This Friday, May 7 is the 50th Anniversary of the ground breaking of the Mackinac Bridge. There will be a ceremony at 1pm at the New Bridge Park in St....
Hi, (I am sending this message again because I did not make myself clear the first time. Hopefully it is now clear.) I need some information about bridge...
Frank Pascual, MTA spokesman, explained that to prevent swaying and vibration of the bridge, heavy trusses were added in 1946, which were not completely ...
http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/story/058202004_new1barge.asp Barge Hits Bridge By CARLEY AMICO WHEELING - A stray barge floating on the Ohio River nearly...
Photographs of the ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge ground breaking: http://www.mightymac.org/50th.htm It was about 60 degrees and very...
Sorry about the spam today. I had lifted the restricted membership a few weeks ago because it looked like Yahoo implemented a feature that would prevent...
The pictures show some examples. I am looking for the correct term of the part that receives the cable end and the U-shaped piece that connects that to the...
In a message dated 5/14/2004 8:52:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... As for the cable ends - if there's something actually affixed to the end it would be called...
Jared - It is not common in railroad bridge design to have the ties bearing on the lower chord of the truss. I have seen a few, but those decks were very...
Neat, and on a railtrail too! I recall several suspension bridges in Germany (at a railway station) with the same idea in mind - a central pylon with three...
From today's Portland Press Herald: "The Maine Department of Transportation had hoped to have the new span across the Penobscot River between Prospect and...
i am surprised that-its being along time for structural engineering but there is no such book where a Full building(super and substructure) hand calculaton is...
i m the student of civil engineering,and in the third year of bachelors degree program of four years. i also interested in this subject of structure i can't...
http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/snapshot/ MESSINA, Sicily and REGGIO DI CALABRIA, Italy – Debated since the days of Julius Caesar, the plan to build a bridge...
http://www.kypost.com/2004/06/16/bridg061604.html Inspectors: Roebling is structurally sound ... By Bob Driehaus Post staff reporter The Roebling Suspension...
My name's Lance and I just joined the group. I'm hoping some of you have a passion for railroad bridges as I'm trying to collect information on large and old...
Hello! I`m a student of civil engineering (specialization BRIDGES)and I`m writing my thesis now. I need your help. There is a part of my thesis named: "Arch...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=1&u=/ap/photographer_questioned or (http://tinyurl.com/3q9ga) Questioning of Photo Student Challenged Fri...
I was wondering if the original cantilever is in the process of being removed; perhaps it has already? Perhaps nothing has begun yet? Any info is greatly...
Good question. I was there in February and nothing had been done. I'll e-mail my brother-in-law to see if he knows. He lives in Sacramento and takes this route...
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