The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday called for urgent safety assessments of 68 bridges including iconic crossings like the Golden Gate Bridge, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Brooklyn ...

To determine which bridges have the most large-ship traffic, the team collected and mined six years of U.S. Coast Guard data—logs detailing the precise location, heading, speed, and status of ...

Among the bridges on the unassessed list is the same bridge whose collapse in 1980 spurred the development of the risk assessment standard — the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida.

The NTSB identified 68 other bridges in 19 states spanning waterways frequented by cargo ships that, like the Key Bridge, were built before 1991 and do not have a current vulnerability assessment.

All three bridges are considered to be in "fair" condition, according to recent surveys by both states. Repair work to the driving surface of the Astoria-Megler bridge is scheduled to start in 2026.

TRANSPORTATION Newport’s Pell Bridge begins vulnerability assessment, as recommended for dozens of US bridges after Baltimore collapse The bridge is among 68 nationwide — including Boston’s ...

Structural health monitoring is a proactive and technology-driven approach to safeguarding ageing infrastructure.

Meanwhile, bridges with lower risks – for instance, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island, New York, for which the assessment predicts a ship collision every 362 years – have longer ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The National Transportation Safety Board has now issued 4 urgent recommendations on bridges in Oregon and nationwide in the wake of the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the board wants bridge owners in 19 states to perform vulnerability assessments and determine the risk of catastrophic collapse from a vessel collision "and if ...