Bridges

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad started very small in 1849 with lines around Chicago and points to the southwest. By 1864, it had extended its lines southwesterly to the east bank of the Mississippi River, opposite Burlington, Iowa. A […]

Bridge construction differs greatly from other horizontal and vertical construction and thus involves targeted design and construction methodologies specific to the bridge type, size, and location. Transportation industries and other roadway users could suffer great economic losses when bridges at […]

The many 19th century engineering design-proposals to span the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey reveal a progressive shift from heavy rail-bridge designs to lighter bridges, as the era burst into the vehicle age in the 1920s. […]

Early Surveys of the Mississippi River indicated that the river between Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, Illinois, had narrowed with Little Rock Island located between the shores. The Galena & Chicago Union Railroad started building a line from Chicago to the […]

St. Paul, originally called Pig’s Eye, was founded approximately 13 miles downriver from Minneapolis near Fort Snelling. It was the northernmost access on the navigable river for steamboats on the Mississippi. It was settled on the north (east) bank of […]

Expediting Dry Canyon Bridge Repair Matthew Miller, P.E.2022-10-01 7:20:00 Solution: Heat Straightening The Lava Fire, one of the largest wildfires to scorch California in 2021, burned over 26,000 acres and prompted evacuations of at least 8,000 residents. Sparked by a […]

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad started very small in 1849 with lines around Chicago and points to the southwest. By 1864, it had extended its lines southwesterly to the east bank of the Mississippi River, opposite Burlington, Iowa. A […]