...Stonecutters Bridge. Some 7,000 tonnes of parallel wire strand in 224 cables will support that bridge s main span and both sets of four backspans, each stretching for 289 m. Locked coil cables were ...
Cable-stayed bridges play a critical role in modern infrastructure by merging aesthetic appeal with engineering efficiency. Their design and optimisation involve a delicate balance of cable force ...
Had you crossed the Francis Scott Key Bridge just a few weeks ago, as millions of motorists did before a wayward container ship struck it in the early hours of March 26, you’d have passed below a ...
Cable-stayed bridges may look similar to suspension bridges—both have roadways that hang from cables and both have towers. But the two bridges support the load of the roadway in very different ways.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County commissioners voted Thursday to approve an "inverted Y" design for the eastern half of the new Burnside Bridge, endorsing the recommendation of a community volunteer ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled the design of the new bridge set to be built over the Ohio River between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. The ...
To straddle Rambler Channel with a 1,018-meter main span, Hong Kong’s $350-million Stonecutters Bridge will be wide open to typhoons. With its stays exerting high wind forces, the designers had to ...