Learn how seismic-resilient bridge design uses advanced materials, curved geometry modeling, shape memory alloys, and performance-based methods to reduce earthquake damage and downtime.

RAILWAY AGE, JULY 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which professionals in the railway industry have asked to ...

FILE - This image made with a drone shows the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Ore., March 20, 2020. The bridge will be torn down and replaced. Stephani Gordon/OPB One of Portland’s iconic bridges needs ...

JAMM AQUINO / 2021 An overhead view of the Ala Wai Canal at top. 1 /7 JAMM AQUINO / 2021 An overhead view of the Ala Wai Canal at top. One of the top five designs, above, are available for viewing on ...

Burnside Bridge, which is nearly 100 years old, is set to undergo a five-year seismic rebuild, likely beginning in 2027. It’s a major travel route as the only bridge in Portland that touches all four ...

Planners for a new Interstate 5 bridge on Thursday introduced six possible designs for the proposed Columbia River span. While key details are still uncertain — including when it might be built and ...

BRIDGE IN PORTSMOUTH. ROSS KETSCHKE IS IN THE NEWSROOM NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. ROSS. YEAH. MARISSA, THAT ENGINEER SAYS THESE KINDS OF SHIP STRIKES ON BRIDGES ARE RARE, BUT THEY DO HAPPEN. AND IT’S ...

Engineers still study the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which fell into Puget Sound 83 years ago this month. The project to build the original span during the 1930s was $6.4 million. “It was ...