AUSTIN (KXAN) – You likely drive on a bridge every day and don’t realize it. These modern conveniences of transportation are so common that we tend to pass over them with little thought, but bridges ...

quick look at how they work. ALL bridges work using compression and tension. – Suspension bridges support tremendous amounts of weight and can withstand the greatest force from nature, such as ...

truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. It is time for the fire service to make peace with an old nemesis: the ...

In this video we'll take a detailed look at trusses. Trusses are structures made of up slender members, connected at joints which can be approximated to pinned connections. It is typically assumed ...

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 ...