Bridge sensor systems are becoming integrated in the engineering and construction of spans across the country to monitor everything from load stress to movement. After the collapse of the Interstate ...

Researchers at Clarkson University, NY, have developed wireless bridge sensors which work without batteries. Instead, they are powered by the vibrations caused by passing traffic. This is good news ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A replacement bridge under construction at the second-busiest port in the U.S. isn't just a crucial route for cargo trucks and Southern California commuters — it's a concrete ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STREETSBORO, Ohio– The discovery of buckled ...

EAST LANSING — Thousands of people will walk across the Mackinac Bridge Monday as part of the annual Labor Day bridge walk. Later this month, MSU prof Nizar Lajnef will hit the bridge for a step ...

After the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis in 2007, which killed 13 people and injured 144, congressional interest in fixing the nation’s bridges escalated. But efforts have not ...

A new Iowa bridge was built with more than 100 damage detection sensors.The bridge is on Highway 65 in Iowa Falls.Iowa State University researchers partnered with the Iowa Department of Transportation ...

Researchers have developed technology that uses the vibrations caused by passing traffic to power wireless bridge monitoring sensors. Wireless battery-powered sensors that monitor bridges and report ...

According to a 2009 estimate by the U.S. Society of Civil Engineers, more than one in four U.S. bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While newer "smart" bridges have ...

The Memorial Bridge doesn't just allow folks to cross over the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Kittery in Maine, it also serves as a living laboratory. Now home to a host of ...

Micro-Measurements®, a Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) brand, announced the expansion of its product line of Transducer Class ® full-bridge strain gages based on Advanced Sensors technology.