The Washington State Department of Transportation is asking community members to provide input on the final design for a new ...

A beam or "girder" bridge is the simplest and most ... As a result, beam bridges rarely span more than 250 feet. This doesn't mean beam bridges aren't used to cross great distances—it only ...

The girder is then moved onto the bridge piers, and finally fixed to the ... particularly difficult,” the official said. “I don’t know exactly what happened at that site, but I can’t ...

Large drifts place large deformation demands on other bridge components, such as shear studs and steel girders. Damage to these components may lead to permanent deformations in the superstructure, ...