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I-beam
An I-beam, also called a universal beam or rolled steel joist, is a structural beam with an I-shaped cross-section whose flanges and web make it efficient in bending.
Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project
The Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project is a University of Illinois research program developing wireless smart sensor systems for civil infrastructure, deployed on the Jindo Bridge in South Korea.
Infrastructure asset management
Infrastructure asset management (IAM) is the systematic process by which organizations operate, maintain, and upgrade physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, and pipelines to deliver service at acceptable cost.
Jacksonville Expressway Authority
The Jacksonville Expressway Authority was a Florida public body created in 1955 to build Jacksonville's expressways and toll bridges, including the Fuller Warren and Hart bridges.
James Drake (engineer)
Sir James Drake (1907–1989) was a British civil engineer who, as Lancashire's County Surveyor and Bridgemaster, delivered the Preston Bypass, Britain's first motorway, opened in 1958.
Japanese Highway Bridge Specification
The Specifications for Highway Bridges (Dōrokyō Shihōsho) is Japan's national road bridge design standard, issued by the Japan Road Association and revised most recently in 2017.
Load rating
Load rating is the engineering process of determining a bridge's safe load-carrying capacity, required federally for US highway bridges and driving load posting and permit decisions.
Main cable
The main cable is the principal load-carrying element of a suspension bridge, running from anchorage to anchorage over the towers, with the deck suspended from it.
Movable bridge operation and maintenance
Movable bridge operation and maintenance covers the drive trains, controls, operator training, traffic control, and inspections that keep the 831 movable bridges in the 2014 US inventory safe.
National Bridge Inspection Standards
The National Bridge Inspection Standards are US federal regulations requiring routine highway bridge inspections at least every 24 months, created in 1971 after the Silver Bridge collapse.
National traditions in bridge engineering
National traditions in bridge engineering surveys how the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and the United Kingdom design bridges, tracing each tradition from the 1716 French Corps des Ponts et Chaussées to modern codes.
New York City Department of Bridges
The New York City Department of Bridges was the municipal agency responsible for the city's bridges from 1898 to 1916, building the Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Queensboro Bridges.
New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission
The New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission is an interstate agency that owns and maintains the ten free bridges over the Delaware River between New York and Pennsylvania.
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission is a bi-national agency operating the three international bridges over the Niagara River between Ontario and New York, created in 1938.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, PANYNJ, is a bistate agency created in 1921 that runs the region's airports, bridges, tunnels, seaport, and PATH.
Suicide bridge
A suicide bridge is a bridge that gains a reputation as a frequent site for suicide by jumping, one of the most common suicide hotspot types.
Suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge
Suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge claimed nearly 2,000 people since the bridge opened in 1937, before a continuous suicide-deterrent net was completed on January 1, 2024.
Suspender (bridge)
A suspender, also called a hanger or suspender cable, is the vertical tension member connecting a suspension bridge's deck to its main cables, transferring deck load.
Thomas Wylde (clothier)
Thomas Wylde (died 1559) was an English clothier of Worcester who grew rich in the broadcloth trade, acquired the Commandery, and served as bailiff and Member of Parliament.
Toll bridge
A toll bridge is a bridge whose users pay a fee to cross, typically to repay construction costs, with tolls often removed once the debt is paid.
Truss
A truss is a structure of individual members, each in tension or compression, connected at joints in triangular patterns that give rigidity with little material, most prominently in bridges.
Wind bracing
Wind bracing is the system of secondary members in a bridge superstructure, such as cross-frames, diaphragms, and lateral diagonal bracing, that stabilizes the structure against wind and torsional loads.