The new two-mile-long bridge Key Bridge in Baltimore will be longer and higher than its 1970s-era steel arch continuous truss predecessor. Maryland officials have debuted the initial design concept ...
It’s always interesting when architects design bridges. The building type is most associated with engineers—how architects go about designing this critical infrastructure offers a unique peek into ...
When the American Bridge team was awarded the $56.8-million design-build contract to build its replacement, the original Pinellas Bayway bridge had reached the end of its useful life and had no ...
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 ...
Each weekday, Baltimore-area motorists lose more than 20,000 vehicle-hours due to effects of traffic caused by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, and each day, the state gets infinitesimally, but ...
As of January 1, 2020, all new and replacement bridge rails installed on the National Highway System are required to conform to the requirements stipulated in the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware, ...
In reviewing images of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, some structural engineers said that its piers, which are essential to the structure’s integrity, appeared to lack protective barriers. By James ...
For Groskin, designing a bridge is more than building a structurally sound crossing. Here he shares what drew him to the practice, bridges as social infrastructure and his top-10 examples. Ezra ...
BALTIMORE -- The tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has placed a spotlight on the durability of bridge structures. Data shows the Bay Bridge is one of more than 17 thousand bridges in the ...
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 engineers are ...