Westmoreland County has 143 state-inspected bridges that are rated in poor condition and will need maintenance work, if they haven’t already been closed. PennDOT lists a bridge as being in poor ...

Buckling Restrained Braces application to provide more resilient bridges have been subjected to cyclic displacement histories representative of yearly thermal demands and of earthquake excitations.

VDOT will begin a project in Palmyra to replace the superstructure and repair parts of the substructure. A half-mile stretch of Route 639 (Long Acre Road) will close to through traffic about 0.7 miles ...

In early March, the Route 71 bridge linking Belmar and Avon stopped opening to boat traffic. The unexpected closure due to a mechanical failure adds the bridge to a list of bridges in New Jersey with ...

In 2017, during a routine assessment of the TH 41 Bridge 37D in Hartland, which traverses Route I- 91, bridge inspectors with the State of Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) observed areas of ...

VDOT will begin a project in Crozet on Monday to replace the bridge over Rock Bar Branch. State force bridge crews will replace the superstructure and repair parts of the substructure. Route 810 ...

Keywords: Earthquake engineering; buckling restrained braces; bridge; seismic protection; structural fuse; bi-directional end diaphragm. Abstract: This report considers two applications of ...