Construction and detours on the Bailey Hill Bridge over Amazon Creek will start June 16. Will there be detours in place? Eugene is closing a portion of Bailey Hill Road for more than two months ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California is long overdue for a major earthquake. In fact, new data from the United States Geological Survey suggests the next one to hit the Bay Area will likely be larger and more ...

Seattle is known for having historic bridges like the Fremont Bridge, which opened in 1917. However, 16 roadway and pedestrian bridges need upgrading in the event the next big earthquake hits. “We’re ...

Bridges make great metaphors for connection, as in "bridging our differences" and "building bridges." That may be because bridges play such a vital role in connecting people in real life. And, in a ...

After being delayed since the early 2000s, the onset of the Murray Street Bridge Seismic Retrofit and Barrier Replacement ...

SHINE — Work that has left many angry state Highway 104 motorists sitting in their cars wondering when they could cross the Hood Canal Bridge was scheduled for completion today — if the bridge’s newly ...

Although the state has made great strides in protecting its own bridges from earthquakes, hundreds of bridges maintained by cities and counties across California remain unfixed. A Times review of ...

Upgrading the Center Street Bridge to withstand a major earthquake may cost $100 million, exceeding the $60 million budgeted by state lawmakers barely two years ago. Retrofitting the span that carries ...

Life-cycle engineers incorporate -- for the first time -- the three most common failure modes for bridges vulnerable to floods, hurricanes and tsunamis into a risk assessment framework to optimize ...