SEQUIM — Construction crews were busy Thursday morning preparing the second steel truss span section for installation on the western trestle of the Dungeness River Bridge. The first span section was ...

The 92-year-old St. Anthony Parkway Bridge crossed over 23 railroad tracks within the BNSF Railway’s Northtown rail yard, carrying both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. With the existing steel truss ...

A 528 ft-wide, 2,650-ton steel truss span, supported by a U-shaped stability frame, is being readied for lift and placement on June 19 as part of a $1.2 billion widening project for the Huey P. Long ...

Chances are, there won’t be overhead beams on the permanent span that replaces a collapsed section of the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge. State engineers are now focusing on a steel-girder bridge, ...

Trusses are a fundamental tool in an engineer’s toolbox — a structurally simple way to transfer weight from one part of a roof to the walls or columns that are designed to withstand the effects of ...

One notable recent instance where a long-span truss design was considered was the Columbia River Crossing, a joint effort by the states of Oregon and Washington to replace the pair of existing through ...

Seattle inspectors checked two steel-truss bridges after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, and Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday asked for a quick report on all of the state's 3,000 bridges. The ...