For example, not all trucks on the roadways ... the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge, today’s U.S. bridge design code would call for the bridge to be designed to resist a lateral ...

Here, Michael J. Chajes, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Delaware, discusses how bridge design codes have changed over the years and the challenges of ...

Bridges built to meet current Canadian safety codes are being 'overbuilt' and may not withstand a major earthquake, says a new report. A recent study by researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus ...

More specifically, the eighth design example was performed on a five-span continuous cast-in-place concrete box girder bridge and the ninth design example was performed on a three-span continuous ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday introduced the Bridge Design Code, aimed at setting the minimum standards for the construction, repair and design of bridges aligning them ...

and the bearing design all failed to meet the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. The bolts were both too long and not properly tightened during installation, the reports found. There were also ...

In this aerial image, the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of a container ship after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore on March 26, 2024. Jim Watson for Getty Images ...