June 12, 2005
February 18, 2005
A Bridge Too Fat
This article in the New York Times wonderfully describes the rejuvenation of the Bronx Whitestone Bridge.... Read more
January 14, 2005
World City Photos
The World City Photos project has a beautiful photograph of Lisbon's rooftops (copy here. Many stunning user-contributed photographs of landmarks around the world. Add to this the amazing public-domain repository of the US Geological Survey and you're in photo heaven.... Read more
December 14, 2004
On {time,budget,spec}
The Millau viaduct opened today, exciting much comment: The bridge's construction costs amount to 300 million euros, with a toll plaza 6 km north of the viaduct costing an additional 20 million euros. The project required about 127,000 m2... Read more
November 22, 2004
G-Cans
The G-cans project in (or underneath, to be precise) Tokyo doubles as a tourist attraction; its design intends to prevent rainy-season flooding in the city.... Read more
November 20, 2004
October 11, 2004
September 19, 2004
Ivan the Terrible
Hurricane rains hit Pittsburgh yesterday:... Read more
September 18, 2004
Path Between the Seas
Reading the grueling story of the Panama Canal, as told through David McCollough's Path Between the Seas.... Read more
September 10, 2004
September 09, 2004
See span? See span fall.
MoDOT brought traffic on the Mississippi to a halt by demolishing a bridge into the river. The plan called for destroying a single approach, not the whole bridge.... Read more
August 15, 2004
Closing the Gateway to Homestead?
"Every building in Pittsburgh can be identified by its relationship to a bridge ... " begins this article on Chiodo's Tavern, at the end of the Homestead High-Level Bridge. Chiodo's is closing.... Read more
