Bridge, Highway & Rail News

SOURCE: The Journal News, Rockland Express · PUBLISHED: May 20, 2010

West Nyack: Malcolm G. McLaren, the founder, president and CEO of McLaren Engineering Group, and his firm are being recognized as Construction Professional of the Year by the New York State Society of Professional Engineers' Construction Division.

McLaren Engineering Group is being honored for its role in the development of the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, which the Society selected as its Public Construction Project of the Year.

SOURCE: Fort Bragg Directorate of Public Works · RELEASED: July 9, 2009 · AUTHOR: Erin Barstow

Fort Bragg continues to lead the way in innovative Army sustainable design and development with the recent construction of the world’s first recycled content bridge built to bear the weight of a tank.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation selected McLaren last week to perform underwater inspections of its highway bridges statewide, a three-year contract expected to begin in January.

SOURCE: Bridge Design & Engineering · PUBLISHED: December 2, 2008 · AUTHOR: Eric DeLony

Next year will mark the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s journey up the river that now bears his name, and the non-profit organisation Walkway Over the Hudson is intending to mark this historic event by reopening the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge for walkers and cyclists (Bd&e issue no 41).

SOURCE: The Canadian Press · POSTED: 10/26/08

The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge was a high-spanned marvel in its day, carrying everything from coal to trolley riders over the Hudson River. Then a fire in 1974 reduced the bridge to an Industrial Age eyesore looming over the city.

Locals talked about tearing the rusty bridge down or building it up with shops, restaurants, maybe a bungee-jumping business.

But plans always stalled, at least until now.