Morning Call PA

Route 378 bridge spans need different sizes of support

Q: I’ve noticed something unusual about the Route 378 overpass across Route 22. The girders at one end of the bridge are thicker (deeper?) than the girders at the other end. It seems that the three ...
Ars Technica

Rebuilding my house... how to span a 10m open plan room with small beams?

My big goal for this year is to rebuild my house (foundations upto and including the roof). But I'm having some trouble due to space constraints of my plot and really insane building regs (e.g. doors ...
Morning Call PA

Route 378 bridge spans need different sizes of support ** Larger beams for bigger sections were cost-effective.

Q: I’ve noticed something unusual about the Route 378 overpass across Route 22. The girders at one end of the bridge are thicker (deeper?) than the girders at the other end. … It seems that the three ...
KWWL

First beams for new Park Avenue bridge arrive in Downtown Waterloo

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL)- The first new 120-foot-long beams for the initial spans of the Park Avenue bridge arrived in Waterloo Thursday morning. It came in on a large truck and caused some traffic ...