A cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people. AP Photo/Jackie Green This is not the first time a ship has taken out a bridge.

When a large hole recently opened up in the deck of a bridge in Châteauguay, Québec, many people were understandably alarmed. Some residents even expressed hesitation about using the bridge after ...

Bridges may look elegant above the water, but the real engineering happens deep underground. Engineers use massive piles and drilled shafts to anchor structures into soil that would otherwise collapse ...

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 ...

Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and shaking.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, announced today it has been invited to join the transportation pooled fund project focusing on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a cargo ship, sending ...

The work will focus on three separate bridge locations along the main highway, including crossings at Harviell Ditch, Hart ...

Bridge and would like to reassure Central Maui residents that the bridge has been inspected and cleared. The crack on the bridge is related to the bridge deck joints and was recorded on the bridge’s ...

THE VIEW FORT ARMISTEAD PARK GIVES OF WHAT WAS THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, A VIEW FOLKS LIKE MICHAEL BROWN WHO CAME HERE THE MORNING OF THE COLLAPSE, WON’T HAVE FOR MUCH LONGER AS DEMOLITION IS SET ...

Experts said if the Key Bridge had been fitted with more robust collision-prevention structures, the collapse might have been avoided. Records... Concrete structures meant to protect Baltimore bridge ...