If you’re into building large projects, you’ll eventually find yourself looking at wire rope. Multistrand steel wire used as antenna guy wires, bridge supports, and plenty of other uses.

All of the George Washington Bridge's original suspender ropes have been replaced, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Thursday. This marks the completion of a seven-year ...

Q'eswachaka Bridge is the last of its kind. The handwoven rope bridge in Peru was once a part of a sophisticated Incan road system that ran through South America 500 years ago, but is the only one ...

Lay the second rope over your head. You now have two cable-stayeds. Where do you feel a pushing force, or compression? Notice how the cable-stayeds transfer the load of the bridge (your arms ...

Crews have swapped out all 592 cables on the world’s busiest span, which runs between New York and New Jersey.

The NOVA team of experts in "China Bridge" lashed together the wooden structure of their Rainbow Bridge using rope woven with strips of bamboo. Bamboo rope may come as a surprise to many ...