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On Monday, September 4th the official opening ceremony for the Queensferry Crossing in Edinburgh, Scotland was held, marking a monumental occasion. After six years of being under construction, the first car traveled across the bridge on August 30th and five days later the bridge was closed one more time for the official opening ceremony. The festivities allowed 50,000 people to walk over the bridge and Queen Elizabeth II to perform the official ribbon cutting. This happened exactly…

American Bridge (AB) is pleased to announce that Jim Laing joined AB as the Senior Vice President of Operations on Monday, August 28, 2017. Jim was hired to oversee AB’s North American operations and the Company’s four major regions. Jim brings over 31 years of experience in the heavy/civil industry to AB in roles ranging from Project Manager to senior leadership. Most recently, Jim served as Senior Vice President at Tutor Perini Corporation and was…

On Friday night, a monumental occasion occurred at the Tappan Zee Bridge project site as the Rockland-bound traffic on the existing bridge shifted over to the first span of the new design-build structure. The opening of the first span comes after four years of construction on the two, 3.1 mile, parallel, cable-stay crossings of the Hudson River. Later this year, Westchester-bound traffic will also switch to the first span so that the tie-ins from the…

A huge milestone was achieved last week on July 31st at the Portageville Bridge Replacement project when AB crews successfully completed the final closure of the 483′ pinned arch structure. The milestone comes exactly 142 years – to the day – after the existing structure was first opened to rail traffic. AB is now working to complete the steel erection in the approaches, and will form and pour the concrete deck before demolishing the existing…

American Bridge is pleased to announce that the Allegheny County Department of Public Works has recently awarded AB the South 10th Street Bridge Rehabilitation project located in our headquarters hometown – Pittsburgh. With this project comes a lot of familiarity. 85 years ago, AB completed the original superstructure. AB was the prime contractor for the construction of the 1,275′ suspension bridge over the Monongahela River. The work on this new contract includes under deck and…