The Zhaozhou Bridge, with a span of 37 meters, is the world's oldest open-spandrel arch bridge. Ancient Chinese literature refers to the Zhaozhou Bridge as a "crescent moon rising from the clouds" or ...

ASCE Bridge Designer, Cloud Edition is the newest version of a free, open source application available since 2002. Millions have used it to learn basics of engineering design. Along with other ...

The site for Salmon Creek Dam project was the brainchild of Bartlett Lee Thane, a brilliant 1898 mining engineering graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. By 1912 Thane had gained control ...

Jason Dixson Photography Carol Haddock officially takes on the mantle of ASCE president. The word of the day? Together. Carol Haddock accepted the gavel as ASCE 2027 president at the annual business ...

A steel through-arch, multi-modal structure, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was the second longest span (503 m) of its type when completed. The bridge is now an international symbol of Australia and her ...

When built, the Tunkhannock Viaduct, a reinforced concrete structure, was the largest of its kind. This majestic viaduct was built during the golden age of railroading. It was at the western end of a ...

The 11th Forensic Engineering Congress will focus on the collaborations between engineers, architects, owners and operators, and insurance and business interests, and how they work together to ...

ASCE has partnered with the American Wood Council (AWC), APA - The Engineered Wood Association (APA), and Simpson Strong-Tie (SST) to pilot the Timber-Strong Design Build℠ (TSDB℠) Competition. The ...

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The Klamath River flows freely at the former Copco No. 1 dam site. (Image courtesy of Swiftwater Films) Copco No. 1, a concrete gravity arch dam, was the oldest of the four dams removed, having ...

PTAP Aerial Nearly 17,000 U.S. dams are classified as high-hazard potential, including the Conowingo Dam in Maryland. Built on the Lower Susquehanna River and opened in 1928, the hydropower facility ...

ASCE released its 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure this week. The cumulative GPA for America’s infrastructure was a C, the highest mark since ASCE started releasing report cards in 1998.