Of all the miracles of engineering, I am most impressed by suspension bridges. Instead of being held up from the bottom, they are suspended from the top, as if they were floating in the air. The ...

A suspension bridge's cables are beautiful to look at, but they also enable the bridge to cross large spans. Make a model suspension bridge to see how it works. After you test the strength of the beam ...

A long-delayed and debated bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily cleared a major hurdle Wednesday, allowing work to begin on what would be the world's longest suspension bridge, despite ...