Where others merely encounter bridges on their travels, I go in search of them. This time to the Rock of Gibraltar.
Tag - suspension bridge
In the late 1990’s and well into its fourth decade, the Second Narrows Bridge had become a vital transportation link in the south Puget Sound area. So vital in fact that the State Route 16 corridor was now running at near...
Although it was hailed as “the ultimate in suspension bridge design” on the day that it opened to traffic, its demise would become known as “the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history.” This is the story of...
There may be no cure for fatigue in steel, but we have learned to cope with the symptoms.