BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) - The last of three steel truss bridges over the Cape Fear River in Bladen County will be coming down before the end of November. Until just a few weeks ago, drivers in the ...
Seattle inspectors checked two steel-truss bridges after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, and Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday asked for a quick report on all of the state's 3,000 bridges. The ...
Salvors removed the last large steel truss segment of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge this week.According to Key Bridge Response Unified Command, that is the last piece that blocked the ...
Steel truss bridges have been the backbone of transport networks since the late 19th century. They are built from interconnected steel bars and they can span long distances and carry heavy loads, ...
Of the 756 American bridges that share a design with the collapsed Minnesota span, almost a quarter stand in Ohio. They're not flashy, just roads atop trusses, a mishmash of connected steel sticks ...
NEW BEDFORD — It was in the 1950s and '60s that engineers began to steer clear of truss bridges of the sort that collapsed in Minneapolis last week. But the mid-'60s was also the heyday of interstate ...
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge was built at a cost of 2.1 billion yuan, which equates to approximately £219 million.
New record bridge over the Yangtze River includes an unusual, asymmetrical deck design that called for some engineering ingenuity.
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One notable recent instance where a long-span truss design was considered was the Columbia River Crossing, a joint effort by the states of Oregon and Washington to replace the pair of existing through ...
The Minns Labor Government is today celebrating the restoration of one of NSW’s great engineering landmarks, with the $39 million restoration of the Peats Ferry Bridge at Mooney Mooney now complete.
In This State is a syndicated weekly column about Vermont’s innovators, people, ideas and places. Details are at maplecornermedia.com. This week’s story is by Nancy Price Graff. For two years after ...