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 ...
NEW ORLEANS — The incident in Baltimore is getting such a big reaction from people across Southeast Louisiana because there are so many bridges in this area. Many of us travel across them daily.
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 ...
The Federal Highway Administration is turning to risk-based, data-driven ways of evaluating and rating bridges. Shay Burrows, team leader for structures safety and management for the FHWA, said that ...
An Italian company that helped rebuild a bridge that collapsed in Genoa, Italy, in 2018 said it is ready to do the same in Baltimore. The Webuild Group sent a preliminary design and plans to Maryland ...
RAILWAY AGE, JULY 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which professionals in the railway industry have asked to ...
A bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed was in the midst of repairs, but had passed recent safety inspections. Minnesota officials say the bridge's concrete deck, guard rails, and lights were being ...
Those are the words used last week by one of the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigators, engineer Daniel S. Walsh, in seeking the “why” behind the ...
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 ...
Little compares to the special sense of awe derived from seeing the world from above, and the tallest bridges in the world are certainly some of the best places to experience that sensation. But where ...