A dozen Virginia bridges with the same general type of design as the deck-truss bridge in Minnesota that collapsed last week are going to get a gander from state transportation inspectors – but ...

PORTLAND -- The governors of Oregon and Washington announced plans Monday for a replacement for the aging Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River they said will keep the project on schedule and ...

SEQUIM — Construction crews were busy Thursday morning preparing the second steel truss span section for installation on the western trestle of the Dungeness River Bridge. The first span section was ...

When the 1,200-foot-long Francis Scott Key Bridge opened in 1977, its enormous steel-truss design was the state of the art for river crossings. But in the decades since, a more modern design that has ...

SEQUIM — Five of the 12 steel truss sections have arrived for a $1.53 million replacement of the Railroad Bridge trestle damaged in February flooding. The sections had arrived as of Friday, said Randy ...

WASHINGTON -- Bridge design errors that went unnoticed for decades and a failure to limit heavy construction on the span led to the Minnesota highway bridge collapse that killed 13 people last year, ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A World War II-era bridge on the Alaska Highway is nearing its last days. The truss-style bridge over the Tok River has been replaced by a temporary detour bridge and will be ...

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