Composite materials breathe new life into the historic Birkenhead Bridge
When traditional materials reached their limit, engineers turned to advanced fibre-reinforced polymers to revitalise a South Australian landmark.
Tag: bridge engineering
Visualising the evolution of bridge engineering
Explore the history of bridge design, from prehistoric timber tracks to modern high-tech spans such as the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge.
5 major infrastructure projects that opened in 2025
From Bridgewater Bridge to the Melbourne Metro, this year has seen a number of high-profile construction projects come to fruition.
Constructing the highest bridge in the world
China’s Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is a feat of extreme engineering that has resulted in the world’s highest bridge platform.
Learning from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is more than the story of a bridge failure – it’s a story ...
Reimagining Tasmania’s biggest bridge
Spanning engineering, ecology and heritage, the Bridgewater Bridge project is setting new standards for bold urban infrastructure.
What caused the I-35W Mississippi River bridge to collapse?
What caused a bridge that had satisfactorily performed for 40 years to collapse so suddenly?
Fifty years since Hobart’s Tasman Bridge collapse, what’s changed?
Engineers and bridge managers must develop a better understanding of what causes structural collapse.
The construction failures that caused the Florida International University Bridge collapse
The collapse of the bridge, which killed six people, was a clarion call for enhancing safety procedures in construction.
Baltimore bridge collapse: a bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has captured the world's attention. A civil engineer explains what happened and ...
