Bridges

Latin America’s Longest Suspension Bridge Is in Chile’s Most Earthquake Prone Area

The Chacao Bridge, a new marvel of infrastructure, is an earthquake-resistant suspension bridge rising just a few kilometers from the epicenter of the biggest earthquake ever: the Valdivia earthquake,...

Port of Long Beach: All the Records, Thanks to the International Gateway Bridge

Thanks to the new infrastructure, even the gigantic ships from the new Panama Canal can access the Port of Long Beach. And the number of containers handled by maritime traffic has increased by 26%.

Mississippi’s Famous Bridges: Record-Breaking Engineering Marvels that United America

The oldest is 150 years old, and they are engineering marvels that continue to ensure the crossing of one of the largest rivers in the USA: discover two great bridges among the more than 140 bridges o...

5 Record-Breaking Bridges, from the Tallest Bridge in the World to the Largest

Bear Mountain Bridge: 100 Years of the Suspension Bridge That Inspires Modern Engineering

After a century of existence, this bridge that crosses the Hudson River is now a US historic landmark and an inspiration for modern engineering major projects, such as the longest suspension bridge in...

From the Dardanelles Strait to China, The Great Bridges That Won Earthquakes

Rising in geotechnically complex and highly seismic areas, these bridges - including the longest suspended bridges in the world - stand firm against catastrophic events thanks to modern engineering br...

Thrilling connections: 10 of the world’s longest suspension bridges

Colossal works uniting even continents, from China to the Dardanelles Strait, the world's longest suspension bridges are true marvels of engineering.

New Zealand: the first train viaduct featuring innovative base isolation as anti-seismic technology

Its name is the South Rangitikei Viaduct, and it was the first in the world to feature the “base isolation” invention against tremors. It was built by the Italian civil engineering partnership Cogefar...

Cape Cod’s Sagamore Bridge reconstruction to begin in 2027

The American government has allocated $1.7 billion to rebuild the Sagamore Bridge, one of the two historic bridges in Massachusetts