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Officials said there were three people on board the single-engine plane when it lost power and crashed, hitting a vehicle with three people inside.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says the bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh last week showed deterioration during a September inspection that wasn’t bad enough to require its closure.

President Joe Biden met Friday with first responders in Pittsburgh at the site of a bridge that collapsed earlier that day. After learning that a passerby helped rescue motorists who were trapped in their car, Biden said, “It really is [a miracle]— it’s astounding.”

A suspension bridge in Chile partially collapsed when a truck carrying logs tried crossing it.

An 18-year-old pilot flying a banner-pulling plane landed his plane safely on a Jersey Shore bridge after experiencing engine trouble, police said. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has more details on the miracle landing.

A transportation official says repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee could take months after a crack was found in the span.

The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened in Portugal.

UNESCO World Heritage sites are, in principle, on the list forever, but failure to comply with conservation protocols can result in being “delisted.”

Engineers floated a bridge down the Ohio River to Wellsburg, W. Va., in an effort that’s being hailed as historic.

Daytona Beach Police are looking for the person who zoomed through a drawbridge crossing arm as it opened up and rose into the air.

A highway construction trade association is against a state plan to toll up to nine major bridges around Pennsylvania in need of repairs, although Gov. Tom Wolf’s top transportation official disputes its criticisms.

Fire crews are battling a fire after a train derailment and bridge collapse in Tempe, Arizona.

Video shows a tanker truck driving through a group of protesters on the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis.

College freshman Alexa Duran died Thursday in the Miami bridge collapse, officials have confirmed. Duran was killed as she was driving home from a doctor’s appointment and the bridge collapsed on top of her car. Her friend Richard Humble was in the passenger’s seat and survived.

A video of a 16-year-old boy and his classmates erupting in joy when they learn he was accepted to Harvard University is drawing millions of views online. Ayrton Little posted the clip on Twitter Tuesday with a comment saying, “All the hard work was worth it.” It has since been viewed more than 5 million times.

Two Philadelphia landmarks lit up Saturday night in honor of fallen firefighters.

A bridge replacement will close a long section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeastern Extension later this month, a project likely to have a ripple effect on traffic in the region.

A psychiatric nurse has started an online petition asking the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to add fencing to a bridge that has been used by people who jumped to their deaths.

Officials say the iconic “Trenton Makes The World Takes” letters on the Lower Trenton Bridge are getting new LED lights that can change color for special events.