The gusset plates had fallen off many of the truss ... had penetrated less than 20% of the thickness of the truss members. Had the roof system used a conventional “nailing” method, with ...

The connectors, called gusset plates, were roughly half the 1-inch ... The Minneapolis span was a steel-deck truss bridge that opened in 1967. Rosenker said it wasn’t clear how the design ...

When a roof collapse is anticipated ... The bottom chord of the truss, which is under tension is constantly pulling on the gusset plate connectors, the bottom chord consists of a number of two ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today issued a safety recommendation that addresses a design issue with the I-35W bridge that ...

But the hearing is focusing on what are known as U10 gusset plats — large connecting plates located over the main span of the river near their piers and located along the top of the steel truss ...

Investigators have found 16 fractured gusset plates from the center section of the steel-deck truss bridge, Rosenker said Tuesday at a news conference. “Basically, those 16 gusset plates were ...

Captain Cornette points out that the use of trusses secured with gusset plates can lead to early roof collapse in the event ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, was the inadequate load capacity, due ...

They connected to transverse-mounted floor trusses supporting the roadway. Dozens of flat gusset plates reinforced the steel joints where hundreds of vertical, horizontal, diagonal and cross beams ...

of Transportation officials shut down a 51-year old continuous steel deck truss arch bridge in Minnesota indefinitely after inspectors found bent gusset plates March 20. MnDOT officials say they ...

On bridges with a truss design, like the one in Minnesota and nearly 40 in Western New York, gusset plates provide a key support element. They are subject to aggressive state inspections because ...