Government Technology

'Bridge in a Backpack' Could Help Crumbling U.S. Infrastructure

Construction is under way on Maine’s seventh — largest — high-tech bridge, replacing standard concrete and steel construction with a lightweight and portable carbon-fiber tube structure. The new ...
Mainebiz

UMaine's Bridge-in-a-Backpack spinoff signs international marketing agreement

The University of Maine’s Bridge-in-a-Backpack spinoff company has signed a North American marketing and distribution agreement with an international construction and engineering firm that intends to ...
Union-Bulletin

As Backpack Bridge copes with less money, more families face food insecurity

As the number of people needing assistance increased drastically while funding remained limited, the Backpack Bridge Program was scaled back at some schools and eliminated altogether at others.
WDSU

Backpack giveaway aims to bridge gap between police, community

CROSSING THE STREET. IT IS MORE KIDS. GET BACK TO SCHOOL. THERE’S A NEW ORLEANS WOMAN WHO IS PARTNERING WITH THE NOPD TO GIVE AWAY MORE THAN 200 BACKPACKS. JARRAH. CAMRYN IS HOSTING A FAMILY MOVIE ...
The Burlington Free Press

'Bridge in a backpack' speeds up state projects

MONTPELIER – Last month, construction crews placed a series of hollow tubes over the Wanzer Brook in Fairfield as part of a Vermont Transportation Agency program that uses new technology to cut ...
Government Technology

'Bridge in a Backpack' Could Help Crumbling U.S. Infrastructure

McGee Bridge in Maine has integrated "Bridge in a Backpack" technology that utilizes carbon fiber tubes. Construction is under way on the Maine’s seventh — largest — high-tech bridge, replacing ...