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University of Florida bridge building team wins fourth consecutive national title
The University of Florida’s Eckhoff Steel Bridge team on June 1 won an unprecedented fourth consecutive title at the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2024 Student Steel Bridge ...
Miami Herald2y
What’s happened since the bridge collapsed at FIU, killing six? Here’s a timeline
Alexa Duran, the 18-year-old Florida International University student killed ... meetings in Sweetwater to share the new bridge design, a standard steel structure without the novel design of ...
CBS News7y
Florida bridge collapse: Design change put project behind schedule, millions over budget
Difficulties began in late 2016, when the Florida ... the tower after the bridge's initial design invited errors. Henry Petroski, a professor of civil engineering at Duke University and a leading ...
Dallas Morning News7y
6 dead, at least 10 injured after bridge collapses at Florida university
A newly constructed bridge at Florida International University collapsed Thursday, trapping people and vehicles underneath. At least six people are dead and at least 10 others were injured and ...
Los Angeles Times7y
At least 4 people killed as pedestrian bridge collapses at Florida university
Reporting from Miami — Just five days after it was installed, but not yet open to the public, a 950-ton pedestrian bridge at Miami’s Florida International University collapsed onto a busy ...
CBS News7y
At least 6 dead in bridge collapse at Florida International University
SWEETWATER, Fla. --A newly installed pedestrian bridge connecting the campus of Florida International University (FIU) with the city of Sweetwater west of Miami collapsed Thursday, crushing ...