When opened, the Rockville Stone Arch Bridge represented the zenith of American stone arch construction. This span is one of the longest (3,820 feet) and widest (52 feet) multiple stone arch bridges ...

Gebel el Qatani to Qasr El-Sagha, Egypt 29 37 24.2 N 30 38 40.4 E The Lake Moeris Quarry Road is recognized as the oldest surviving paved road in the world. Dating from the Old Kingdom period in Egypt ...

At the time of its construction, the Charleston-Hamburg Railroad was the world's longest railroad (136 miles). "I have just returned to Liverpool, having been at Newcastle, visited the railroads in ...

The San Antonio River Walk & Flood Control system has proven extremely successful in controlling San Antonio's devastating urban flooding problem. In addition, the engineering design pioneered the ...

Taken together, the 1940 and 1950 Tacoma Narrows bridges represent both tragedy and triumph for civil engineers. The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge failed dramatically in a windstorm on November 7, ...

ASCE’s Guidelines for Engineering Grades were created to help engineers and their employers recognize an engineer’s level of professional development and career advancement. The guidelines outline the ...

To found the mid-river piers of the Eads Bridge on solid rock, James B. Eads used the first large pneumatic caissons in the United States. Their sinking represented the deepest subaqueous construction ...

New York City built the first major rapid transit subway system in the United States. In the 19th century, New York City was a burgeoning industrial and commercial metropolis - the largest city in the ...

Are you an ASCE member interested in advocating for the profession, strengthening valuable leadership skills, and learning firsthand how policy is crafted on Capitol Hill? U.S. Representative Dina ...

Built in just eight months, the 2500 km(1570 miles) Alaska Highway was a significant feat of time-critical engineering and construction. Besides being completed much sooner than expected, it was the ...

Look at the future of engineering and infrastructure in a whole new way. ASCE2027 The Infrastructure and Engineering Experience is coming March 1-5 to Philadelphia.

The Zhaozhou Bridge, with a span of 37 meters, is the world's oldest open-spandrel arch bridge. Ancient Chinese literature refers to the Zhaozhou Bridge as a "crescent moon rising from the clouds" or ...