Complex rail bridge move on deck for Brightline

Brightline will complete a critical piece of its $2.7 billion Orlando expansion project with the installation of a new railroad drawbridge over the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter, Fla.

Sound Transit

King County, Wash., looks to produce own concrete as strike enters fourth month

When product runs out for a lengthy period of time, you consider making your own.

Montreal’s mega light-rail project now sits in purgatory after design revisions released

Despite new designs released for the second phase of the $10 billion REM de L’Est light-rail project in Montreal, a new delay could mean a late start in terms of construction.

rail bridges

BNSF toughens its stance on rail bridge ownership

Regarding the Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge, BNSF is no longer playing around.

Watch: Crews prepare to tackle complex drawbridge project on Brightline’s Orlando route

Brightline will complete a critical piece of its $2.7 billion Orlando expansion project with the installation of a new railroad drawbridge over the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter, Fla.

Lunch and a $286,000 tab? Town looks to increase vertical clearance of CN bridge

It just took one lunch to put a bridge raising in motion in the town of Lafayette, Wis.

All this time North Dakota may be owner of rail bridge at center of tug-o-war

Another player has entered the game involving the preservation or destruction of the Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge—the state of North Dakota.

Watch: Crews remove second span of Merchants Bridge

Crews have been working to remove the second truss of the Merchants Bridge in St. Louis.

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad to improve bridges, rail with DOT funding

The Troy Drive Railroad Bridge in the city of Madison, Wisc., will be replaced thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as part of the 2022 Freight Rail Preservation Program.

Cost to repaint rail bridge has Casper, Wyo., officials looking for alternatives

The saying, “It just needs a coat of paint,” takes on a little more sting when the cost is $150,000.

Contractor selected for retaining wall, abutment work on rail bridge project in Michigan

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will use Nicholson Construction for a railroad bridge replacement project in Jackson, Mich.

CSX

CSX wants bridge removed, but city is fighting for its survival

CSX believes a cul-de-sac is the way to go in southwest Philadelphia, but the city wants to continue to give life to the Cemetery Avenue bridge.

Cape Fear River rail bridges in N.C. getting closer to reality

Progress continues to be made on a pair of railroad bridges that will be built across the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

Bells & Whistles—Utah county feels like a hostage over rail crossing work

Tempe, Union Pacific reach settlement involving derailment, bridge collapse MTA announces Catherine Rinaldi to serve as interim president of MTA Long Island Rail Road Utah county says road projects are being held

Tempe, Union Pacific reach settlement involving derailment, bridge collapse

The city of Tempe, Ariz., and Union Pacific have come to terms on a lawsuit settlement that involved a derailment in Tempe Town Lake in 2020.

Bells & Whistles—Watch video of train derailing and striking rail bridge

The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Feb. 4.

Watch: Santa Fe junction turning into a trouble spot for train derailments

A derailment in Kansas City’s West Bottoms on Feb. 2 damaged a rail bridge support beam, and crews were still busy making repairs two days later.

Watch: Checking in on the progress of the Merchants Bridge

Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson paid a visit to the Merchants Bridge construction site in St. Louis.

Less than a month after barge collision work begins on Clarksville rail bridge

Repair work has begun on the Clarksville railroad bridge in Tennessee.

Bells & Whistles—Park board says no to Met Council

The top news stories RT&S was covering the week ending Jan. 28.

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