Architect and structural engineer Masoud Akbarzadeh has challenged conventional wisdom by constructing a bridge ...

We had to figure out how to build a bridge that had never been built before ... The structural supports had already been ...

The arch is squeezed together, and this squeezing force is carried outward along the curve to the supports at each end. The supports, called abutments, push back on the arch and prevent the ends ...

On the Fourth of July in 1940, the York Homeplace Memorial Bridge was dedicated with great fanfare. Sgt. Alvin C. York ...

Rachael Hood, Senior Editor The Stone Arch Bridge is a must-see for any architecture buff. This 2,100-foot granite and limestone bridge (featuring a total of 23 arches) was constructed in 1883 and ...

This idea isn’t new—it goes back thousands of years. The Romans and Mesopotamians built arches that used compression to ...

Video by Allie Schallert, reportin… ST. LOUIS — The company remaking downtown’s Millennium Hotel may build a bridge across Interstate 44 to better connect to the Gateway Arch grounds.

The bridge prototype used hollow glass units, which interlocked to form the bridge's arch. A major challenge ... worked perfectly as an interface material. Building the glass bridge required ...