An engineer's masterful grasp of physics, the properties and availability of various building materials, and construction techniques have made it possible to build modern bridges that carry heavier ...

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(CNN) - It's just physics. Friendly civil engineering. Take a load bearing deck held by vertical suspender cables attached to larger main support lines anchored by a pair of towers and the ground -- ...

The 1915Çanakkale bridge in Turkey will be the first motorway link across the Dardanelles Strait. Currently the only transportation mode is ferry. It was a long-standing dream—not only of Ersin ...

The next time you're speeding over a suspension bridge in your car, take a second to thank the Romans. Their bridge-building catapulted the concept of what a bridge could accomplish and set the ...

The Romans tried it first, in 250 BC, to transport 100 elephants captured in battle from Palermo, on the island of Sicily, to Rome. According to the Greek historian Strabo, they used empty barrels and ...

The viral video above shows the Humen Pearl River Bridge in China that’s waving like the surface of the ocean—even when the bridge is crowded with cars. How much can a suspension bridge oscillate ...