Student's drawings help to resurrect covered bridge
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The Pisgah covered bridge stood for 92 years before a flood washed it downstream in August 2003. No scale drawings of the bridge existed till an interior designer living in Cary, North Carolina US, Nora Miller took interest in the resurrection of the bridge and offered the drawings to William Moffitt, the self-employed general contractor who volunteered to rebuild it.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2004
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Redundancy pays off in positioning caissons for new Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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Details regarding the construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretching from Puget Sound to Tacoma and Gig Harbor are discussed. The difficulties involved in placing the two 80 by 130 ft steel caissons in order to build the foundation of the bridge and the reasons for its displacement are discussed.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2004
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Michigan bridge engineers score big in time for super bowl
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The architectural details of the newly constructed Gateway Bridge, which carries Interstate 94 over U.S. 24, are discussed. The $55 million project, has been brought in to improve I-94 between the Detroit airport and downtown Detroit.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2006
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