CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two 13,000-pound trusses, resurrected from the charred ruins of a wooden bridge in New Hampshire, surely must be among the largest research specimens at Case Western Reserve ...

The bridges of the Thailand-Burma Railway were a throwback to bridges along 19th century American railroad lines, which were made almost entirely of timber. While it may be surprising that wood has ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two 13,000-pound trusses, resurrected from the charred ruins of a wooden bridge, are heading home to New Hampshire after spending more than two years at Case Western Reserve ...

A new analysis could help architects and builders reduce the carbon footprint of truss structures, the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings. Buildings are a big contributor ...

Research at the University of Minnesota-Duluth may change the way timber bridges are maintained in Minnesota. The Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) at UMD developed and field tested new ...

No Hunterdon County locale made Preservation New Jersey's list of 10 most endangered historic sites in 2013. But efforts to save and restore buildings and structures named by the group in past years ...

SCIO — In July, two large cranes lifted 57 tons of timber trusses from the Gilkey Covered Bridge and gently placed the huge wooden beams onto Goar Road.

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