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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
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
Wired
January 2005
David Goldenberg |
Spanning the Globe Over the next century, engineers hope to connect five continents with bridges (sorry, Australia and Antarctica). Plans are under way to link Alaska and Russia, Spain and Morocco, India and Sri Lanka. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Erik Sofge |
Rebuilding America Special Report: How to Fix U.S. Infrastructure American infrastructure is in trouble, from collapsed bridges to leaking dams. Here are some fresh ideas, smart engineering and new technology that can be used to fix it. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2000
Greg Villepique |
"Collapse: When Buildings Fall Down" by Phillip Wearne Read the hair-raising details of how and why man-made structures come tumbling to earth! |
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
March 2009 |
Structural Engineer: This Is My Job Chris Higgins has destroyed more bridges than any flood or earthquake. And he gets paid to do it. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2006
Steven Cass |
Learning From Failure In his latest engaging and readable book, Success Through Failure, design guru Henry Petroski analyzes the cycle of mechanical failures and other flaws in the things around us to show that the old truism "nothing succeeds like success" is in fact a recipe for doom. |
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
December 8, 2009
Erik Sofge |
The Top 5 Engineering Projects of 2009 These projects involved tunnels, bridges, earthquake proofing, and environmental enhancements. |
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. |
Wired
September 2001
Jessie Scanlon |
Suspended Animation Santiago Calatrava has seen the future of architecture and engineering. It is classical. It is mutable. It redefines structural change... |
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 |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
How To: Burn Bridges We all know how to burn a bridge with reckless abandon. What we may not know is how to sever our ties without third-degree burns. |
Popular Mechanics
October 28, 2009
Cabanatuan & Berton |
Bay Bridge Closed After Repair Falls Apart Three pieces of an emergency repair to the Bay Bridge's cantilever section made over Labor Day weekend snapped and crashed onto the upper deck of the span late Tuesday afternoon. |
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... |
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. |
Inc.
December 1, 2009
Kasey Wehrum |
The Business of the Bridge A look at companies that keep a Delaware River bridge afloat. |
Science News
September 23, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Euler's Bridges A well-known puzzle about bridges led to a pioneering paper in mathematical theory and topology. |
Popular Mechanics
December 14, 2007
Erin McCarthy |
I Am Legend's Junk Science: Hollywood Sci-Fi vs. Reality How much of this Hollywood film is fact, and how much is fiction? We consult experts in the fields of structural engineering, virology and wildlife to determine what could happen and what certainly won't. |
Fast Company
May 2012
Lindsey Kratochwill |
Smart Design Makes Europe's Tallest Skyscraper One Of Its Safest Upon completion this month, the London Bridge Shard Building will be the tallest in the European Union, at 1,016 feet. As one of the first planned skyscrapers to be approved for construction after the 9/11 attacks, it offers ultra-secure safety features. |
AskMen.com
Norman Brown |
Top 10: Crazy Construction Projects This installment of the Top 10 features all sorts of construction projects -- not just skyscrapers -- that are either in the process of being completed or for which the plans have been finalized. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2, 2007
Stephen Flynn |
Minn. Bridge Collapse Reveals Brittle America: Expert Op-Ed Yesterday's tragedy makes it clear that the U.S. has been squandering its infrastructure legacy by turning a reckless blind eye to critical upgrades. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
David Lee Smith |
A Buying Opportunity Is Born at Chicago Bridge With a big charge out of the way, engineering and construction services company Chicago Bridge & Iron looks good again. |
Popular Mechanics
January 27, 2009
Erik Sofge |
State of a Nation: The Latest Report on America's Infrastructure A large portion of the Obama Administration's proposed economic stimulus package is supposed to be slated for revitalizing infrastructure. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Polymer, Heal Thyself Researchers have taken a leaf out of nature's book to develop a polymer-based system that can heal itself when it becomes damaged. |
Popular Mechanics
July 15, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Inside the New Harry Potter Movie's VFX Tech In the newest film, ingenious special technical effects were created for the Millennium Bridge collapse sequence and the Inferi creatures. |
Popular Mechanics
April 16, 2008
Matt Sullivan |
Building Smarter Bridges, Thinking Beyond Hybrids and Flying With Gadgets: Podcast High-tech solutions for the next generation of bridges... A plug-in car with an onboard micro-generator... In-flight Wi-Fi... A parachute tester who puts Point Break to shame... |
Salon.com
February 9, 2001
Mary Roach |
Don't jump! Exactly what happens when a person leaps off the Golden Gate Bridge? Reading this article is the safest way to find out. |
