Extreme heat forced the metal of the Third Avenue Bridge linking Manhattan and the Bronx to expand and become stuck for several hours Monday afternoon — a phenomenon that increasingly threatens to ...

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The extreme heat has caused the Great Bridge Bridge in Chesapeake to malfunction again on Wednesday. The bridge’s metal parts expanded and overlapped, preventing the drawbridge from properly closing, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When highways buckle, the damage can happen quickly, putting drivers in danger and tying up traffic. AP Photo/David Goldman Summer ...

The highways, railways and bridges that keep economies and communities thriving were not built to withstand rising temperatures. How can we stop them from melting down? The extreme weather marking ten ...

Keywords: earthquakes, bridges, Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) factors, extreme hazard, multi-hazard, resilience Abstract: A bridge can fail for many reasons, including internal causes ...