A cruise to Alaska is one of the best ways to visit many parts of the 49th state, including the Inside Passage and the southeastern port towns of Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway. You can also see ...

Germany’s reputation for efficiency is taking a hit from crumbling concrete. Cracks and collapses are also a risk to its economy, Europe’s biggest.

China is known for constructing some of the most awe-inspiring projects across the world, and it’s not stopping anytime soon. The country is working on an incredible bridge that will become the ...

A nearly 100-year-old bridge near East Berlin was closed for emergency repairs after PennDOT announced structural concerns ...

There are some infrastructure projects that take your breath away. From the tallest buildings to the longest roads, there’s something about huge structures that fascinates people. One of them is ...

The World Bank's Land 2030 Global Partnership assists developing countries in achieving land tenure security for all. Land is at the center of many significant development challenges. Land and ...

The world’s top ten richest got a collective $157 billion poorer during the month of March, their fortunes dragged down by tumbling U.S. stocks amid uncertainty about the impact of the Trump ...

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence ...

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Hammersmith Bridge, which survived three IRA attacks, is one of the world's oldest mechanical suspension bridges and Grade-II listed. Designed by the noted 19th century civil engineer, Sir Joseph ...