Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN’T resonance.
And I defer all arguments to the elocution of Profs. Billah and Scanlon: http://www.ketchum.org/billah/Billah-Scanlan.pdf
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The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy
Thursday, December 29th, 2011“Brooklyn Bridge Ride” – In A Brooklyn Minute
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011On Monday late afternoon I rode my bike across the Brooklyn Bridge and filmed it with a GoPro for you.
The result is nothing like I expected. So I let frustrations and happy accidents fall where they may and bring you a ride that almost looks like an “impressionist painting stop-animation” of biking across the Brooklyn Bridge.
View this complete post...San Francisco, CA: Bay Bridge Cable Animation
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011Animation of how the longest suspension cable in the world will be installed over the next few months on the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge. ZushaElinson1 on YouTube.
View this complete post...Spanish Fork, Utah: I-15 CORE New Spanish Fork Interchange
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011I-15 CORE is reconstructing the US-6 and Spanish Fork Main Street interchanges, combining them into a single interchange to improve traffic flow, accommodate future growth and enhance safety. Uploaded by UtahDOT on Youtube.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
This is the ninth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge, know as The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span bridge and was the world’s longest continuous over-water, steel bridge at the time of its opening in 1952. When: Construction […]
View this complete post...Westfield, MA: Great River Bridge Reopens
Thursday, December 1st, 2011The original Great River Bridge in Westfield, MA 01085 is re-opened December 1, 2011. — LesleyLambert on YouTube.
View this complete post...Crown Point, NY: Champlain Bridge Reopens
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Driving across the new Champlain Bridge November 9, 2011. The bridge opened on November 7th after being closed for two years. — TomMcMorris on YouTube
View this complete post...Missouri DOT Opens 319th Bridge
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Arizona DOT: Sand Jacks and False Work
Friday, November 25th, 2011Great American Infrastructure: The New River Gorge Bridge
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
This is the eighth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The New River Gorge Bridge, the world’s longest spanning, steel single-arch bridge. When: Construction was complete on the bridge on October 22, 1977. Why: The New River Gorge Bridge reduced a 40-minute drive down narrow mountain roads and […]
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