A fan blog devoted to bridges, dams, infrastructure, and the awesomeness of the built environment.
Grand Coulee Dam memorial found in Colville
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/may/25/forgotten-sacrifices-grand-coulee-dam-memorial-fou
The Incredible Colorado River Aquaduct
Under Lake Mead
Highway 1 is still sliding into the ocean
Caltrans has closed the bridge in the heart of Big Sur Village to vehicle traffic after it was discovered that one of the columns holding the bridge up is cracked due to erosion.
Oroville Dam Spillway grows a sinkhole
DWR investigates concrete erosion at Oroville Dam (KCRA3-TV)
1964 flood – John Day Bridge
Coming soon, the Boulder City Bypass
Imagining the stadiums of the future
Video by WIRED Magazine. Featuring architects and designers from POPULOUS, the design firm responsible for most of the great new stadiums of the last 20 years.
Making the country’s biggest arch bridge even bigger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5I6lFFXRU
Would you live downstream of a dam that looked like this?
Woodlake Dam has a problem. Battered by hurricanes, the spillway is damaged with several large breaches, and the inside of the earthfill is riddled with voids. State Orders Breaching of Woodlake Dam
Would you live in a highrise that was slowly tipping over?
For the record, there has never been a catastrophic failure by overturning of a high rise building. With the possible exception of the WTC towers on 9/11, no skyscraper has ever fallen over in an uncontrolled manner. But there could always be a first time. Enter the...