American Bridge Company has been awarded two contracts by the City of Chicago for the rehabilitation of the Chicago Skyway, worth US$30 million in total. The work covers the rehabilitation of almost 1.5km of elevated skyway, including the Calumet River Bridge, a 396m long cantilevered truss that was built by American Bridge in 1958. Construction is due to begin on 1 October and an agressive six month schedule is proposed.

Swedish contractor Skanska has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Yeager Construction Company, a civil engineering company based in southern California, for approximately US$48 million. The transaction is expected to be completed by mid-September. The selling party is an ownership group within the company’s senior management. Yeager will be included as an operating unit within Skanska USA Civil under the name, Yeager Skanska.

Baker Engineering NY has been selected by the New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, to perform an in-depth inspection of High Bridge (circa 1848), New York City's oldest standing major bridge. Originally built to carry the Old Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River, the first of its kind ever constructed in the United States, High Bridge soars 36.5m above the 189m wide Harlem River with a total length of 366m. This landmark structure also features a pedestrian walkway atop the aqueduct.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed an ODA loan agreement totalling approximately US$102.4 million for the Seismic Reinforcement Project for Large Scale Bridges in Istanbul. The loan will be used to finance the procurement of materials and equipment, civil works and consulting services for carrying out seismic reinforcement works. Similar reinforcement works have been conducted in various countries, including Japan, and also on Turkey's First Bosphorus Bridge, Second Bosphorus Bridge (constructed by an ODA loan), and Old and New Golden Horn Bridges (repaired, expanded and constructed by an ODA loan), and their major viaducts.

Vollmer Associates has been selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to design three replacement bridges in rural Bucks County. The three existing bridges include: SR 4091, Kellers Church Road over Deep Run - a narrow one lane three span bridge with a timber and asphalt deck supported by stone masonry abutments and piers; SR 4023, Deep Run Road over Deep Run - a narrow two lane, three span stone masonry arch bridge. This bridge is unique because of its arch barrel layout and overall total length; SR 4091, Kellers Church Road over Cabin Run - a narrow two lane timber bridge with a timber and asphalt deck supported by stone masonry abutments. Vollmer's scope of work includes all phases of preliminary design, final design and construction consultation. Superstructure types currently being considered for the new bridges are prestressed concrete and precast concrete arch systems. Final design is scheduled for completion towards the end of 2003 with construction to begin in early 2004.

The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) has awarded a contract to Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) to perform biological monitoring during construction of the new self-anchored suspension bridge in San Francisco Bay. The new bridge is intended to provide a seismically safe vehicular crossing between San Francisco, the San Francisco Peninsula and the East Bay. Construction on the bridge, which began in early 2002, is taking place in a biologically sensitive area and one of the world's richest estuary/marine environments. The US$10.9 million project is scheduled for completion in June 2008.

Missouri transportation commissioners have proposed to issue an additional US$254 million in bonds to speed up construction of roads and bridges. This would take the state’s road-bonding authority to US$900 over a three-year period. If the proposed plan is approved by the state legislature, over 30 projects would receive funding. According to Henry Hungerbeeler, executive director of Missouri Department of Transportation, “Our credit is maxed out. Without new money, we can’t afford any more debt.”

Contractor Skanska's American subsidiary Tidewater Skanska has been awarded the US$136 million contract to build the Pinners Point interchange in Portsmouth, Virginia, by the Virginia Department of Transportation.