LOWELL — Five years ago, the first Rourke Bridge Working Group met to discuss the preferred bridge alignment for a proposed permanent structure. Starting this month, site work preparation begins in ...

A new bridge linking the U.S. and Canada came closer to completion after the final piece of the deck connecting the two halves was fitted. Aecon, the Canadian firm involved in construction efforts for ...

SEE. THE WIND. THE COLD THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO WORK. SAFETY IS A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY ON THE WATER WITH THE WIND AND THE WAVE ACTION. SO IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE WE ARE HIGHLY FOCUSED ON. UNDERNEATH ...

At 54 years old, the W.C. Holmes Memorial Bridge has carried generations of beachgoers over the Intracoastal Waterway including bicyclists and walkers. But the addition of a vehicular lane to the ...

Construction machines can vary in size, depending on the tasks they need to perform. What are some of the largest ...

On this episode of For Science! we explore the building blocks of engineering by conducting the “Bridge Building” experiment which illustrates the different textile strength of different construction ...

Although suggested as early as the late 1800s, the Golden Gate Bridge was not seriously considered until the 1920s. In 1921, Joseph Strauss was the lead architect for the bridge, with contributions ...