Had you crossed the Francis Scott Key Bridge just a few weeks ago, as millions of motorists did before a wayward container ship struck it in the early hours of March 26, you’d have passed below a ...

Featuring a unique hybrid of a self-anchored suspension bridge and a cable-stayed bridge, the North Avenue Bridge will be one of the first such hybrid systems in the country, states Mike Gould, McHugh ...

The cable-stayed bridge, like the suspension bridge, supports the roadway with massive steel cables, but in a different way. The cables run directly from the roadway up to a tower, forming a unique "A ...

Not many bridges can take a direct hit from a 95,000-ton ship without crumbling, engineering experts agree. But they also say Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, if built today, might have stood a ...

Explore 13 breathtaking suspension bridges, from the orange towers of San Francisco to the world-record span of Turkey's 1915 Çanakkale. Uncover the mechanics, history, and records that define these ...

Cable-stayed bridges play a critical role in modern infrastructure by merging aesthetic appeal with engineering efficiency. Their design and optimisation involve a delicate balance of cable force ...

(CNN) — It's just physics. Friendly civil engineering. Take a load bearing deck held by vertical suspender cables attached to larger main support lines anchored by a pair of towers and the ground -- ...

Superior Construction is expected to start work next year on a pedestrian swing bridge over the Ashley River in Charleston, S.C. If completed as planned in 2027, the 4,100-ft-long bridge—with a 225-ft ...

China's recently inaugurated Chantai Yangtze River Bridge, with a 1,208-m-long main span that secures it the title of world’s longest cable-stayed bridge, came with its share of engineering challenges ...