However, none of the modern bridge failures near Seattle resembles Tuesday morning’s collapse of the steel-truss I-695 Francis Scott Key Bridge, when a large container ship lost power and hit a bridge ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – While Rhode Islanders are now in the dark about how much it will cost to rebuild the failed Washington Bridge, the price tag even before demolition begins has already ...
How hard is it to design a bridge to withstand the force that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge? Once engineers understand the forces that a structure will be subjected to, they can design a ...
NEMAHA COUNTY (KSNT) – The Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) is telling residents to take alternate routes due to a bridge failure. According to the NCSO, 56th Road between G Road and H Road on a ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The attorney hired by Gov. Dan McKee to examine potential litigation over the failure of the westbound Washington Bridge expects to decide by early next month whether to file ...
The state of Maryland could face an onslaught of wrongful-death and negligence lawsuits related to its upkeep of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed last year when a massive cargo ship ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s former top federal prosecutor grilled R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti at length on Thursday over the failure of the westbound ...
Jose M. Adam is a professor of structural engineering at the Institute of Science and Technology of Concrete (ICITECH), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Nirvan Makoond is a senior ...
Everything went wrong in the exact worst way. For decades, countless ships sailed under the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Each one tacitly presented a threat, but rarely in reality: The vessels steered ...