The devices are made from fiber-reinforced concrete. Their triangular shape, weight, and size are designed to absorb wave energy during storms to protect the fishing pier access road from erosion.

"We don't know just what the fix is going to be. It could be a replacement of the whole pier." The bridge piers are part of I-279 and I-579 that opened in 1989.

What’s important about the concrete bridge is what it doesn’t have. Using a building technique inspired by ancient masonry, the bridge requires neither steel reinforcements, binding mortar ...

The bridge piers are part of I-279 and I-579 that opened in 1989. Zang says that PennDOT is looking at a number of others piers but says they're not seeking cracks on others like the one that was ...

On Tuesday, work will begin to remove the existing concrete sidewalks on the bridge connecting the Santa Monica Pier to Ocean Avenue to provide a wider, single pedestrian walkway on the north side ...

Concrete is one of the world’s biggest carbon emitters, but a few bridge-builders hope to change that—by reusing it. Rahul Rao Oct 18, 2021 1:00 PM EDT ...

A two-day concrete pour began Friday night on the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge in Cape Girardeau, as concrete trucks began rolling across the old Mississippi River bridge with their loads. A total ...

There is a problem with some of the concrete on one of the new Liberty Memorial Bridge's piers, but engineers say it poses no threat to the pier's structural integrity.