An expert retained by the victims of the Fern Hollow bridge collapse said the three engineering firms contracted to inspect ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit against 13 companies over the failure of the Washington Bridge, alleging they failed to identify and address “worsening structural issues” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A huge shipping vessel that collided with a major bridge in Baltimore has left numerous people missing and could cause significant ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Everything went wrong in the exact worst way. For decades, countless ships sailed under the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Each one tacitly presented a threat, ...

Rhode Island Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. blamed private contractors − in full − for the failure of the westbound Washington Bridge while defending the state's near total reliance on ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s still unclear when the public will see the so-called forensic analysis of the westbound Washington Bridge one year after its abrupt closure, even as companies sued ...

The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last Tuesday is raising questions about just how much engineers can do to prevent such catastrophes from occurring in ...

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster serves as a powerful lesson in engineering and aerodynamics. The collapse on November 7, 1940, stands as one of the most dramatic and instructive engineering ...

Nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had just opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. In a now infamous failure, in the face of moderate winds the ...

Bridge inspections are time-consuming, inefficient and often subjective processes that rely heavily on human judgment, leading to overlooked or underestimated structural problems or damage. A new ...

MJ Engineering and Landscaping designed a 2002 bridge that failed during construction in Marcy SLINGERLANDS – When the new rail trail bridge in Slingerlands buckled and failed while being installed ...