Explore 13 breathtaking suspension bridges, from the orange towers of San Francisco to the world-record span of Turkey's 1915 ...

The collection consists of a wide range of materials--ephemera, trade literature, correpsondence, photographs, maps, plans, schematics, pamplets, brochures, postcards, calendars--documenting the ...

Discover 7 fascinating Brooklyn Bridge facts you probably didn’t know. From elephants crossing to historical protests, check ...

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 ...

Charles Whiting Baker, chief editor of Engineering News, was vacationing in Vermont in August 1907 when word reached him that the Quebec Bridge, under construction near Quebec City across the border ...

As Michigan Tech senior Connor Tokie prepares for finals and graduation, he's also hosting and competing in the Eastern Great Lakes Regional Student Steel Bridge Competition. April is a busy month for ...

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster serves as a powerful lesson in engineering and aerodynamics. The collapse on November 7, 1940, stands as one of the most dramatic and instructive engineering ...

China's booming economic growth and the associated explosive growth of its cities have led to infrastructure projects that have rewritten the record books. Half of the world's longest bridges are ...

The main span of the Tian’e Longtan Bridge is 600 m long, establishing a new world record for concrete arch bridges. This surpasses the previous record by 155 m, which is equivalent to the cumulative ...

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 ...

In the 1800s, builders in the United States began putting roofs on bridges to protect the wooden floors and trusses from the elements. It was easier and less expensive to maintain the covers than the ...

The ability of bridges to connect areas separated by natural obstacles such as rivers or valleys has made them an indispensable component of human civilization. In addition to their useful purpose of ...