Of the 756 American bridges that share a design with the collapsed Minnesota span, almost a quarter stand in Ohio. They're not flashy, just roads atop trusses, a mishmash of connected steel sticks ...

Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges. This type of bridge structure has a fairly simple design and is particularly cheap to construct owing to its efficient use of materials.

Furthermore in the bridge design books that I’ve read, I’ve never seen any all-iron Howe Truss bridges built before the mid-1850s, therefore the original 1848 bridges being of primarily wood ...

The governors of Oregon and Washington announced plans Monday for a replacement for the aging Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River that they said will keep the project on schedule and on ...

A continuous truss is a type of truss bridge that extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. This design allows them to distribute weight from traffic more efficiently than a ...

The 1,100-foot Skagit River bridge in Washington state had an average rating for structural integrity. But experts say the design of the 58-year-old bridge is rarely used in new crossings, in part ...

Design of Steel Bridges for Fatigue & Fracture; ... July 2015 Structure Type: Deck Truss Bridge Total Bridge Length: 250 ft Number of Spans: 2 – 121 ft and 3 in. The members were part of a series of ...