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In Rwanda, there are two seasons: wet and dry. In the wet seasons, rivers can become life threatening. In Ruhango, the Rurumanza River connects two districts with a market on one side and a school on ...

In Alberta, Canada, a unique bridge is helping animals safely cross one of the province's busiest highways — and it's changing how people think about road design and conservation. Nestled between ...

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The US Army asked businesses for ways to use robots to erect bridges under fire. Forging river crossings is one of the most dangerous and difficult jobs soldiers face. The Ukraine war has revealed the ...

Five years ago, a team of students from Cornell Engineers Without Borders decided to build a bridge in Bolivia. What had started as a trip to assess the water sanitation quality in Calcha, a small ...

Aging infrastructure is a major issue in the U.S. with nearly 50 percent of bridges considered in poor condition—nearly 12 percent are over 80 years old; 42 percent are over 50. Many have high volumes ...

As Michigan Tech senior Connor Tokie prepares for finals and graduation, he's also hosting and competing in the Eastern Great Lakes Regional Student Steel Bridge Competition. April is a busy month for ...

In the span of a single generation, China has redefined the limits of civil engineering, transforming itself from a nation reliant on foreign bridge-building expertise to the undisputed architect of ...

The U.S. Army has developed "Lego-like" concrete bricks in order to rapidly construct bridges during military campaigns. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, a subdivision of the ...

A demolition crew removes a slab of concrete from the remaining portions of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)(AP/Stephanie ...