The Brent Spence Bridge carries twice as much traffic than it was designed to carry in the early 1960s. That’s been the data point and rallying cry for more than 20 years. Ohio and Kentucky ...

The collective image of a bridge in the United States is likely a pair of towers looming over a road deck. The deck is suspended over water by massive cables strung between the towers and anchorages ...

(CNN) - It's just physics. Friendly civil engineering. Take a load bearing deck held by vertical suspender cables attached to larger main support lines anchored by a pair of towers and the ground -- ...

Not many bridges can take a direct hit from a 95,000-ton ship without crumbling, engineering experts agree. But they also say Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, if built today, might have stood a ...

It’s just physics. Friendly civil engineering. Take a load bearing deck held by vertical suspender cables attached to larger main support lines anchored by a pair of towers and the ground – and presto ...

A plan to thread a new truss between the iron suspension towers of the 134-year-old Hammersmith Bridge over the River Thames could shorten its closure by years and allow repairs to be done offsite.

China has officially opened the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, now the world's highest at 625 metres, dramatically reducing travel time in Guizhou Province. This 2890-metre marvel, also the ...

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The Quebec Bridge is on the short list for every bridge engineer to visit. The bridge spans the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City. It was built in 1907 and featured the world’s the longest cantilever ...