On competition day, students set their bridges up on top of concrete blocks, set the required 16 inches apart. Using a wooden brace on top of the bridge and a bucket hanging below, students test the ...

Ms. Truss, Britain’s prime minister for 44 days, was forced out after her radical policies caused a market meltdown. But there are some key differences with President Trump. By Mark Landler ...

In 1991, AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials), which sets the standards and methodology for bridge design ... the central truss spans of the Francis Scott ...

They built bridges using toothpicks and glue. The projects were judged on aesthetics, and then, faced the pressure test. “We had a couple of restrictions, like the carpenter glue or Elmer’s ...

This cleaning includes deck, piers, abutments, and lower chords of truss bridges. Bridge work will include lane drops with flaggers directing traffic over the bridges. Drivers can expect delays ...

Louis P. DiPalma, which propel us toward the design and installation of barriers on the bridges spanning Narragansett Bay. We applaud the mandate that future bridge designs in our state include ...

The program, led by Department of Roads, will focus on climate-resilient measures such as enhanced structural designs and real-time monitoring systems to protect bridges from extreme weather events.

The NTSB told 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states to conduct a vulnerability assessment to determine the risk of a bridge collapse from a vessel collision. "We conclude in our report that had ...

Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake ...

Bridge Design Standards AS5100 chair John A. Hilton recently handed mixed reviews to Australian authorities for addressing concerns he highlighted seven years ago. At the 2018 International ...

The sheer number of catastrophes raises serious doubts about the reliability of government-constructed bridges. Are these failures the result of flawed designs? Inferior materials? Poor oversight?