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Why engineers thought this bridge was safe until the wind took control

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was considered modern, efficient, and perfectly safe. But almost from the day it opened, the structure began behaving in ways engineers couldn’t explain. As wind conditions ...
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A wind turbine with no blades at all, just a 9 foot pole that shivers in the breeze, turns wind into power using the same force that tore a Washington bridge apart in 1940

A Spanish startup's vibrating pole generates electricity with no blades, no noise, and no bird strikes — and it could sit ...

New study finds Mackinac Bridge at low collapse risk

The report is in response to a request from the NTSB to 30 owners of 68 spans in the U.S., recommending that each conduct a ...
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Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse | Two years later

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — It has been two years since a ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, resulting in its collapse and the death of six construction workers. Its impacts are still felt ...