Fragility of Infrastructure Highlighted Again After Baltimore Bridge Collapse
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MARCH 29, 2024
More modern designs use beefy fenders to guide ships away from support columns, groups of pilings called “dolphins” that function as safety rings around bridge foundations or mounds of rock and earth to protect the bases of bridges. According to the Federal Highway Administration, there are more than 16,800 such spans in the U.S.
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