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Climate change poses a potentially devastating threat to the nation’s bridges, with a PLOS ONE article recently predicting the collapse of one in four US bridges as a result of extreme temperatures by 2050. This summer – Earth’s hottest ever – heat waves blanketed the tri-state area, wreaking havoc on New York City’s Third Avenue Bridge, by keeping it stuck in open position on a scorching August day.
Industry, government agency, academic leaders, and graduate students attended “Paving the Way to Meet the Future of Transportation Infrastructure,” a daylong symposium organized by the School of Engineering, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation.