Currently, MDTA says that the design and condition of the Bay Bridge's pier protection complies with its federal permit, and bridges that comply with their federal permit in the United States do ...

For long-term protection, the MDTA is considering installing dolphins – structures in the water designed to stop vessels from hitting the bridge – and pier fenders that would absorb impact.

Eads faced many obstacles when he built the first steel bridge in the world over the Mississippi River, none of which was more daunting than the sinking of the bridges' two piers and abutments to ...

In the longer term, the department said it might implement physical protection measures such as dolphins — circular structures built near bridge piers that serve as bumpers — and other types ...

In the 238-page Federal Highways Administration report used in the docket related to NTSB’s report, the Pell Bridge (East Passage Narragansett Bay) is identified as not having pier protection ...

THE WORK INCLUDED DATA ON VESSEL TRAFFIC THAT PASSES UNDER THE BRIDGE, VESSEL TRANSIT SPEEDS, VESSEL LOADING CHARACTERISTICS, WATERWAY GEOGRAPHY, WATER DEPTHS, PIER PROTECTION SYSTEMS, BRIDGE ...

Built by Amtrak and owned by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ... construction of the new bridge underway, the Ferry Landing Pier/Boardwalk is now closed ...

The preliminary report offers the first explanation of the problems that led to the Dali container ship’s destruction of the ...