Rachel Sangree is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering and also program chair in civil ...

Bridge engineers need to be prepared to develop bridges using new construction methods and components, and improve the seismic resiliency of bridges to combat the problems associated with aging ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore left people questioning the safety of truss bridges after a cargo ship took it out. Thomas O’Fallon is a senior structural ...

Great Lakes Engineering Group celebrates over 20 years of highlighting the urgent need for stronger bridge safety standards, sustained infrastructure investment, and long-term planning across the ...

Like a spider web that flexes to compensate for a broken strand 1, 2, steel truss bridges, which are built from a framework of connected elements, can sometimes withstand the failure of a load-bearing ...

TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO MARYLAND IF NEEDED, AND THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IS REIGNITING CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF BRIDGES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING HERE. IN SOUTH FLORIDA. OUR JADE JARVIS ...

Bridges have always been one of the most awe-inspiring marvels of engineering. However, in the last few decades, record-breaking structures have redefined bridge building and taken it to a new level.

The City of Newport has approved two contracts to advance structural repairs on the Purple People Bridge, the iconic pedestrian span connecting Newport with Cincinnati. The action represents the first ...

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 ...

MIAMI (AP) — Five years after the catastrophic collapse of a pedestrian bridge with a novel design meant to punctuate Florida International University’s ascendancy as a public institution, state ...

One look at any of the bridges today and you’d think the concept of this engineering marvel might just be about two or three centuries old. That’s not the case, though. Bridges have existed since time ...