Engineers are scrutinizing a St. Peter bridge that’s one of seven truss bridges around the state that has the type of gusset plates fingered in a preliminary report as a possible cause of the I-35W ...

Through the use of face-to-face gusset plates welded to the column, the greater part of the vertical load is carried by the gusset plates. "Experience has shown that the practice of welding the beam's ...

Concerns shut down DeSoto Bridge. With the Interstate 35W bridge collapse of August 1 fresh on their minds, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation officials shut down a 51-year old continuous steel deck ...