Happy New Year everyone! Today marks the first birthday of TheBridgeGuy and I’ve enjoyed bringing you interesting stories from the world of Bridge Engineering over this last year. 2021 promises to be just as interesting and...
Author - Nick Rodda
It is a story of obstacles overcome, full of politics, technical details and a legacy so great it spawned three sequels. This is the story of the First Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Part 4 of 4.
It is a story of obstacles overcome, full of politics, technical details and a legacy so great it spawned three sequels. This is the story of the First Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Part 3 of 4.
It is a story of obstacles overcome, full of politics, technical details and a legacy so great it spawned three sequels. This is the story of the First Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Part 2 of 4.
It is a story of obstacles overcome, full of politics, technical details and a legacy so great it spawned three sequels. This is the story of the First Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Part 1 of 4.
On October 2, after nearly 8 years of construction, the new Gerald Desmond Bridge opened to great, albeit virtual, fanfare in Long Beach, California.
Externally applied forces on a structure induce internal forces in a structure - and this is how we figure them out.
At the beginning of the design process, there may be many questions posed. But by the end, all such questions should have an answer.
Analysis is the determination of the demands on a structure.
How do you want your bridges to be judged? As engineering marvels or as just plain ugly?