The MTA board is expected to vote to approve a $249 million overhaul of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge this week. The plan centers around the installation of a dehumidification system for the four main ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This week, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will vote to approve a project that could extend the lifespan of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. On Monday, ...

A suspension bridge's cables are beautiful to look at, but they also enable the bridge to cross large spans. Make a model suspension bridge to see how it works. After you test the strength of the beam ...

(CNN) - It's just physics. Friendly civil engineering. Take a load bearing deck held by vertical suspender cables attached to larger main support lines anchored by a pair of towers and the ground -- ...

The cable-stayed bridge, like the suspension bridge, supports the roadway with massive steel cables, but in a different way. The cables run directly from the roadway up to a tower, forming a unique "A ...