China formally opened what it says is the world's longest sea-crossing structure today, a 36 kilometer bridge spanning a bay just south of the eastern business hub of Shanghai.

USC professor's sustainable design is first of its kind: 10-meter span in Hunan province was assembled in days without heavy equipment, easily carries 8-ton vehicles

In the wake of the tragic bridge collapse in Minnesota and last year’s shut down of an oil pipeline in Alaska due to corrosion, researchers are facing increased pressure to develop better protective coatings to help save aging infrastructures, according to an article [http://pubs.acs.org/] scheduled for the September 17 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS’ weekly newsmagazine.

These days, a drive across a bridge is not always a pleasure cruise. Mindful of the war on terrorism, it can often be a cautious experience.

The United Sates emergency teams continue to search for eight missing bodies, a day after a bridge over the Mississippi river in Minnesota collapsed killing atleast four.

Bridges that "dance" during earthquakes could be the safest and least expensive to build, retrofit and repair, according to earthquake engineers at the University at Buffalo and MCEER.