Case Study
Acrow Responds to Earthquake Emergency
Acrow Corporation of America 181 New Road Parsippany, New Jersey 07054-5645 USA +1.973.244.0080 www.acrow.com News Bío Bío River Bridge, Concepci?n, Chile Acrow Responds to Earthquake Emergency Working with the Chilean Army and Salfa Construction Company, Acrow delivered this nearly mile long bridge to reestablish Concepcion’s major transportation lifeline as quickly as possible. The bridge is located in Concepci?n, the second largest city in Chile. It is comprised of a two lane wide Acrow bridge with 37 spans and a total length of 0.91 miles (1.46 km). This Acrow bridge was built during 2011 to replace three existing bridges that were severely damaged or collapsed during the earthquake of February 2010. The contract for the design and supply of this