Inspectors in Massachusetts are evaluating bridges. Their effort follows a call by federal officials for states to examine structures similar to the truss bridge that recently collapsed in ...

Aging bridges across the U.S. are deteriorating, with Massachusetts ranking among the states with the most in poor condition.

By the numbers MassDOT's database is frequently updated, but as of Thursday, approximately 9% of the 8,146 bridges and culverts are considered to be in "poor" condition or, under older terminology ...

This bridge in Millbury is one of the many bridges in Massachusetts that go over water. 5 Investigates got a behind-the-scenes look at how these missions are carried out.

The Army Corps of Engineers currently owns and maintains the bridges, which officials say are structurally deficient, functionally obsolete, and nearing the end of their usable life. The corps has ...

“This is a game-changing award for Massachusetts,” Healey said in a statement. “We’ve never been closer to rebuilding the Cape Cod Bridges than we are right now.

Both bridges are around 90-years-old, require frequent maintenance and lag far behind the current transit needs of the area, leading to major traffic and travel barriers in the area.

Currently, the Two Bridges area contains a six-story storage facility, a sports field, a pier and apartment buildings of varying sizes—the tallest is 26 stories. The zoning of the area with the ...

Dozens of aging bridges in 16 states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts, will be replaced or improved with the help of $5 billion in federal grants.

Massachusetts launched the Accelerated Bridge Program in 2008 and over the course of a decade that effort cut the number of structurally deficient bridges to 445, but the numbers are growing in ...