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Jul 10, 2025

FRP—A Conduit For Savings

In 2017, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) launched a 5-year project to replace the Scudder Falls Bridge with a dual-span steel multi-girder toll bridge with six...
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Jul 10, 2025

FRP—A Conduit For Savings

In 2017, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) launched a 5-year project to replace the Scudder Falls Bridge with a dual-span steel multi-girder toll bridge with six...
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May 29, 2025

FRP’s Rail Station Makeover Earns Repeat Customer

The rail industry’s search for lightweight, long-lasting material with minimal maintenance has fueled widespread adoption of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composite platforms and...
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May 15, 2025

Code Breakers – New Standards Map Out FRP Bridge Construction

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has been setting standards and publishing specifications, test protocols and guidelines for highway design...
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Mar 13, 2025

Visible Spectrum – FRP’s Color Wheel

Pantone, a global authority on color, chose “Peach Fuzz” as the Color of the Year for 2024. The Pantone Color Institute stated that the shade symbolizes resilience and hope. Color is a...
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Sep 16, 2021

Custom FRP Bridges Are Our Specialty

Pedestrian bridges play an important role in helping those who walk across them reach their destination – including children on their way to school in Narragansett, Rhode Island. So when a...
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Mar 17, 2021

Bermuda, We Have Lift Off

Last week, we introduced you to the longest pultruded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) clear span bridge in the world. The 152-ft.-long, 8-ft.-wide structure is a jewel in the Friends of...
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Mar 11, 2021

The Long, Long FRP Bridge

Bermuda is just 21 miles long and 1.75 miles wide. Yet its iconic pink sand beaches, crystal and fantasy caves, historic settlements and striking coves draw close to 650,000 visitors a...
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Nov 10, 2020

FRP and The Golden Gate Bridge – An Exercise In Sustainability

Sustainability in manufacturing is a big theme these days. It’s an umbrella term for programs, initiatives and activities that target the preservation of a resource. Most experts agree that
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Nov 4, 2020

FRP Bridge + Low Energy Consumption = Sustainability

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines sustainable construction as the “practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and...
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