The big green beam that arrived was part of a delta frame — steel triangles that support the top girders to form the steel supports of the bridge. Surrounded by a motorcade, an oversized truck ...
GET A LOT OF ATTENTION IN BOSTON’S FORT POINT CHANNEL. THE NORTHERN AVENUE BRIDGE, BUILT IN 1908, IS SET TO BE DISMANTLED AFTER MUCH DEBATE. THEN THERE ARE AGING BEHEMOTHS LIKE THE TOBIN. JONATHAN ...
In the 1800s, builders in the United States began putting roofs on bridges to protect the wooden floors and trusses from the elements. It was easier and less expensive to maintain the covers than the ...
The Bogert’s Covered Bridge will close this month for a full restoration. The bridge in Lehigh Parkway in Allentown was built in 1841, making it one of the oldest covered bridges in the United States.
NEW LONDON — The bridge is back! Remnants of Hurricane Ida floodwaters weren’t enough to prevent a covered bridge from again spanning Big Elk Creek near Oxford. A brand new covered bridge reconnects ...