Finance & Commerce

Bridge collapse offers engineers chance to update design codes

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Fairmount bridge closed indefinitely for structural repairs: Hunting Valley Police Blotter

Effective Friday (May 15), engineers with the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works ordered the immediate and indefinite ...
Yahoo

Failure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public

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 ...
NBC Washington

Could anything have stopped Key Bridge collapse? Some engineers think so.

Since the cargo ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, engineers have differed on whether anything could have been done to protect it, but they are clear that design ...
The Baltimore Sun

Engineers say a cable-stayed bridge could be in Port of Baltimore’s future

Had you crossed the Francis Scott Key Bridge just a few weeks ago, as millions of motorists did before a wayward container ship struck it in the early hours of March 26, you’d have passed below a ...
abcnews4

Ravenel Bridge's safety assured by engineers after Baltimore bridge collapse

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, destroying it, several are worried the same could happen to theArthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.
WLKY

Engineers explain why Sherman Minton Bridge had to be closed, talk about timeline for repairs

LOCKMASTER TO GET TRAFFIC BACK UP AND RUNNING, AND OUR WLKY NEWS CHOPPER WAS ALSO OVER. THE SHERMAN MINTON BRIDGE, WHERE INSPECTORS ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TO GET THAT BRIDGE REPAIRED. ENGINEERS GAVE ...
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Engineers: Leaving westbound Washington Bridge open would have placed eastbound structure at risk

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Engineers say that the structurally deficient westbound Washington Bridge could pose a significant risk to the newer, separate eastbound structure if action isn’t taken. Gov.
Interesting Engineering

The engineering behind Europe’s first 3D-printed concrete bike bridge

A pioneering Dutch project shows how 3D printing could reshape construction with lighter structures, lower emissions, and ...
Orange County Business Journal

Falling Bridges Catch Engineers’ Attention

After the collapse of the Interstate 35 bridge in Minneapolis, federal and state officials scrambled to identify problem bridges nationwide. Orange County has 636 bridges for freeways, roads and rail ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Engineers: Massachusetts bridges different than Baltimore

CASE. DOUG ANTOINETTE. GOOD MORNING. THE TOBIN BRIDGE IS ANOTHER LONG SPAN CROSSING A RIVER. AND AT FIRST GLANCE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME SIMILARITIES OR SEEM TO BE SOME SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE TOBIN AND ...