DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Department of Transportation has recommended lifting a ban on trucking hazardous materials across the Ambassador Bridge that connects the U.S. and Canada, and the idea has ...

Fiber-reinforced polymer composites, high-performance concrete and other innovative materials and technologies appear to be fulfilling their promise to reduce infrastructure maintenance and life-cycle ...

A wide-ranging inspection has found that vehicles and materials are being stored under several of Delaware's bridges, conditions similar to those at a major interstate bridge closed after shifting ...

To allow for traffic to continue along bridges, the deck, or surface of bridges is one of the only components that is universally shared among the radically differing designs of bridges standing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan residents are invited to give their opinions on a proposal to permit flammable and corrosive materials to cross the ...

As the Ambassador Bridge looks for permission to allow trucks carrying corrosive materials and flammable liquids, one trucker from Michigan is expressing concern. "With the Ambassador Bridge being the ...

The bridge deck swayed, cracks circled the support columns and, in 20 seconds, the earthquake ended, and the bridge settled to a stop. Damaged, but still standing, the 100-ton, 70-ft.-long bridge was ...

Although failure of material is not the only reason for bridge failures, it is a vital step for choosing the correct materials, the analysis of bridge design, and construction testing. Bridge members ...