Fire destroys historic Canadian truss bridge

Suspected arson caused timber bridge fire, say emergency services.

Australia: timber rail trail bridge renewed

An eroded timber trail bridge in Australia ready for hikers after winter repairs.

Contractor picked for complex wood crossing between Slovenia and Austria

A wooden suspension footbridge will link Slovenia and Austria over the Mura River.

Girders lifted for park bridge in The Netherlands

The first timber girders are in place for a sustainable footbridge over a Dutch railway.

Faults in planning, design, control and approval led to Norway bridge collapse

Bridge with unconventional design should have been treated with more caution, says Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority.

Tender for laminated timber project

Australian opportunity for timber bridge study.

Timber bridge installed to extend New York’s High Line

A bridge the length of a city block has been installed as part of work to extend the High Line elevated park in New York City, USA.

New Zealand begins shift towards timber highway bridges

New Zealand’s national transport agency has announced its first state highway bridge built from timber in 50 years, representing a move towards using climate-friendly materials.

Results released from preliminary study into collapsed Norwegian bridge

The Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority has published the results of a preliminary study into the collapse of the timber Tretten Bridge in the Øyer municipality 

Picture perfect

Spanning across aquamarine waters fed from glaciers is an impossibly slender bridge newly opened in Canada’s first national park, write Gerald A Epp and Leon Treder

Norway closes timber truss bridges following collapse

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has closed 14 wooden truss bridges pending investigations into the cause of a collapse.

Record-breaking timber bridge moves to next phase

The contract has been awarded for the next phase of what is set to be world’s longest bridge to use structural timber.

Planning go-ahead for new bridge over the River Usk in South Wales

The timber-clad pedestrian and cycle bridge has been designed to complement a nearby medieval bridge.

Timber topping

A new timber bridge for pedestrians and cyclists has just opened to the public in Germany. Its unusual construction and inclusion of a specially-developed real-time moisture monitoring system represent a new era in wooden bridge design, says Frank Miebach.

Third international conference on timber bridges

International conference on structural health assessment of timber structures

First international conference on timber structures & engineering

Thinking sustainably

Research programme develops sustainable replacement for hardwood jacking supports.

New Zealand announces plans for glulam friendship bridge in Vietnam

A New Zealand-Vietnam friendship bridge is to be built in Ho Chi Minh City to symbolise the relationship between the two countries.  

Norway shuts three more bridges in wake of timber truss collapse

Norwegian highways authority Statens Vegvesen has temporarily closed three timber bridges as a precaution after identifying the cause of the collapse of a new bridge in Sjoa on 17 February.