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| Sutong Bridge named Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Aecom Technology Corp, one of the world's largest engineering and architectural design firms, announced that its Sutong Bridge project in China's Jiangsu Province was selected as the world's 2010 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The Sutong Bridge crosses the Yangtze River, connecting the cities of Suzhou and Nantong. With a main span of 1,088 meters, it is the world's longest cable-stayed bridge - and the first cable-stayed bridge to surpass a 1,000-meter span. Since opening to traffic during 2008, the bridge has reduced the commute between the two cities from four hours to one hour. Aecom provided design and construction engineering services to China Communications and Construction Company, Second Navigational Engineering Bureau, for the bridge, which was one of five projects considered for the ASCE honor as part of the organization's annual Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) awards program. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |