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Bridge bearing
A bridge bearing is a load-carrying element that supports a bridge superstructure while allowing movement, transferring loads to the substructure and accommodating thermal expansion and contraction.
Bridge collapses and safety incidents in Asia and Oceania
A survey of bridge collapses and safety incidents in Asia and Oceania, covering India's 170 collapses and 202 deaths from 2021 to 2025 and Australia's 1970 West Gate disaster.
Bridge House
Bridge House, Ambleside: a late 17th-century stone cottage built atop a bridge over Stock Beck, Grade I listed, once an apple store and dwelling, now a National Trust information centre.
Bridge inspection
Bridge inspection is the periodic examination of a bridge's condition, in the United States governed by federal standards created in 1971 after the Silver Bridge collapse.
Bridge load rating
Bridge load rating is a standardized procedure for determining the safe load-carrying capacity of an existing bridge, so engineers can set load posting and permit requirements for vehicles.
Bridge maintenance
Bridge maintenance is the routine, hands-on care of bridge fabric, covering deck and joint repair, bearing upkeep, and corrosion protection, stopping short of major rehabilitation or replacement.
Bridge management system
A bridge management system, or BMS, is a computer-based framework that helps bridge owners model deterioration and prioritize maintenance across a network of bridges; the leading American system, Pontis, dates to 1992.
Bridge of Mantible
The Bridge of Mantible (Puente de Mantible) is a ruined stone bridge over the Ebro between the Basque Country and La Rioja, once attributed to Rome but built from the 11th century.
Bridge of No Return (돌아오지 않는 다리)
The Bridge of No Return (돌아오지 않는 다리) is a crossing on Sacheon Creek in the Korean DMZ, named for the 1953 Korean War prisoner exchanges.
Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) is an enclosed early 17th-century stone bridge in Venice that connects the Doge's Palace with the New Prisons across the Rio di Palazzo.
Bridge of the Americas (El Paso–Ciudad Juárez)
The Bridge of the Americas, also known as the Cordova International Bridge or Puente Córdova, is a toll-free U.S.–Mexico border bridge linking El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez.
Bridge rehabilitation and strengthening
Bridge rehabilitation and strengthening covers renewal interventions that keep an existing bridge in service instead of replacing it, extending service life by 15 years or more.
Bridge scour
Bridge scour, or hydraulic scour, is erosion of streambed material around bridge foundations caused by flowing water, which can undermine piers and abutments and is the most common cause of bridge failure.
Bridge strike
A bridge strike is a collision in which a road vehicle, usually a truck too tall for the clearance, hits the underside of a bridge or tunnel.
Bridge tender
A bridge tender, also called a bridge operator or drawbridge operator, controls a movable bridge's opening and closing, coordinating safe passage for vessels and for road or rail traffic.
Bridge to nowhere
A bridge to nowhere is a bridge built without a destination justifying it, a term made famous by Alaska's proposed $398 million Gravina Island Bridge, canceled in 2007.
Bridge–tunnel
A bridge–tunnel is a single fixed water crossing that combines elevated bridge spans with underwater tunnel sections, joined at artificial islands where traffic descends into the tube.
Bridges Act 1530
The Bridges Act 1530, also known as the Statute of Bridges, was the first English act of Parliament concerned solely with bridges, empowering justices to charge counties with repairing them.
Bridges and Tunnels (MTA)
Bridges and Tunnels, formally the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and part of the MTA, operates New York City's seven toll bridges, two tunnels, and the Battery Parking Garage.
Bridges over the Yangtze River
The bridges over the Yangtze River are its road and rail crossings, beginning with the Wuhan bridge of 1957; 162 were built in the following half century.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a 39-mile canal in North West England, opened in 1761 to carry coal from Worsley to Manchester and lock-free on its main line.
Brine
Brine, also called salt brine, is a concentrated solution of salts in water, most often the hot, high-salinity byproduct of desalination; plants worldwide produce over 128 million cubic meters daily.
Britannia Bridge
Britannia Bridge (Welsh: Pont Britannia) crosses the Menai Strait between Wales and Anglesey. Designed by Robert Stephenson as a tubular railway bridge, it opened in 1850.
British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridge Authority
The British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridge Authority was a British Columbia Crown corporation, created in 1953 under Premier W.A.C. Bennett to finance and operate toll bridges and highways.
British Dam Society
The British Dam Society is a British professional society for dam and reservoir engineering, founded in 1990 as a charity Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
British Standard Pipe
British Standard Pipe (BSP) thread is an ISO-adopted family of screw threads for interconnecting and sealing pipe ends, dominant worldwide outside North America, where NPT is used.
British Tunnelling Society
The British Tunnelling Society (BTS) is a British charity and an Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers, founded in 1971 to advance the art and science of tunnelling.
Bronx–Whitestone Bridge
The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, also called the Whitestone Bridge, is a suspension bridge spanning the East River between Queens and the Bronx in New York City, opened in 1939.
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge, also called the East River Bridge, is a suspension bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River in New York City, opened in 1883.
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, officially the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, carries four lanes of traffic under the East River between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, and opened in 1950.