Bridge bearings play a fundamental role in supporting bridge structures by allowing controlled movement between the superstructure and substructure. They absorb loads, accommodate thermal expansion, ...

A Seattle bridge closed due to worsening cracks in March will stay closed through at least 2021, according to the Seattle Dept. of Transportation. The agency says a contractor will fix a bulging ...

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Due to the rail-bridge thermal interaction, the high additional axial force in continuously welded rails on continuous bridges may lead to rail buckling or breaking. However, there is little research ...

Keywords: XY-friction pendulum (XY-FP) bearings. Seismic isolation. Truss-bridge models. Numerical analyses. Harmonic simulations. Earthquake simulations. Flat sliding (FS) bearings. Seismic ...

** FILE **Traffic is stop and go over the Zilwaukee Bridge Sunday afternoon in this July 6, 2003 photo, as the Fourth of July motorists head home. The northbound lanes of Interstate 75 across the ...