A natural phenomenon rather than a design fault caused London's Millennium Bridge to wobble and sway, forcing its closure just two days after opening in 2000. The elegant pedestrian walkway was ...

On its opening day, the London Millennium Bridge experienced unexpected swaying due to the large number of people crossing it. A new study finally explains the Millennium Bridge 'wobble' by looking at ...

About 2,000 volunteers braved rainy weather on Wednesday night to walk across a foot bridge over the Thames River that was closed soon after opening because it wobbled too much. Led by Southwark Mayor ...

In 2000, the London Millennium Bridge began to sway on its opening day as thousands of pedestrians crossed it and the $32 million bridge had to be closed. In 2003, the Clifton Suspension Bridge in ...

Some bridges could really put a swing in your step. Crowds walking on a bridge can cause it to sway — sometimes dangerously. Using improved simulations to represent how people walk, scientists have ...

When London’s Millennium Footbridge opened 18 years ago, the 1,066-foot span swayed so badly it was closed almost immediately. Ever since, engineers who study human locomotion have puzzled over a ...

Walking across a wobbly bridge can make even the most stoic among us get a bit panicky. But not all bridges wobble, and scientists have long puzzled over why. Now, reports Aylin Woodward at New ...

image: The dangerous wobbling of pedestrian bridges could be reduced by using biomechanically inspired models of pedestrian response to bridge motion and a mathematical formula to estimate the ...