Introduction -- Prices for fabricated bridge steel -- Mill deliveries of steel for timely fabrication -- Durability of concrete and steel bridges -- Life cycle performance of concrete and steel bridges -- Weathering steel performance and guidelines -- Optimization by weight as an approach to economical design -- Economics of span length in relation to steel and concrete spans -- Jointless bridges -- Bearings for steel and concrete bridges -- Painting of existing and new steel bridges -- Fatigue life of details vs. structure service life -- Summary.