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Bridge collapses in Woodville, Mississippi; no injuries reported
- Jan, 09, 2023
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A bridge collapsed in Woodville, Mississippi, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Woodville is in the southwest corner of Mississippi, a few miles from the Louisiana border. The Wilkinson County Emergency Manag...
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The five longest bridges in India
- Dec, 19, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Systems Standards And Design Codes Other Structural
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The bridges of India are more-than-welcome steel-and-iron giants, reaching far and wide while overcoming natural barriers of waterbodies, marshy areas, and rocky terrain, as well as manmade blocks of...
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Africa’s longest bridge in Lagos: three teams in running to build it
- Dec, 09, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The government of Lagos State has shortlisted three bids to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a budget of $2.5bn. It is intended to...
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The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...
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India’s Morbi bridge collapse
- Nov, 04, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Abutments Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural Structural Loads
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
More than 50 children are among 135 people killed in Sunday’s bridge collapse in India’s Gujarat state, according to a list of victims published by state authorities on Wednesday. Investigators ar...
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Michigan: world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open
- Nov, 01, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Abutments Structural Design Structural Systems Wood Structures Wind Engineering Structural Stability Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open to sightseers in northern Michigan. For those willing to ride a chairlift to the mountain top and pay a fee of around $25, the bridge...
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Brazil’s Amazon: bridge collapses, at least three fatalities and 15 missing
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Bridges Other Structural
- Brazil
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least three people have been confirmed dead, with as many as 15 missing after a bridge collapsed as some vehicles were travelling across it in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, firefighter...
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3D printing: team of flying robots to build structures
- Oct, 11, 2022
- Bridges Structural Design Other Structural
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Teams of airborne 3D-printing drones could one day be used to complete construction projects in dangerous or hard-to-reach environments – thanks to new technologies developed by researchers led by Mi...
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Taiwan earthquake: bridge collapsed and several buildings damaged
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Bridges Structural Behavior
- Taiwan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Drone footage shows a collapsed bridge damaged in a 6.8 earthquake that hit southeastern Taiwan on 18 September 2022. Taiwan's weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung County and followed a...
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Congo: Bridge collapses during ribbon-cutting ceremony
- Sep, 08, 2022
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures
- Republic of the Congo
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Sharply-suited dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the Congolese capital on Monday only for the structure to collapse beneath their feet to the barely concealed delight of onlookers, v...
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