Steel: The Sustainable Bridge Solution

29 Jun 2009

Sustainability demands that we satisfy crucial economic and social as well as environmental criteria – the ‘triple bottom line’ – and steel bridges allow all those boxes to be ticked.

Sustainability is built into steel all along the supply chain, from responsible sourcing of raw materials through a manufacturing process dedicated to continuous improvement to the production of modern and efficient bridges.

Steel unarguably provides the most sustainable choice for bridges. Steel solutions score highest on all the sustainability measures, whether the design calls for a landmark structure like the Gateshead Millennium bridge, a short or long span highway or railway structure, a lightweight moving bridge to open up a residential or commercial development or regeneration, or a temporary, demountable bridge.