What civil engineers are reading this week

• Timber bridge in Norway ‘built to last 100 years’ collapses after a decade

  Two people had to be rescued after the bridge in southern Norway collapsed into the river below it.

• ‘Gross negligence’: Popular Michigan river hit with 2nd chemical spill in 4 years

  The FBI and local officials probe the release of dangerous chemicals into the Huron River, which is popular for fishing and recreation and supplies drinking water to more than 100,000 people.

• Kentucky, Ohio seek federal aid for Brent Spence Bridge project

  The states' plan would address the second-worst truck bottleneck in the nation by building a companion bridge west of the Brent Spence Bridge and improving the current bridge.

• Lawsuit against Flint water engineers ends in mistrial

  A federal judge declared a mistrial after jurors could not reach a verdict over whether two engineering firms shared responsibility for the Flint, Michigan, water crisis.

• California proposes to extend life of last nuclear plant at cost of $1.4 billion

  Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said the nuclear plant is an important part of a clean energy transition.

• This carbon-neutral cement is the future of infrastructure

  Replacing limestone with microalgae could eliminate the 2 gigatons of carbon dioxide pumped annually into the atmosphere through traditional cement production.