Instead of pushing straight down, the weight of an arch bridge is carried outward along the curve of the arch to the supports at each end. These supports, called the abutments, carry the load and ...

When heritage activists met Dong Zhiji in 2003, whose name they'd found on a bridge built decades earlier, he was 78 years ...

Tucked away in the rugged terrain of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the world’s largest wooden trestle bridge, a ...

For example, here in the Hudson Valley, there are a few places that come to mind when we say the word unique, we have Widow Jane Mine in Rosendale, New York which is a former cement mine that is a ...

It replaced an iron bridge built in 1877, which replaced a wooden bridge built in 1849. It is the longest (and widest) stone arch railroad bridge in the world. It’s currently used by Norfolk ...

VEYO, Utah (KUTV) — A routine inspection of the Veyo Arch Bridge, built in 1957, revealed fatigue in its steel structure, prompting the Department of Transportation to impose new restrictions ...

The Santiao Bridge (pictured), Wenxing Bridge and Xidong Bridge are historical wooden arch bridges in Taishun county, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by Zhong Xiaobo/For China Daily] In 2003 ...

Rachael Hood, Senior Editor The Stone Arch Bridge is a must-see for any architecture buff. This 2,100-foot granite and limestone bridge (featuring a total of 23 arches) was constructed in 1883 and ...