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 ...

Architect and structural engineer Masoud Akbarzadeh has challenged conventional wisdom by constructing a bridge from a material deemed unsuitable: glass. The architect has created a 30-foot-long ...

Last year, we co-founded The Building Bridges Project with the goal of promoting civil discourse and engaging in a respectful way with those whom we disagree with. As the old adage goes, “we can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many famous engineers have constructed epic bridges, from ones that appear to defy gravity to feats of engineering that can survive earthquakes or worse. Not all of them are indestructible, but ...

Engineers said Wednesday that the Key Bridge rebuild is just about ready to move to the next phase.

Even among the engineers on the team, Stratton said that only three of the 11 could have pulled it off. Surveying requires special tools that many communities in Rwanda simply don’t have access to. As ...