analyses of bridges, buildings and other structures, thanks to the creation of a mobile testing laboratory.

After the second person in four years plunged through a narrow gap between I-440 Beltline bridges, state officials have launched a study of 17,000 bridges aimed at preventing similar deaths.