Eads faced many obstacles when he built the first steel bridge in the world over the Mississippi River, none of which was more daunting than the sinking of the bridges' two piers and abutments to ...

The construction giant selected by Maryland officials to replace the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge recommended itself ... manager for a Connecticut pier project, according to a state audit.

A similar bridge on the West Pier has survived ... with a wooden walkway and steel frame.