Covered
Bridges
Kentucky
Covered Bridges
URL: http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/CoveredBridges/
Photographs and brief descriptions of covered bridges
in Kentucky, prepared by the University of Kentucky.
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National
Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program
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URL: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/covered.htm
Vermont's
Covered Bridges (Virtual Vermont)
URL: http://www.virtualvermont.com/coveredbridge/index.html
Photographs and brief descriptions of every covered
bridge in Vermont. [12/06]
Suspension
Bridges
American
Memory Collection: Wheeling Suspension Bridge
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(WV0117))
Photos, drawings, and datas on one of the oldest bridges
in America. [10/06]
Suspension
Bridge: Articles about the Wheeling Suspension Bridge
URL: http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/history/landmark/bridges/SUSP/index.htm
Links to articles about the Wheeling Suspension Bridge
compiled by the Ohio County (West Virginia) Public Library
staff. Designed by Charles Ellet, this bridge is one
of the first suspension bridges built in America. [11/07]
Tunnels
The Big Dig
URL: http://www.masspike.com/bigdig/index.html
The "Big Dig" project in Boston is described in detail.
Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Boston, MA, the Massachusetts
Turnpike Authority. [12/06]
The
Crossings of Metro New York:
Your Gateway to New York's Bridges and Tunnels
URL: http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/
Site includes photographs, design drawings, and histories
of New York's bridges as well as dimensions and statistics.
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Norwegian Submerged
Floating Tunnel Co.
URL: http://www.nsft.no/
Information on and images of this company's concept
of a pontoon-like, submerged floating tunnel. Includes
research, papers, projects, and descriptions of the
technology and benefits of such a structure. [12/06]
Port
Authority of NY and NJ: Tunnels, Bridges, and Terminals
URL: http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/bridges/html/index.html
A photo gallery on the building of the George Washington
Bridge. [12/06]
American
Bridges
American
Memory Collection: Built in America
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/index.html
Enter the word Bridges in the "Search
this collection" box to view thousands of documents
and images related to American Bridges. The Library
of Congress Collection. [12/06]
Bailey
Bridge (Bailey Bridges, Inc.)
URL: http://www.baileybridge.com/index.html
Description and historical information on the prefabricated
Bailey bridges that were used during World War II. [02/09]
Boston
Roads
URL: http://www.bostonroads.com/
Extensive history and maps of roads and bridges in Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. Links to similar
sites by the same author across the United States. A
personal site of Steve Anderson, avid road and bridge
historian. [04/09]
Bridges and
Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
URL: http://pghbridges.com/
Information on bridges and tunnels in the area listed
by location, design, name, and use. Also, articles on
bridges, bridge basics, regional maps, and terminology.
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Bridges
of Metropolitan Cleveland:
Past and Present by Sara Ruth Watson & John R. Wolfs
URL: http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/bmc/
"This is a new, World Wide Web edition of a book by
Sara Ruth Watson, Ph.D., and John R. Wolfs, P.E., originally
published in 1981 by the authors with support from many
patrons and sponsors. This edition contains all the
information and images found in the book, along with
some enhancements developed to aid in navigating this
site." [12/06]
Bridges
Over Niagara Falls: a history and pictorial
URL: http://www.iaw.com/~falls/bridges.html
Pictures and descriptions of bridges over Niagara Falls,
including brief biographies of some of their engineers
and bridge designers. [12/06]
Caltrans:
Bridges
URL: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/CHPC/historylinks.html#BrNCa
From the Department of Transportation for California,
aka Caltrans, this site includes links
to the history of numerous bridges in California. Also
includes general information on bridges and constructions
information. [12/06]
The
Crossings of Metro New York:
Your Gateway to New York's Bridges and Tunnels
URL: http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/
Site includes photographs, design drawings, and histories
of New York's bridges as well as dimensions and statistics.
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Historic
Bridges of Oregon
URL: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/GEOENVIRONMENTAL/historic_bridges1.shtml
Photos, descriptions of historic bridges throughout
Oregon. State of Oregon. [10/06]
John
A. Roebling's Sons Co.
URL: http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/main.html
Site of the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge and inventor
of wire rope that includes descriptions and photographs
of the following bridges: Allegheny Aqueduct, Allegheny,
Brooklyn, Cincinnati-Covington, George Washington, Golden
Gate, Niagara Falls, and Williamsburg. [12/06]
Notable
Modern Bridges
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001342.html
List of the longest bridge spans in the United States
and in the world, organized by type of bridge and length
of span. Infoplease.com. [12/06]
Tacoma
Narrows Bridge
URL: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/default.htm
A history of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Washington.
Why the bridges were built, how they were built, why
they were designed the way they were, and who were the
people involved? [12/06]
The
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco:
Associated Oil Company’s Bridge Construction Folios
URL: http://www.sfmuseum.org/assoc/bridge00.html
"San Francisco’s Associated Oil Company commissioned
a series of pictorial folders to record the construction
progress of the Golden Gate, and San Francisco-Oakland
bridge projects, beginning in 1934. There are three
photographs of each bridge." This website includes photographs
and commentary on the construction of the Golden Gate
and San Francisco-Oakland bridge projects. [12/06]
International
Bridges
Bridges/Ponts
(Paris by the Water)
URL: http://pariswater.com/ponts/
Images and descriptions of the many bridges across the
Seine River of Paris. [12/06]
Bridges
in Italy
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bridges_in_Italy
Listing of some bridges in Italy. Note that Wikipedia
information should be verified. [12/06]
Santiago
Calatrava
URL: http://www.calatrava.com/
Information about the bridge designs of Santiago Calatrava
includes photographs, design drawings and sketches, essays,
and written descriptions of design projects that also
include public buildings, sculpture, furniture, and foldable
structures. [12/06]
Structural
Design and Construction of Bridges
Bridge
Building Art and Science
URL: http://www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
"Here you can find photographs, diagrams and explanations
of the basic types of bridges. You can also see how these
types are related to each other. There are pages of links
to many other web-sites about bridges, including some
about building models. You can download several computer
programs about bridge behaviour and bridge models." [12/06]
BridgePros.com
URL: http://www.bridgepros.com/
Dedicated to the engineering, history, and construction
of bridges, "BridgePros offers specific project updates,
links to other bridge sites, employment classified listings
& a learning center." Also includes bridge news features
on home page. [12/06]
Bridge
Technology (U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Highways Administration Office of Bridge Technology)
URL: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/
Searchable database of bridge building standards and links
to information on bridge engineering. [12/06]
Structurae:
International Database and Gallery of Structures
URL: http://en.structurae.de/
Database can be browsed by name, structural type, function,
construction method, geographical location, or year of
completion. Information for each bridge also includes
photographs, function, location, dimensions, materials,
links, and bibliography. [12/06]
Periodicals -
none available at this time [09/07]
Bridge
Construction and Engineering
URL: http://architecture.about.com/od/bridgegallery/
About.com has a nicely organized page of links on bridges.
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BridgeSite.com
URL: http://www.bridgesite.com/
Site includes links to related associations, other sites,
government agencies, design software, photo galleries,
products and manufacturers. It also includes special
features such as industry events, bookstore, free software,
discussion forums, and Bridge Engineering Newsletter. [12/06]
Earthquake
Engineering Research Center (EERC)
URL: http://eerc.berkeley.edu/
"The Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC) is
the organized research unit of the University of California,
Berkeley that provides support for multidisciplinary
research in earthquake engineering." Site includes links
to engineering information about earthquake research.
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How
Bridges Work
URL: http://science.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm
Basic descriptions of a variety of types of bridges
including links to related sources on engineering and
bridge-building materials. [10/06]
Turner-Fairbank
Highway Research Center
URL: http://www.tfhrc.gov/structur/structre.htm
The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
is a federally owned and operated research facility
in McLean, Virginia. Under the "Related Research" section,
there is a section on bridges with links to information
on testing, painting, structural engineering, and aerodynamics.
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TRIS
Online -- Transportation Research Information Services
Database
URL: http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/index.do
TRIS Online is an index to scholarly and technical articles
on transportation issues including bridges - their impact
and design. TRIS is primarily an index, so most articles
will not be available full text. Contact the NEIT Reference
Librarian for help in obtaining articles. U.
S. Department of Transportation. [10/06]
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