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Popular Mechanics
October 29, 2009
Jeff Wise |
Engineers Cite Vibrations, Wind in Bay Bridge Failure Engineers working on San Francisco's ill-starred Bay Bridge have fingered a culprit in the repair job that went awry Tuesday evening   |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Jeff Wise |
Re-engineering the Bay Bridge: Built Quake Tough Engineers knew that returning the bridge to its pre-earthquake state wouldn't be enough. They needed to come up with a solution that could withstand some of the worst that California's fault zones are capable of dishing out. |
Popular Mechanics
February 12, 2008
Matt Sullivan |
Dubai's Mile-Long Super Bridge Set for March Construction Leave it to Dubai to build a bridge way harder, faster and stronger. |
Popular Mechanics
November 3, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
The World's 18 Strangest Bridges: Gallery Unique innovations are found all over the world in local bridge designs. |
Popular Mechanics
January 16, 2008
Erin McCarthy |
New Minn. Bridge Plans Arise as Bad Plates Fingered in Collapse New construction on St. Anthony Falls Bridge will make it one of the safest in the country. |
Wired
January 19, 2009
Candice Chan |
Thwarting Disaster: Bridges That Can Withstand Anything Three new approaches to building infrastructures that can handle extreme temperatures, high winds, and earthquakes. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2007
Carol White |
Redding's Not-So-Hidden Jewel The Sundial pedestrian bridge connects the two sections of Turtle Bay Exploration Park with grace and splendor. |
Popular Mechanics
January 5, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
New Earthquake-Proof Alloy Allows Bridges to Bend but Not Break (With Video!) In a recent test simulating the intensity of a magnitude 8 quake, a 100-ft-long model bridge built with the new earthquake-proof material suffered a little surface damage but remained structurally intact. |
Popular Mechanics
September 30, 2008
Erik Sofge |
5 Engineering Lessons From the New, Reopened Minnesota Bridge The St. Anthony Falls Bridge reopened months ahead of schedule. Read why the new bridge should set an example for urban planners everywhere. |
Science News
February 7, 2004 |
TimeLine: February 3, 1934 Short-wave phone system serves bridge builders... Chance discovery may yield metal-plating method... Superiority predicted for rotating-wing aircraft |
Popular Mechanics
September 26, 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Post-Minneapolis, Engineers Go Gonzo to Bombproof U.S. Bridges Paintball, Nanotechnology and Molecular Band-Aids may sound like a science fair, but these are the gizmos that could prevent terrorists from knocking out your city. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Oil Spill's Negative Spillover The latest San Francisco oil spill shouldn't affect oil and gas production, but it might affect share prices in the entire energy sector. |
Popular Mechanics
October 19, 2007
Stephen Flynn |
5 Disasters Coming Soon If We Don't Rebuild U.S. Infrastructure In the wake of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, the author called on Congress to stop turning a blind eye to our crumbling public foundations. Here he reports on more cracks in American hardware that urgently need attention. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Logan Ward |
Why Treasure Island Is the Super-Green City of the Future A blighted island in San Francisco Bay could become the world's hottest property, a showcase of sustainable design. With cities now consuming 75 percent of natural resources, it's just in time. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Prachi Patel |
Despite Stimulus Money, Most U.S. Bridges Might Stay Dumb Sensors are starting to prove themselves in the biggest, most complex bridges, but the technology isn't ready for the hundreds of thousands of smaller ones |
Fast Company
April 2013 |
After Tolls, Who Gets Stuck With the Bill? Nationwide, toll plazas are being replaced by FasTrak-style services or a camera that notes your license plate and mails you a bill. Case study: San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. |
Science News
January 22, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Thirteen Spades Your mathematical chance of receiving such a hand in bridge is one in 635,013,559,600 deals. |
Science News
November 10, 2001 |
TimeLine: November 7, 1931 Hudson River bridge rivaled for fame by new arches... New device lessens danger from treatment with X-rays... Floodlights to illuminate Washington Monument... |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2001
Tom Mudd |
Bridge To Bilateralism? Despite high expectations and potential, The Oresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden has been a disappointment to date... |
