Instead of pushing straight down, the weight of an arch bridge is carried outward along ... the stones in the rest of the structure stay together by the sheer force of their own weight.

The structural supports had already been installed to brace the arch during construction. A temporary wooden formwork was designed to hold the bridge steady until the final keystone glass modules ...

There’s no doubt that bridges are among the most functional structures ever made; the bridges often symbolise human ...

This idea isn’t new—it goes back thousands of years. The Romans and Mesopotamians built arches that used compression to ...

The Skew Arch Bridge, built in 1896 with an idiosyncratic ... “Some of the work we did was about stabilizing a lot of the bridge’s structure,” Rasheed said. “We identified it as a unique ...

Pedestrian access will also be improved between City Avenue, SEPTA’s Bala Station, and the Parkside Cynwyd Trail with ...

AECOM has designed a pedestrian bridge supported by a single arch in Chicago ... with long inclined arches on sweeping curves. The structure has a complicated geometry, which created challenges ...

Lovingly called the "Coat Hanger" by locals, this towering structure is the world's largest steel arch bridge. And while you can capture stunning pictures of the bridge from one of Sydney Harbour ...