This week, we challenged our readers to submit photos highlighting the most picturesque or bizarre bridges they've come ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two 13,000-pound trusses, resurrected from the charred ruins of a wooden bridge in New Hampshire, surely must be among the largest research specimens at Case Western Reserve ...

The restoration of the Bollman Truss Bridge wrapped up last week, returning the landmark to its original “federal red” just in time for the annual bridge lighting in Savage. “It has become a beloved ...

NEW BEDFORD — It was in the 1950s and '60s that engineers began to steer clear of truss bridges of the sort that collapsed in Minneapolis last week. But the mid-'60s was also the heyday of interstate ...

Papers documenting various aspects of the development, implementation and research value of the Bollman truss bridge design. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, articles and clippings ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been corrected to describe the pedestrian bridge as a truss design, despite its cosmetic appearance as a cable-stayed bridge. The central column and ...

A truss is a structure that acts like a beam but with major components, or members, subjected primarily to axial stresses. The members are arranged in triangular patterns. Ideally, the end of each ...

The Gilbert Road truss bridge, removed in 2004 for repair, was gone so long some local residents had doubts the historic bridge across the Quaboag River in West Warren would ever be reopened. Now the ...

CLIFTON, Texas (AP) - Crossing the North Bosque River bridge at Clifton City Park can be a white-knuckle experience for the uninitiated. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports the wood-and-asphalt decking ...