During their first unit in the school’s Discovery Lab, John Lewis Childs School fifth graders are learning about bridges. Working in groups, the students create truss bridges out of connector strips.

OLYMPIA, WA - The Washington State Department of Transportation is considering a program to raise the clearance height of some steel truss bridges built from the late 1940's to the early 1960's. There ...

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Seattle inspectors checked two steel-truss bridges after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, and Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday asked for a quick report on all of the state's 3,000 bridges. The ...