When the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore, it was a disaster not only for the sheer amount of destruction, but because the accident prevented access to one of the busiest ports in the U.S.
March 29, 2024 8:12 am/Leave a comment The recent incident of a container ship colliding with the bridge in Baltimore in the US has been trending and gone viral. There are also many articles now putting out their assessments of what happened, how the bridge collapsed, what troubled the sh...
The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal inVenice, Italy. It is the oldest bridge across the canal. The present stone bridge, a single span designed by Antonio da Ponte, was completed in 1591 and was used to replace a wooden bridge that collapsed in 1524. T...
Carlo Ratti Associati proposes replacement for collapsed Baltimore bridge Italian architecture studioCarlo Ratti Associatihas proposed a replacement design for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following its collapse in early 2024.More "Strong focus on aesthetics" contributed to collapse of Norway ...
Photo: This is the remains of theI-35W Mississippi River bridge, a steel-trussed arch bridge that used to carry a very busy highway over the river. It collapsed unexpectedly in 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145 more. A report into the disaster found that a metal plate had ripped...
A satellite image shows a bridge collapsed over the Seym river in the Glushkovo district, following a Ukrainian strike in the Kursk region, Russia, August 17, 2024. 2024Planet Labs Inc./Handout via REUTERS Glushkovo is about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) north of the Ukrainian border, and app...
In January 2022, a bridge collapsed over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh, causing injuries but no deaths to the occupants of several vehicles that were on it. Federal investigators determined the bridge’s steel legs had corroded, creating visible holes, yet inspectors ...
People who’ve lived in Vermont for decades said they’ve never seen such intense flooding; many told the Globe they saw the floods as yet more proof that climate change has come to their backyards. A home partially collapsed into Mountain Brook in Lyndonville, Vt., when flash floods hit...
There are mixed views in town about what to do, Smith said. “Some people obviously want to see something that protects the bridge so we can keep it in place,” he said. “Others are like: ‘It’s time to take it off and set it on the side and put...
Back in August 2007, the dangerous and decaying state of America's infrastructure became a shocking reality when the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, sending vehicles crashing into the river below. 13 people were killed while another 145 were injured. In August 2018, a b...