Did it crack when it was lifted into place? Was it a snapping steel support that did it in? Or was it a fatally flawed design from the start? And what was the doomed construction crew member doing ...

In their competing accounts of what went wrong before last year’s Florida pedestrian bridge collapse, both the contractor and designer agree on one point: The concrete was never “roughened” at ...

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 ...

The Florida International University pedestrian overpass that collapsed catastrophically during construction last week was advertised as a “cable-stayed” bridge, but it actually wasn’t: Instead, it ...

Of the 756 American bridges that share a design with the collapsed Minnesota span, almost a quarter stand in Ohio. They're not flashy, just roads atop trusses, a mishmash of connected steel sticks ...

Crossing the North Bosque River bridge at Clifton City Park can be a white-knuckle experience for the uninitiated. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports the wood-and-asphalt decking creaks, the rusted truss ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo, the Whipple Arch Truss-designed Monroe Street Bridge is shown. It provided service from circa late-1870s to the mid ...

This high-production truss-mounted screed for paving bridge decks, flat slabs and floors can advance up to 4 ft. in a single pass, reducing finishing time and providing savings on concrete delivery ...

An historic bridge on Stone Road east of Victoria Road should be rehabilitated and returned to use, believe city staff, despite it being more costly than other options considered. But if that’s deemed ...