Delays in buying properties in Detroit, Michigan, could hold up construction of the proposed 3.2km Gordie Howe International Bridge that will link the US city to Windsor in Canada.
A report by the Detroit Free press said that around 30 of the estimated 900 parcels of land in the city’s Delray district could pose potential problems if owners resist selling the sites to the bridge’s developers.
The newspaper noted that Dwight Duncan, interim chair of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority - the Canadian e
Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute have revealed how texting impairment is even greater than many experts previously believed, and demonstrates how texting drivers are less able to react to sudden roadway hazards.The findings of the study, the first published work in the US to examine texting while driving in an actual driving environment, extend to other driving distractions that involve reading or writing, such as checking e-mail or Facebook, according to the researchers.
Doka’s formwork expertise is currently in demand during the construction of one of the busiest motorway viaducts in Germany. The 400m six-lane Lahntal Bridge in Limburg dates from the early 1960s. Every day about 100,000 vehicles cross the bridge that spans the valley of the River Lahn. But traffic loads have increased sharply, so a new bridge is being built sited just a few metres west of the old viaduct.
The new Lahntal viaduct will measure a massive 43.5m in width, enabling eight lanes plus hard shoul
