Jun 14, 2017
The states of Maine and New Hampshire started a project called the “Three Bridge Agreement” in 2011. The project addresses the three bridges that the two states jointly own, including the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. As part of the...
Jun 14, 2017
The states of Maine and New Hampshire started a project called the “Three Bridge Agreement” in 2011. The project addresses the three bridges that the two states jointly own, including the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. As part of the...
Topics: vehicle bridges, wind fairings
Jun 7, 2017
Since 1940, the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge has provided a link between the states of Maine and New Hampshire. The bridge was a project undertaken by the then-newly formed Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority. The...
Topics: vehicle bridges, historic bridges
May 30, 2017
When it opened in 1939, New York City planner Robert Moses called the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge the finest suspension bridge in the world. Fast forward just two years when, by 1941, engineers feared the bridge would collapse. The...
Topics: wind fairings, suspension bridge
May 24, 2017
November 7th, 1940 is a day that changed the course of bridge engineering (as well as the study of aerodynamics) forever. That day, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Washington began to sway violently. A physical phenomenon...
Topics: vehicle bridges, wind fairings
May 17, 2017
Composite Advantage has been working hard on wind fairings destined for the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge that spans the Piscataqua River between Maine and New Hampshire. You may be asking, "Wait - what's a wind fairing?" Wind...
Topics: Infrastructure, bridge fairings