AUSTIN (KXAN) – You likely drive on a bridge every day and don’t realize it. These modern conveniences of transportation are so common that we tend to pass over them with little thought, but bridges ...

quick look at how they work. ALL bridges work using compression and tension. – Suspension bridges support tremendous amounts of weight and can withstand the greatest force from nature, such as ...

truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. It is time for the fire service to make peace with an old nemesis: the ...

Arch bridges are one of the oldest types of bridges and have great natural strength. Instead of pushing straight down, the weight of an arch bridge is carried outward along the curve of the arch to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two 13,000-pound trusses, resurrected from the charred ruins of a wooden bridge, are heading home to New Hampshire after spending more than two years at Case Western Reserve ...