Loop De Loop To spin the cables, 80,000 miles of steel wire less than 0.196 inch in diameter were bound in 1,600-pound spools and attached to the bridge's anchorages.

According to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, there are 171.5 million crossings per day on over 45,000 structurally deficient U.S. bridges—a significant number of which ...

Minneapolis bridge inspectors John Beetsch and Kent Madsen spent a half-day in October on the Martin Olav Sabo Bridge, examining the 18 sets of cables and cable anchors, then giving them the ...

"The bridge is safe, it's strong." There is an issue, however, with the 61 anchor pipes that connect the cables to the structure.

Inside the chamber, they've put a 20-foot length of bridge cable with their sensors embedded in it. "It's an exact replica of a 20-inch diameter cable," says Betti.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The engineering firm that designed the James B. Edwards Bridge over the Wando River on I-526 says only one of the bridge's support cables breaking wouldn't make the ...

The 140-foot long cable is the first of 96 — 12 on each of the eight towers on alternating sides — that, together with the 419-foot towers, will give the $3.9 billion bridge project its cable ...

"The main cables of the Golden Gate Bridge can't be replaced, they have to be periodically painted and cared for exterior paint is really what protects the 80,000 miles of wire inside the cables ...

When completed, the New NY Bridge will have eight traffic lanes and be the widest cable-stay in the world at a cost of approximately $3.9 billion. Its erection is long overdue.

ALTON — Workers were giving the Clark Bridge cables a close-up examination Tuesday on the deck of the Alton bridge. Using several different lifts to reach up high, workers were digging deep into ...