The concept is applied to an innovative multi-column accelerated bridge construction (ABC) pier concept. Different types of structural fuses are investigated to compare the effect of each on ABC ...

Engineers have blamed the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge on a design flaw that is present in tens of thousands of US bridges. Several experts told DailyMail.com that the ...

Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge was gone in a flash early Tuesday after a cargo ship collided with one of its pillars, snapping the structure into pieces and sending it tumbling into the water ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The stunning collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning, after it was hit by a cargo ship, has many people wondering: could something similar happen to ...

According to a 2009 estimate by the U.S. Society of Civil Engineers, more than one in four U.S. bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While newer "smart" bridges have ...

Quoted in a New York Times article, "It’s going to be a heavy precipitation event," says Bob Oravec, a forecaster with the Weather Prediction Center. It was. It ended up being a bit of an ...

A couple of broken bridge parts took center stage when the Rhode Island Department of Transportation closed the westbound lanes of the Washington Bridge in December, citing the potential for a ...

The spire of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge eastern span majestically climbs hundreds of feet above the bay, an emerging icon of California's engineering and aesthetic prowess. Scheduled for ...

Of the nearly 26,000 bridges in California, 1,493 qualify as "structurally deficient," according to Federal Highway Administration records. KTVU highlighted the record after Friday morning's bridge ...