The bench is a 7-ft.-long by 2-ft.-deep mini-replica of the much-larger 782-ft.-long bridge. It is made from 2- by 2-in.

The bridge is the largest of its kind, with the bascule span 39.5m (130ft) long, 22m (72ft) wide and 35m (115ft) tall. It will sit clear of the highest tide by 12m (39ft) and the J-beams will be ...

A proposed rendering of the Long Bridge project — adding a fourth rail track across the Potomac River and doubling passenger rail capacity. (Courtesy Virginia Passenger Rail Authority ...

At the award ceremony that evening, Ma Long, Chinese table tennis player, was awarded the Outstanding Sporting Career Award. As the first table tennis player to receive the ANOC Outstanding ...

Why it matters: The Long Bridge project aims to fix what's become one of the biggest railway bottlenecking moments on the East Coast. Driving the news: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary ...

Take a piece of rope (about five feet long), and have a partner ... Recently, in Boston, Massachusetts, a cable-stayed design was selected for a new bridge across the Charles River—even though ...

The groundbreaking was for a new Long Bridge that will be built next to the current Long Bridge over the Potomac. The current bridge is 120 years old, and both passenger and freight trains have to ...

In an all-China gold medal match in men's table tennis singles that featured the tournament's top two seeds, Ma Long topped No. 1 Fan Zhendong in six games to defend his gold medal from Rio in 2016.

FIVE AT FIVE. NEW ON FIVE. THE CAPE COD BRIDGES BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT RIGHT NOW, FUNDING IS MORE PROMISING FOR ONE OF THEM THAN THE OTHER. OUR POLITICAL REPORTER SHARMAN SACCHETTI IN THE ...

Chinese table tennis icon Ma Long (C) receives the ANOC award for Outstanding Sporting Career Award during the awarding ceremony of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC ...

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the investment into the bridge is “long overdue.” “(This) is a game changer for thousands of riders who pass through North Station every day, and it will make ...