The extreme heat wave this week has forced the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge to close for a second day in a row, halting marine traffic into the nation’s highest-earning fishing port and forcing cars and trucks to avoid a main artery into the South Coast city. Starting on Tuesday as temperatures creeped above 100 degrees, the […]
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Crumbling bridges and sweet flavors: Warwick Ice Cream’s delicious take on Rhode Island’s infrastructure
When he first heard the news that state officials had condemned the Washington Bridge, Tom Bucci senior immediately thought: ice cream. “Crumbling bridge, sorta like crumbling ice cream,” he mused. On the spot, he came up with a name. Now he needed a flavor. The list of ingredients practically rattled off the tongue. “So, we […]
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MassDOT unveils early plan to replace New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge
During the day, traffic on the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge comes to a halt once an hour. The 120-year-old steel bridge slowly spins 90 degrees until it’s perpendicular to the road, opening up a pair of narrow channels on both sides for fishing boats and barges to squeeze through. Cars don’t start moving again until the […]
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Jon Bon Jovi helps talk a woman off the ledge of a bridge while filming a music video
Bon Jovi spotted a woman on the ledge of the pedestrian bridge where his crew was filming in Nashville late Tuesday. The singer and a team member helped her over the railing and back to safety.
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Barge hits bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island, causing oil to spill
The collision’s impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill.
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Collapsed Baltimore bridge span comes down with a boom
The detonation marked a major step in freeing the Dali, which has been stuck among the wreckage since it crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns shortly after leaving Baltimore on March 26.
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Concrete structures meant to protect Baltimore bridge appear unchanged for decades
Experts said if the Key Bridge had been fitted with more robust collision-prevention structures, the collapse might have been avoided. Records indicate the protections weren’t significantly altered.
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What we know and don’t know about Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse
Rescue efforts have turned to recovery after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A federal investigation is underway as the region braces for a long and costly reconstruction.
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The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore collapses, 6 feared dead
A Baltimore bridge serving as a vital highway artery collapsed early Tuesday after a nearly 1,000-foot-long container ship crashed into it, sending several people into the frigid water below.
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The Seekonk River Bridge
The Public’s Radio’s podcast, Mosaic, has a series of community essays. This one is called “The Seekonk River Bridge” by Marissa Gallerani, a writer who lives in Providence. The first time I saw the Seekonk River Bridge was on a hot afternoon in July of 2020. I had just moved to Providence after 5 years […]
