The Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster serves as a powerful lesson in engineering and aerodynamics. The collapse on November 7, 1940, stands as one of the most dramatic and instructive engineering ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Mathers Bridge in Brevard County is temporarily closed to boating traffic after mechanical and electrical failures that happened on Saturday, according to a news release. County ...

The East Haddam Bridge was closed on Thursday morning because of a mechanical failure, according to CTRoads.org. The bridge was closed to vehicles and boat marine traffic. Stream Connecticut News for ...

A Mexican tall ship slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge because it apparently lost its steering capacity thanks to mechanical failure, sources said — a tragedy eerily reminiscent of last year’s Baltimore ...

Rhode Island Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. blamed private contractors − in full − for the failure of the westbound Washington Bridge while defending the state's near total reliance on ...

EAST HADDAM, Conn. (WTNH) — The East Haddam Swing Bridge has reopened following a “mechanical failure” early Thursday morning, officials said. The Swing Bridge was closed for a short period. First ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s still unclear when the public will see the so-called forensic analysis of the westbound Washington Bridge one year after its abrupt closure, even as companies sued ...

A forensic report found that long-term neglect and failures by multiple parties – both state agencies and private contractors – led to the Washington Bridge's near-collapse in December 2023. The ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — The New Bedford-Fairhaven swing bridge, which carries Route 6 over the Acushnet River, was closed for a little over an hour on Friday. The Massachusetts Department of ...

When Hurricane Ian swept across Florida in 2022, several aluminum light poles on a bridge in Central Florida suddenly cracked ...

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Bridges are the most important element in a surface transport network. Once built, they are extremely difficult to replace and it becomes challenging even to close them for a few days for essential ...