Did it crack when it was lifted into place? Was it a snapping steel support that did it in? Or was it a fatally flawed design from the start? And what was the doomed construction crew member doing ...

In 2022, global production of construction materials accounted for more than 7% of total carbon emissions. But how many of ...

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 ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been corrected to describe the pedestrian bridge as a truss design, despite its cosmetic appearance as a cable-stayed bridge. The central column and ...

Papers documenting various aspects of the development, implementation and research value of the Bollman truss bridge design. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, articles and clippings ...

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 ...

MAZEPPA — The new Wabasha County Road 7 bridge across the Zumbro River has a sleek simplicity to it, it's safe, it exudes modern efficiency. I wish I could hate it. For one thing, it's not green and ...

The Gilbert Road truss bridge, removed in 2004 for repair, was gone so long some local residents had doubts the historic bridge across the Quaboag River in West Warren would ever be reopened. Now the ...