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 ...

Each beam is experiencing either compression or tension forces, but not both at the same time. In 2018, the bridge was closed to through traffic and converted into a pedestrian bridge. Beam bridges ...

A beam or "girder" bridge is the simplest and most inexpensive kind of bridge. According to Craig Finley of Finley/McNary Engineering, "they're basically the vanillas of the bridge world." In its ...

Suspension bridges absorb the weight of cars driving across them, transferring it through a web of cables to two anchored towers.

When a load is applied, they can examine which parts of the bridge are under tension or experiencing compression. After testing, they can redesign their structures and test them again, which is ...

GEDDES, N.Y. -- At the New York State Fair, engineers from the state Department of Transportation are teaching the next generation of science and math whizzes how to build bridges. The state is ...