Had you crossed the Francis Scott Key Bridge just a few weeks ago, as millions of motorists did before a wayward container ship struck it in the early hours of March 26, you’d have passed below a ...

The Brooklyn Bridge was opened in 1883 in New York City and is still wowed as a marvel of 19th-century engineering. This hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge is 1834 ...

Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge laid over the Tagus river in Lisbon, Portugal. As of December 2022, it’s the longest bridge in Europe; it runs for about 12 km. Construction of this very ...

When the 1,200-foot-long Francis Scott Key Bridge opened in 1977, its enormous steel-truss design was the state of the art for river crossings. But in the decades since, a more modern design that has ...

In this article, you will find the most famous bridges in the US and their significance in the country’s traffic flow. If you want to skip the details, head straight to the 8 Most Famous Bridges in ...

The cable-stayed bridge, like the suspension bridge, supports the roadway with massive steel cables, but in a different way. The cables run directly from the roadway up to a tower, forming a unique "A ...

A new section of the Schuylkill River Trail that connects the Grays Ferry Crescent to the Christian Street section features a walkway held aloft by a cable-stayed bridge. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From ...