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Is the Newport Bridge at risk of a vessel strike? What's being done to find out
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has responded to a letter from the National Transportation Safety Board ...
RITBA picks engineering firm for Newport Bridge risk assessment
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has chosen an engineering firm to conduct a vulnerability assessment ...
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All models are wrong—a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful
Nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had just opened to traffic on ...
Newport’s Pell Bridge begins vulnerability assessment, as recommended for dozens of US bridges after Baltimore collapse
The bridge is among 68 nationwide - including Boston’s Tobin Bridge and Cape Cod’s Borne and Sagamore bridges - that do not ...
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Is the Newport Bridge at risk of a vessel strike? What's being done to find out
After the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland collapsed from container ship ... it has responded to NTSB's request and engaged another engineering consultant for the calculations.