Worldwide, there are at least 175 vehicular bridges and 160 pedestrian bridges in service today that incorporate composites. That's a fair number, considering that 10 years ago, there were about a ...

When the district Department of Transportation (DDOT) in Washington, D.C., needed to replace three aging bridges over the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Georgetown, plastic crossed the minds of engineers ...

Composite Advantage has found commercial success with composite bridges, as shown here. Yet many bridges built with composites from 1998 to 2004 under the Federal Highway Administration's Innovative ...

AIT Bridges, based in Brewer, on Tuesday unveiled a new bridge girder made of composite materials, and says the product is lighter and longer-lasting than traditional concrete and steel girders. The ...

ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) has partnered with researchers at the University of Tennessee (UT) and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing ...

Replace the 535-foot-long timber Knickerbocker Bridge with a material that could withstand close tidal waters and the harsh marine environment. The 32-foot-wide, eight-span, 540-foot long ...

The Norwegian Circular Materials Technology cluster (NCMT) is a Norwegian business cluster created in 2021 that represents both the plastics and composites industries. It has set up a database listing ...

The Norwegian composite industry has once again made a significant international impact with the installation of the Paradis Bridge in Bergen—an impressive 42-metre-long truss bridge made from ...