AZoBuild

Designing for Bridge Seismic Resilience

Learn how seismic-resilient bridge design uses advanced materials, curved geometry modeling, shape memory alloys, and performance-based methods to reduce earthquake damage and downtime.
OPB

New Burnside Bridge design to be decided in October

Burnside Bridge, which is nearly 100 years old, is set to undergo a five-year seismic rebuild, likely beginning in 2027. It’s a major travel route as the only bridge in Portland that touches all four ...
Oregonian

Interstate Bridge replacement planners unveil 6 potential designs, from ‘finback’ to a familiar lift span

Planners for a new Interstate 5 bridge on Thursday introduced six possible designs for the proposed Columbia River span. While key details are still uncertain — including when it might be built and ...
WMUR

UNH Civil Engineering Professor describes updates to bridge designs after Baltimore collapse

BRIDGE IN PORTSMOUTH. ROSS KETSCHKE IS IN THE NEWSROOM NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. ROSS. YEAH. MARISSA, THAT ENGINEER SAYS THESE KINDS OF SHIP STRIKES ON BRIDGES ARE RARE, BUT THEY DO HAPPEN. AND IT’S ...
Tri-City Herald

Here’s how Galloping Gertie’s iconic collapse 83 years ago shapes bridge designs today

Engineers still study the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which fell into Puget Sound 83 years ago this month. The project to build the original span during the 1930s was $6.4 million. “It was ...