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Note: The pages are no longer being updated Joseph MacDonnell, Mathematics Department of Fairfield University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/
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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