ZILWAUKEE — The state Department of Transportation spent $2.1 million on 34 giant bearings that it won’t use in the Zilwaukee Bridge, concerned that doing so would mean removing concrete from the ...
Every day millions of people across America drive over bridges without any regard to their structural integrity or proposed lifetime. But according to a report by Transportation for America, in 10 ...
Keywords: XY-friction pendulum (XY-FP) bearings. Seismic isolation. Truss-bridge models. Numerical analyses. Harmonic simulations. Earthquake simulations. Flat sliding (FS) bearings. Seismic ...
A Seattle bridge closed due to worsening cracks in March will stay closed through at least 2021, according to the Seattle Dept. of Transportation. The agency says a contractor will fix a bulging ...
The Firefighters Memorial Bridge between Pittston and West Pittston will be closed indefinitely after it failed a safety inspection last week, Luzerne County engineer Lawrence Plesh said Monday. The ...
When consideration is given to track engineering and maintenance, many newcomers to the railroad industry don’t realize what massive amount of effort is put forward to properly manage thermal rail ...
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