If all goes according to plan, the new Harbor Bridge will be unveiled on May 10 to mark the much-anticipated completion of ...

Continuous health monitoring sensors, imported from Germany were fitted to monitor the stability and health of the double-leaf bascule bridge with the help of Indian Institute of Technology ...

The Michigan Department of Transportation will be cleaning bascule bridges in three Northern Michigan communities in May.

Beginning early Monday, a major route in downtown Chicago and an access point to the popular Riverwalk will be closed off for ...

The State Street Bascule Bridge over the main branch of the Chicago River will be closed for months beginning Monday, April ...

A spectacular implosion after dark Monday night brought down the main truss of the former eastbound McClugage Bridge, ...

The Scherzer's Span (named after the bridge's engineer) consisted of a 61 metre steel truss that rotated upwards to a maximum angle of 81 degrees to accommodate boat passage. Due to safety ...

Among the three choices, including a swing bridge and a single-leaf bascule bridge, the vertical lift span best suited the Indian Railways’ requirements of stability and cost-effectiveness.

More: From explosives to safety, how the demolition of the old McClugage Bridge span will work The second explosion will demolish the underdeck truss on the Peoria County side of the bridge ...

Washington has seen a multitude of bridge failures over the past decades. One broken beam on a steel-truss bridge over I-5 caused the span to fall into the Skagit River in 2013, when a truck ...