Swiss scientists have made significant progress in improving the lifespan of aging concrete bridges ...

Many bridges in Switzerland were built before the 1980s – and are therefore approaching the end of their service life. Empa researchers are now ...

ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) has partnered with researchers at the University of Tennessee (UT) and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing ...

Advanced monitoring methods were used throughout testing to track structural behavior. Digital imaging systems observed crack development, while embedded fiber-optic sensors measured strain ...

Research into carbon fiber bridges by the Michigan Department of Transportation and Lawrence Technological University, has been named to the “Sweet 16” top projects in the nation by the American ...

The Grist Mill Bridge, a 75-ft single-span bridge in Hampden, Maine, is the first in the nation to use composite tub girders with no concrete reinforcement in the superstructure, say officials. The ...

In Refugio County, Texas, salty coastal air and brackish water combine with a moist subtropical climate and 37 inches of rain per year to create a highly corrosive environment for steel and other ...

MADISON -- When the long-awaited Highway 151 bypass around Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, opens later this year, vehicles traveling northbound will cross DeNeveu Creek on a bridge like no other in the ...

The House gave approval last week to legislation that would distribute $1 billion in fiscal 2009 to states to replace and repair bridges deemed "structurally deficient or functionally obsolete." The ...