Seconds before the container ship Dali hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week and tore it down, killing six construction workers, it sailed past a structure designed to prevent that ...

Ranking among the most demanding bridges in the world—not only in terms of complexity of construction but also in a complex design—2,404-m (7,887.14-ft) long, Peljesac bridge is one of the most ...

Engineers and bridge designers were raising questions Tuesday about structural safety in the wake of a catastrophic collapse overnight of the Key Bridge. A cargo container struck one of the bridge’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After the 116,851-ton container ship Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, collapsing it into the Patapsco River, an alarming fact became widely ...

The study of bridge impact dynamics is critical in ensuring the safety and longevity of modern infrastructure. With increasing maritime traffic and the prevalence of severe weather events, bridges are ...

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is one of the largest state departments of transportation in the nation, managing more than 50,000 miles of California’s highways, or about ...

From left, Purdue University graduate students Paul Imbrock, Kambiz Raoufi and John Schlitter pour concrete for a test specimen in research to improve Indiana bridges. The state is using a new type of ...