Thursday, August 6, 2020

Today's Infrastructure News

Fiber Optic Sensors from Luna Innovations Help Monitor Structural Integrity of New Composite Bridge | Business Wire
The Morgan County demonstration bridge in north central Tennessee will replace a damaged, decades-old concrete bridge. County officials are ...


Composite Bridge Offers Low-Cost Solution for Rural Tennessee County  | Construction Equipment Guide
The Morgan County demonstration bridge has caught the attention of the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), a supporter of accelerated ... 

High-performance Composites Bridge Offers Cost-effective, Rapid Solution for Rural Tennessee | Manchestertimes
It is all part of a privately funded infrastructure project aimed at demonstrating fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials, or FRPs, as a fast and ...

City of Oak Ridge Takes Control of Proposed Airport Project | Oak Ridger
A proposed General Aviation Airport in Oak Ridge is now a city project. The vote to adopt the airport as a city project was ...

Across the State Line

Bill Would Offer Federal Grants for Bridge Work | ASCE SmartBrief
The National Bridge Replacement and Improvement Act introduced in the House would address the nation's structurally deficient bridges with a federal grant program. The goal of the bill is to help the Transportation Department eliminate its bridge project backlog by 2032. Full Story: Transportation Today

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