One promising technique for the seismic design of highway bridges with steel superstructures is to dissipate energy through the inelastic deformation of the end cross frames. These so-called ductile ...

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center successfully tested a rapidly deployable bridge system using composite girders and precast concrete deck panels. The bridge system ...

As construction for the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, commonly referred to as the Big Mac Bridge, ramps up, we're learning more about the process of rebuilding.The Ohio Department of Transportation ...

TARRYTOWN - On a foggy Friday afternoon on the Hudson River, crews secured yet another chunk of blue steel to the concrete pillars that will eventually hold up the road on the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Flats south of downtown is known for its bare-knuckle industries and way of life. But the biggest knuckle anyone has ever seen showed up in the Cuyahoga River valley Tuesday. A ...

Crews carefully lift a precast edge girder into place Thursday for the new Lowry Avenue Bridge. Poor weather briefly stalled the project earlier this week. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz) Construction crews ...

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 ...

A bridge being rehabilitated as part of a $63-million improvement project along Interstate 55 in Missouri will need an expensive fix after a demolition subcontractor removing the road surface did ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As work continues to restore southbound Interstate 471 on the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge after it was damaged in a November fire, ...

Construction crews working on repairs to the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, more commonly known as the Big Mac Bridge, took another important step on Wednesday.The work comes after a fire at a playground ...