Best Project, Bridges/Tunnels: P954 Waterfront Development Phase III
What might have taken months of lane closures took a fraction of that time during installation of a 2,860-ton, tied-arch cable-suspension bridge over a major highway. A project team with members hailing from seven countries used self-propelled modular transporters and intense logistical planning to place the P954 Flyover Bridge over the six-lane Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway in just 10 hours.
The 122.5-meter-long flyover links the U.S. Navy Support Activity Base in Bahrain to a port facility and will save the Navy an estimated $650,000 a year in transportation costs. The build-lift-move-install method had never been used before in the Middle East or by the Army Corps of Engineers.