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Common Retaining Wall Types

April 2, 2021
by Nick Rodda
12 min read
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As the old adage goes, use the right tool for the right job. The same goes for retaining walls.

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Retaining walls – because a bridge has to have a sidekick

February 16, 2021
by Nick Rodda
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Often marginalized, many bridges just wouldn't exist without them. Retaining walls - the best sidekick a bridge could hope to have.

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Covered Bridges – For the Romantic at Heart

January 25, 2021
by Nick Rodda
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Covered bridge's scarcity, their novelty and yes their impracticality in the modern world, are what give them their romantic appeal. Memories of a simpler time to those who knew them.

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Update – Bjørnafjorden Crossing Design Progresses

January 3, 2021
by Nick Rodda
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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...

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Replacement bridge looking good at 27…

November 25, 2020
by Nick Rodda
14 min read
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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.

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Renovation leads to disaster

November 19, 2020
by Nick Rodda
18 min read
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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.

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Maintaining an old floating bridge

November 12, 2020
by Nick Rodda
16 min read
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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.

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Hadley’s Folly

November 5, 2020
by Nick Rodda
9 min read
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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.

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The New Gerald Desmond Bridge

October 13, 2020
by Nick Rodda
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On October 2, after nearly 8 years of construction, the new Gerald Desmond Bridge opened to great, albeit virtual, fanfare in Long Beach, California.

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Beam Theory – or how I learned to stop worrying and love bending moment diagrams

September 16, 2020
by Nick Rodda
10 min read
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Externally applied forces on a structure induce internal forces in a structure - and this is how we figure them out.

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