OAKLAND — Bay Area transportation officials grilled Caltrans on Wednesday morning for answers to why nearly three dozen threaded steel rods — 9 to 24 feet long — on the new eastern span of the Bay ...

OAKLAND, Calif. Transportation officials are investigating why nearly three dozen threaded steel rods on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge snapped when workers tightened the ...

A connecting rod is the mechanical link between the piston and the crankshaft. By design, connecting rods convert vertical motion into rotary motion, eventually yielding torque at the flywheel. By ...

Some of the most vulnerable and integral cable sections and rods on the new $6.5 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge are rusting. The bridge suspension span and iconic tower rely on an unusual ...

One of the most important decisions youll make when building your next engine is what rods to use. Whether its a slightly warmed-over stock rebuild or an all-out strip-stormer, any time you increase ...