The Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster serves as a powerful lesson in engineering and aerodynamics. The collapse on November 7, 1940, stands as one of the most dramatic and instructive engineering ...

A Johns Hopkins University engineering team is warning that dozens of major U.S. bridges face elevated ship-strike risk on an annual basis, a finding that gained urgency after the Francis Scott Key ...

On Nov. 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, or ‘Galloping Gertie,’ dramatically collapsed into the Puget Sound. Friday marks 85 years since the disaster reshaped how engineers approach long-span ...

The Hongqi Bridge—which completed construction earlier this year—had been closed to traffic the day prior after cracks and slope deformation were discovered at one end of the bridge. November 12, 2025 ...

Rising material costs and design considerations for a more robust structure have added both time and expense to rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, according to the Maryland ...