James B. Eads faced many obstacles when he built the first steel bridge in the world over the Mississippi River, none of which was more daunting than the sinking of the bridges' two piers and ...

the N.C. Department of Transportation has relied on these unusual building materials and a Tennessee company that has them in abundance. Innovative Bridge Company, based in Nashville, has ...

During the building of James Eads' St. Louis Bridge, several of the construction workers digging out the riverbed from inside the caissons fell ill. An alarmed Eads shortened his men's working ...

It is crucial to absorb the lessons learned from the process of building the Brunswick-Topsham bridge. The construction of the new bridge is more than just an infrastructure project that will ...