NEW BEDFORD — It was in the 1950s and '60s that engineers began to steer clear of truss bridges of the sort that collapsed in Minneapolis last week. But the mid-'60s was also the heyday of interstate ...

Like a spider web that flexes to compensate for a broken strand 1, 2, steel truss bridges, which are built from a framework of connected elements, can sometimes withstand the failure of a load-bearing ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two 13,000-pound trusses, resurrected from the charred ruins of a wooden bridge in New Hampshire, surely must be among the largest research specimens at Case Western Reserve ...

Four truss bridges are planned to be built for the Northwest and Northeast trails, helping to fill in the remaining gaps in the 22-mile trail loop around the city.

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - A crew will be making measurements on a historic Shreveport bridge in preparation for design and rehab work. "This is one of two remaining versions of this bridge in the ...

One notable recent instance where a long-span truss design was considered was the Columbia River Crossing, a joint effort by the states of Oregon and Washington to replace the pair of existing through ...

Plans for a new truss bridge to be built in a rural part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is raising concerns from a Cape Breton group that is urging provincial government officials to address ...

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 ...

Since its reopening late last year after about two years of restoration work, the Bukit Timah Truss Bridge along the Rail Corridor has become a popular photo stop for hikers and cyclists alike.

CLAVERACK — Preservationists want to restore an architecturally significant bridge that for the first 30 years of its life only saw horse-drawn buggies and dairy cows plying its once-busy Claverack ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- It's a big day for the demolition of the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge - the last 288 foot section was removed on Monday. It's the very last truss of the old steel bridge ...