500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works

Researchers at MIT have proven Leonardo da Vinci correct yet again, this time involving his design for what would have been a ...
National Geographic news

How a doomed bridge became the Pacific Northwest’s most unlikely reef

When the two-lane Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on July 1, 1940, it was hailed as a “triumph of structural engineering.” Locals quickly gave it another name—Galloping Gertie—after noticing how the ...
Post and Courier

After an SC bridge collapsed, tickets for truck drivers are skyrocketing — and raising more concerns

GREENVILLE – After an overweight truck caused an Upstate bridge to collapse, police are ramping up efforts to keep heavy trucks from damaging the state’s bridges — a move that has snared hundreds of ...
The Diplomat

Hongqi Bridge Collapse Is a Warning. China’s Leaders Should Listen.

Earlier this month, officials abruptly closed the 758-meter Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan after cracks appeared in the surrounding terrain. Within a day, landslides tore through the mountainside, ...
New York Post

Loose wire that caused Baltimore bridge collapse could cost $5.2B to replace

A loose signal wire caused the blackout that sent the cargo ship Dali crashing into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday, blaming the ...
KTVU

Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: NTSB to vote on probable cause, safety recommendations

BALTIMORE - The findings of a federal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse will be revealed on Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting at its L’Enfant Plaza ...
Yahoo

NTSB Reveals Cause of Baltimore's Key Bridge 2024 Collapse

The National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation is now revealing that a loose wire was the root cause of the deadly 2024 collision of the cargo ship, Dali, into the Francis Scott Key Bridge ...
Fox News

Single loose wire caused Baltimore bridge collapse that could cost Maryland $5.2B to replace

A loose signal wire caused the blackout that sent the cargo ship Dali crashing into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday, blaming the ...
CNN

How the NTSB is trying to prevent another major bridge collapse

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore could be repeated across the country if recommendations aren’t followed, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board ...
The Baltimore Sun

NTSB: Key Bridge collapse was entirely ‘preventable,’ citing ship failures and missing worker warning system

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by a massive container ship was preventable, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday, pointing to factors large and small ...
WBAL-TV

'This was preventable': NTSB presents Key Bridge collapse findings from investigation into Dali

BLACKOUTS ON BOARD. THE ROOT CAUSE OF LAST YEAR’S DEADLY KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. ONE LOOSE WIRE AND ONE MISPLACED WIRE LABEL. THAT’S WHAT THE NTSB FOUND AT THE END OF ITS MEETING TODAY. NONE OF US SHOULD ...
WGAL

NTSB finds 2 blackouts struck huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore bridge

Two electrical blackouts, one caused by a loose wire and another by problems with a fuel pump, disabled the controls of a huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, ...