NEW ORLEANS — The incident in Baltimore is getting such a big reaction from people across Southeast Louisiana because there are so many bridges in this area. Many of us travel across them daily.

Bridges have always been one of the most awe-inspiring marvels of engineering. However, in the last few decades, record-breaking structures have redefined bridge building and taken it to a new level.

The use of “severely notched” end connections in the design of timber bridge girders that failed, sending a pair of partly completed pedestrian bridges crashing to the ground—and killing one ...

Aging infrastructure is a major issue in the U.S. with nearly 50 percent of bridges considered in poor condition—nearly 12 percent are over 80 years old; 42 percent are over 50. Many have high volumes ...

Why did the bridge collapse, and what can we do to make other bridges more safe against such collapse? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Intolerable risk. That was what came to Todd Keller’s mind when Granite Construction looked at the design-build solicitation from the Federal Highway Administration in 2022 to rebuild a section of ...

HOUSTON, Texas — Repeated delays have pushed back the completion date of the new Harbor Bridge, with one of the most significant of those delays coming from the impact of removing the engineer of ...

Engineers have demonstrated that, even after a strong earthquake or hurricane, bridges built with innovative materials and designs are not only still standing, but usable in the aftermath of a ...

An Italian company that helped rebuild a bridge that collapsed in Genoa, Italy, in 2018 said it is ready to do the same in Baltimore. The Webuild Group sent a preliminary design and plans to Maryland ...

Rachel Sangree is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering and also program chair in civil ...