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Bridges

Bridge Design and Construction

BUILDING BIG: All about Bridges The home page for the Bridges section of Building Big, the PBS special
BUILDING BIG: Bridge Basics Types of bridges
Glossary of Engineering Words
This Web site was produced for  PBS Online by  WGBH.
Web site © 2000-2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.

Bridge Basics - A Spotter's Guide to Bridge Design
Examples of spans, trusses, arches, and girders. Well designed and clearly explained.
Bridges and Tunnels of Alleghgeny County and Pittsburgh, PA - Terminology - Bridge
Lists of terms specific to bridges
Copyright Bruce S. Cridlebaugh for pghbridges.com, the bridges and tunnels of Alegheny County and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
http://pghbridges.com/basics.htm

Geometry of Bridge Construction
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm
Note: The pages are no longer being updated Joseph MacDonnell, Mathematics Department of Fairfield University

Modern Bridge Design
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0857019.html

How Bridges Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm

Mega Site about Bridges
http://www.42explore.com/bridge.htm

Bridge Building Materials
http://www.nireland.com/bridgeman/Bridging%20Materials.htm

Famous Bridges

Famous Bridges
http://www.famousbridge.com/

(More) Famous Bridges
http://www.tburg.k12.ny.us/ms/mslibrary/famous_bridges.htm

About Bridges (including Famous Bridges)
http://www.nireland.com/bridgeman/

Famous Bridges of the World
http://www.civl.port.ac.uk/comp_prog/bridges1/

More Bridges of the World: Color Images
http://www.hevanet.com/bridgink/

Specific Bridges
Building Big: Databank: Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/akashi_kaikyo.html

Bridges and Tunnel Project operated by Danish State Railways - Railway Technology
http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/denmark/

History of the Brooklyn Bridge - John and Washington Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
http://history1800s.about.com/od/bridgebuilding/a/brooklynbrid01.htm

Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel -- History
http://www.cbbt.com/history.html

Clifton Suspension Bridge
http://www.clifton-suspension-bridge.org.uk/

Building Big: Databank: Firth of Forth Bridge
[Link]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/firth_of_forth.html

George Washington Bridge (I-95, US1 and US 9)
http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/george-washington/

Golden Gate Bridge History - Brief Golden Gate Bridge History
http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/sanfrancisco/a/ggbridge_4.htm

The Humber Bridge Board - Explore the Bridge - Construction History
http://www.humberbridge.co.uk/explore.php

Messina Straits Bridge, Sicily - Road Traffic Technology
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/messina/

Official Website - The Millau Viaduct: Construction - History
http://www.leviaducdemillau.com/english/divers/construction-histoire.html

Le Pont de Normandie Bridge
http://bridgepros.com/projects/LePontde%20Normandie/LePontdeNormandie.htm

Sagamore Bridge (US 6)
http://www.bostonroads.com/crossings/sagamore/

Sundial Bridge: Turtle Bay Exploration Park: Human. Nature. | Redding, CA
http://www.turtlebay.org/sundialbridge

Sydney Harbor Bridge Information
http://www.sydneyharbourbridge.info/

Tappan Zee Bridge (I-87 and I-287)
http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/tappan-zee/

Tower Bridge Exhibition
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/TBE/EN/BridgeHistory/

Hong Kong Bridge. Tsing Ma Bridge Facts and Pictures of the very fascinating structure.
http://www.longest-bridges.com/tsing-ma-bridge.html

Verrazano Bridge, Verrazano Narrow Bridge, History of Verrazano Narrows Bridge
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-york/nyc/verrazano-bridge

WSDOT - Tacoma Narrows Bridge: Extreme History
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tnbhistory/

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