Why wooden bridges still have a place despite upkeep challenges
From quaint beginnings as log crossings to sophisticated structures of modern transportation, timber bridges are interwoven ...
PBS3y
Moving a Wooden Covered Bridge
A team scrambles to move the 100-ton Old Blenheim Bridge—rebuilt after being destroyed by Hurricane Irene in 2011—as the creek beneath it rapidly rises. Loose roadway buckles under the bridge ...
The Daily Star21d
Residents suffer due to dilapidated wooden bridge
A wooden bridge over Chitra river on Kolkolia-Maerkhali route in Bagerhat's Fakirhat upazila has long been in a dilapidated state, causing sufferings to thousands of local residents, including ...
The Daily Star19d
Fed up locals construct 185 feet wooden bridge
In a voluntary initiative, local people have recently constructed an 185 feet long wooden bridge over Chullar Khal, a canal in Mymensingh's Bhaluka upazila. The locals said they took up the ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation6d
Why wooden bridges still have a place despite upkeep challenges
From quaint beginnings as log crossings to sophisticated structures ... an engineer says there is still a place for clever uses of wood. Bridge Design Standards AS5100 chair John A.