Cable-stayed bridges, remarkable feats of modern engineering, face significant challenges due to vibrations induced by wind, rain, and dynamic loads. Research in vibration control has advanced ...
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 ...
Tower cranes rising more than 320 ft above a valley floor in Germany are being used to build a multi-span cable-stayed bridge that will relieve the small town of Horb am Neckar of heavy through ...
When the 1,200-foot-long Francis Scott Key Bridge opened in 1977, its enormous steel-truss design was the state of the art for river crossings. But in the decades since, a more modern design that has ...
The next planned stage of work is demolition of the 59-year-old bridge to make way for a replacement. Photo courtesy of Hochtief A.G. February 2, 2024 Heavy vehicles on Germany’s north-south A1 ...
The cable-stayed bridge, like the suspension bridge, supports the roadway with massive steel cables, but in a different way. The cables run directly from the roadway up to a tower, forming a unique "A ...