When a large hole recently opened up in the deck of a bridge in Châteauguay, Québec, many people were understandably alarmed.

Seconds before the container ship Dali hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week and tore it down, killing six construction workers, it sailed past a structure designed to prevent that ...

A cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people. AP Photo/Jackie Green This is not the first time a ship has taken out a bridge.

Engineers are testing a metal that allows a bridge to bend during earthquakes and snap back into shape instantly.

Bridges may look elegant above the water, but the real engineering happens deep underground. Engineers use massive piles and drilled shafts to anchor structures into soil that would otherwise collapse ...

Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, announced today it has been invited to join the transportation pooled fund project focusing on ...

Experts said if the Key Bridge had been fitted with more robust collision-prevention structures, the collapse might have been avoided. Records... Concrete structures meant to protect Baltimore bridge ...