In Rwanda, there are two seasons: wet and dry. In the wet seasons, rivers can become life threatening. In Ruhango, the Rurumanza River connects two districts with a market on one side and a school on ...

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In Alberta, Canada, an eye-catching bridge is helping animals safely cross one of the province's busiest highways — and it's changing how people think about road design and conservation. Nestled ...

Five years ago, a team of students from Cornell Engineers Without Borders decided to build a bridge in Bolivia. What had started as a trip to assess the water sanitation quality in Calcha, a small ...

Aging infrastructure is a major issue in the U.S. with nearly 50 percent of bridges considered in poor condition—nearly 12 percent are over 80 years old; 42 percent are over 50. Many have high volumes ...

A demolition crew removes a slab of concrete from the remaining portions of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)(AP/Stephanie ...

Many famous engineers have constructed epic bridges, from ones that appear to defy gravity to feats of engineering that can survive earthquakes or worse. Not all of them are indestructible, but ...

EVERETT — It’ll only take a few seconds to drive across the Edgewater Bridge between Everett and Mukilteo once it’s built. Getting to that point, however, requires tearing down the nearly 80-year-old ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Teamwork makes the dream work. That’s the case with the students’ part of the Engineers Without Borders University of South Carolina Chapter, as they’re building a new walking ...