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    A tied arch bridge, known as the flyover bridge, was moved into place over the Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway connecting Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain to the U.S. Navy port facility (NSA II). The 122.5 meter long, 21.4 meter high, 2650 metric ton bridge was constructed on NSA II, and will be driven across the causeway on self-propelled modular trailers (SPMT), and set in place on pre-constructed abutments. The greatest benefit of this process allows Bahrain traffic to be disrupted for hours as opposed to months it would have taken to build the bridge in place. The bridge move was a first of its kind for the Middle East District

    Bahrain Bridge move huge engineering feat

    Middle East District engineers and contracted personnel, moved an approximately 450-foot long, 2,650 metric ton tied-arch suspension bridge across a major roadway at the Naval Support Activity Bahrain, located in the capital city of Manama.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division Commander Maj. Gen. Michael Eyre, right, talks with Regional Command-Southwest Afghan National Security Force Infrastrucutre Development Officer in Charge U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Brian Longbottom at a newly-built installation which according to Maj. Gen. Michael Eyre is some of the best construction he’s seen in Afghanistan. The Afghan National Army's 215th Combat Logistics Brigade will soon call these Camp Shorabak facilities home. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Bill Dowell/released)

    Construction projects some of best, general says

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – In the remote district of Shorabak, situated in Helmand Province, is a