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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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Bridge in China cracks due to buckling under high temperatures
- Aug, 19, 2022
- Bridges Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Buckling Structural Loads Other Structural
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In engineering, buckling is a failure mode characterized by a sudden failure of a structural member subjected to high compressive stresses, where the actual compressive stresses at failure are smalle...
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Norway wooden bridge collapse: Drivers of two vehicles rescued
- Aug, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Bridges Wood Structures Structural Failures Other Structural
- Denmark
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway collapsed early Monday, with a car plunging into the water and a truck getting stuck on a raised section. The drivers of both vehicles were rescued and...
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Dasmariñas bridge collapse: eight fatalities - the body of last missing victim found
- Aug, 04, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Management Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Authorities found Thursday, July 28, the last missing victim in the collapse of a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV on Tuesday evening, July 26. On July 27, authorities...
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Longest bridge in the Baltics: the estimated duration of the Neris bridge works is 2.5 years
- Jul, 28, 2022
- Bridge Design Bridges Bridge Abutments Structural Design Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- Lithuania
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The bridge impinges on a site protected by the EU’s Natura 2000 ecological network, so work will not be carried out during fish migration and spawning. To avoid damage to the ecosystem, the bridge’s...
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The ‘thinnest’ concrete bridge in Southeast Asia
- Jul, 13, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Sustainable Development Other Structural Structural Loads Structural Stability Structural Design Concrete Structures
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 30-metre-long Chalermphrakiart Bridge was built in the SCG head office compound in Bang Sue last year but the conglomerate announced the development only now to invite construction firms to learn...
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