The American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance (AISC/NSBA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Prize Bridge Awards.
“These projects demonstrate the creativity and skill of the structural steel design and construction industry, ” said AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD. “This is our opportunity to celebrate the achievements of these project teams.”
More than 600 bridges of all sizes from all across the United States have received a Prize Bridge Award since Pittsburgh’s Sixth Street Bridge won the first competition in 1928. Some of those bridges, such as the Wabash Railroad bridge in Wayne County, Mich., which won a prize in 1941 and still carries railroad traffic more than 70 years later, have outlasted the companies that built them.
A team of four nationally recognized experts in bridge design and construction served as this year’s jury:
Domenic Coletti, principal bridge engineer, HDR Inc.
Jamie Farris, bridge deputy director, Texas Department of Transportation
Finn Hubbard, vice president, Fickett, Inc.
Natalie McCombs, senior technical advisor, HNTB
These dedicated judges considered every entry’s merits in terms of innovation, economics, aesthetics, design, and engineering solutions.
Major span
National: I-74 Mississippi River Bridge - Westbound Span (Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Ill.) - submitted by Modjeski and MastersMedium span
National: I-91 Interchange 29 Exit Ramp Flyover Bridge (Hartford, Conn.) - submitted by CHA Consulting
Merit: Arlington Memorial Bridge (Washington, D.C. and Arlington County, Va.) - submitted by High Steel StructuresShort span
National: Metro-North Railroad Bridge over Atlantic Street (Stamford, Conn.) - submitted by Atane ConsultingRehabilitation
National: Baker's Haulover Cut Bridge Rehabilitation (Bal Harbour, Fla.) - submitted by TranSystems
Merit: Hernando de Soto Bridge (Memphis, Tenn. and West Memphis, Ark.) - submitted by Michael Baker InternationalSpecial purpose
National: Green Street Pedestrian Bridge (Winston-Salem, N.C.) - submitted by HDR Inc.
Merit: Dublin Link Pedestrian Bridge (Dublin, Ohio) - submitted by Kokosing Construction Co.New this year is the Bridge of the Year Competition. The 2022 World Steel Bridge Symposium in Denver (March 23-25) will open with live presentations from the teams behind three finalists selected by our judges. Presenters will outline what makes their bridges so noteworthy, and the winner will be announced at the conference. The three finalists are:
I-91 Interchange 29 Exit Ramp Flyover Bridge (medium span)
Metro-North Railroad Bridge over Atlantic Street (short span)
Green Street Pedestrian Bridge (special purpose)Judges weighed each project’s use of structural steel from both an architectural and structural engineering perspective, with an emphasis on creative solutions to the project’s program requirements; applications of innovative design approaches in areas such as connections, gravity systems, lateral load resisting systems, fire and/or blast protection; aesthetic and visual impact of the project; innovative use of architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS); technical or architectural advances in the use of the steel; and/or the use of innovative design and construction methods. The Prize Bridge Award program also recognizes the importance of teamwork, coordination, and collaboration in fostering successful projects.
For more information about the Prize Bridge Awards, please visit aisc.org/prizebridge. To register for the 2022 NASCC: The Steel Conference, visit aisc.org/nascc.
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