The Interstate 35 bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis was a truss bridge, one of six main bridge types. Here's a quick look at the different types: A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected ...

Cable-stayed bridges may look similar to suspensions bridges—both have roadways that hang from cables and both have towers. But the two bridges support the load of the roadway in very different ways.

Had you crossed the Francis Scott Key Bridge just a few weeks ago, as millions of motorists did before a wayward container ship struck it in the early hours of March 26, you’d have passed below a ...

Bridge engineer Arvid Grant may have been feeling poetic on Sept. 8, 1978. Grant was typing up a fact sheet about the unusual cable-stayed bridge he’d designed. The completed bridge soared between ...

An engineer's masterful grasp of physics, the properties and availability of various building materials, and construction techniques have made it possible to build modern bridges that carry heavier ...