LinksDownloads  and  Books

27th October 2000

Downloads

Download  Bridges  Information  in  Lotus 1-2-3  Format

Download  Bridges  Information  in  Excel 97  Format

Download  Bridges  Information  in  Text  Format

Download a Simulation of Oscillations of a Cable

Download a Simulation of Oscillations of a Suspension Bridge

Download a Simulation of Live Bending Moments in a Beam

Download a Simulation of Live Loads in an Arch

Download a Simulation of Loads in a Deck Stiffened Arch

 

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Links  and  Books

Bridges - General

Individual Bridges

Types of Bridges

Bridge Builders and Designers

Engineering and Institutes

Books About Bridges and Structures

 

 

Links to Other General Web-Sites About Bridges

and List of Books About Bridges

For good sources of information about bridges try this link -

Link to "Top Ten" Bridge Sites - http://www.tenlinks.com/engineering/civil/bridges.htm

Link to "Top Ten" Technology Directory - http://www.tenlinks.com/

Extensive catalogue of structures and designers and web-sites - a good starting point -

     http://www.structurae.de/index.html

List of links to bridge web-sites - http://member.nifty.ne.jp/bridges/maine.htm  

List of links about bridge basics -

     http://www.icivilengineer.com/Structural_Engineering/Bridge_Engineering/Basics/

Bridgesite  - comprehensive site for experts and beginners - http://www.bridgesite.com/  

Building Big - web-site and US TV series - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/

Excellent site - Bridge watching for beginners -

     http://www.media.uwe.ac.uk/masoud/projects/bridges/text/contents.htm

Excellent site - Bridge watching in the world -

     http://www.daido-it.ac.jp/~doboku/miki/brgwat1.html

Discover Engineering Online - http://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/main.htm

Bridge Clearing House - http://www.iti.nwu.edu/clear/bridge/

Bridge bookmarks - very useful links - http://members.aol.com/chopstcks/interest/bridges.htm  

Bridges of the world - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RenaudLeconte/  

Excellent site - Bridges of the world - http://member.nifty.ne.jp/bridges/maine.htm#AA  

Excellent site - Bridges in Europe - http://member.nifty.ne.jp/bridges/europee.htm

Large number of links graded by quality and age-group - http://www.studyweb.com/links/4695.html

Very interesting lecture - Why build bridges? -

     http://www.napier.ac.uk/depts/cte/projects/ice/ch_addrs.html

Site including numerous bridge topics -

     http://www.groupweb.com/art/arch/architecture_bridges.htm

Many bridges described - The Bridge Project - http://www.civil.rice.edu/bridgesproject/index.html

Edinburgh Virtual Engineering Library - http://www.eevl.ac.uk/

World heritage bridges, an excellent history - http://www.icomos.org/studies/bridges.htm

Numerous bridge links - http://www.best.com/~solvers/bridge.html

Many bridge links - http://www.icivilengineer.com/Structural_Engineering/Bridge_Engineering/

Many bridge links - 

     http://www.phone-soft.com/cyber-world/make-frame.php3?framename=1968i.htm

Bridge museum - http://www.city.kurashiki.okayama.jp/kansise/bridge/engtenji.htm

Informative site about cable-stayed bridges -

     http://west.park.or.jp/hanshin-expressway/info/cable_bridge-e.html

Kameda Gumi Company Ltd - http://www.jcbus.co.jp/kameda/longest.htm

Design your own bridge - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/

Excellent site about cable-supported structures - http://www.struct.kth.se/people/raid/cable.htm

Excellent web-site about cable-stayed bridges - http://www.struct.kth.se/people/raid/cable.htm

Great Buildings Online - http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html

Architects - http://www.skewarch.com/architects/

Excellent bridge photographs - http://www.nmt.edu/~armiller/bridgefu.htm

Godden Engineering Slide Library - http://www.eerc.berkeley.edu/godden/godden_index.html

Build it and bust it - http://library.thinkquest.org/11686/

Papers on bridge design - http://www.jmuller.com/engineer/eng_pub.htm

Good explanations of several types of bridges -

     http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/basics/index.shtm

How bridges work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm

Leeds university - http://www.edu.leeds.ac.uk/~edu/technology/yorkshire/bridgefr.htm

Understanding bridges - http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/bridges/questions.html

Bridges - http://www.cis.tu-graz.ac.at/ifb/img/bridges/

Bridge types - http://www.bardaglea.org.uk/bridges/bridge-types/bridge-types-intro.html

Bridges project - http://www.bardaglea.org.uk/bridges/welcome.html

Bridges in China - http://bridge.tongji.edu.cn/bridges/

Museum exhibtion - http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstell/dauer/bruecken/e_brueck.htm

Bridges - http://www.fwkc.com/encyclopedia/low/articles/b/b003002508f.html

Bridge Pictures - Institute for Structural Analysis - http://www.cis.tu-graz.ac.at/ifb/img/img_fr.htm

Good bridge pictures - http://www.ketchum.org/bridges.html

Pictures about structures - http://www.aku.ac.ir/faculty1/aliniamm/Structural Slides/

Comprehensive site - lists - links - pictures -

     http://students.washington.edu/lawater/webpage/Structures/

Pictures of bridges in NW USA - http://www.richmangalleries.com/bridges1.htm

Interesting site about bridges - http://www.ketchum.org/bridges.html

Simple explanations - http://www.rensselaer.edu/~brawi/frame_ft_jbt/bforces9.htm

Test your skill - choose a bridge - http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/civeng/marketing/civeng/game2.htm

Glossary - http://www.media.uwe.ac.uk/masoud/projects/bridges/text/glossary/glossary.htm

Terminology - http://www.buildingtechnology.com/bcba/bridges/termsBrg.htm

Bridge links - http://www.scsolutions.com/bridge.html

Bridge design and index - http://www.bridgeweb.com/backissues/index99.htm

History and heritage - http://www.icomos.org/studies/bridges.htm

Links to Other Web-Sites About Individual Bridges

See also BridgeIndex

 

A

Abingdon bridge - Brief note - photograph - http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thames-path/bridge_25.html

Albert bridge - picture - http://clever.net/mapper/bureau/albert_bridge.htm

Albert bridge - picture detail - http://www.planetware.ca/photos/GB/GBLNCHL1.HTM

Albert bridge night picture - http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/placesofinterest/Albridge.htm

Albert bridge night picture - http://www.palmer1998.freeserve.co.uk/a/london/12.html

Arizona bridges - http://www.dot.state.az.us/ROADS/bridge/gallery.htm

Arizona - London bridge - http://www.moon.com/road_trip/callouts/london_bridge.html

B

Bakewell bridge - Good photograph - http://www.palmer1998.freeserve.co.uk/a/peaks/47.html

Bakewell bridge - Photograph

Batam-Tonto bridge - http://www.engaust.com.au/ea/0898bridges1.html

Bayonne bridge - Data - history - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/bayonne/

Bear Island bridge - 

Berlin - 90 new bridges -

     http://www.bau.berlin.de/frameset_e.htm?content=bauen/ueberbruecken/text_05_e.htm

Bewdley bridge - Photograph

Blackfriars bridge - Notes - photograph -

     http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/honor.m/history/thames/blackfriars.html

Blackfriars railway bridge - photographs -

     http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/uklondon/bridges/index.asp?i=9

Boston - New Boston Bridge - http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/1298feat.html

Bradford-on-Avon bridge - Photograph

Britannia bridge - Data - sources - books - links - http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00009.html

Britannia bridge - Photograph - http://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/bridges/brittube.html

Britannia bridge - Concept to construction - http://www.icenet.org.uk/club/ce/ce320209.html

Britannia bridge - Short note - http://www.ice.org.uk/library/libhistp.html#britannia

Britannia bridge - Short note - http://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/bridges/

Britannia bridge - Aerial photograph -

     http://www.umist.ac.uk/UMIST_CIVENG/Research/historic/mischtm/britania.htm

British - Map of historical British bridges - http://www.daido-it.ac.jp/~doboku/miki/brgmap1.html

Bronx-Whitestone bridge - Data - sources - links -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00010.html

Bronx-Whitestone bridge - Data - history - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/bronx-whitestone/

Brooklyn bridge - facts and history - http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridgefacts.htm

Brooklyn bridge - List of books and photographs -

     http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Brooklyn_Bridge.html

Brooklyn bridge - data - books - links -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00011.html

Brooklyn bridge - useful data - notes - links - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/brooklyn/

Brooklyn bridge - a history - http://www.lihistory.com/6/hs601a.htm

Brooklyn bridge - Junior League - http://brooklynjuniorleague.org/BRIDGE.HTM

Brooklyn bridge - see also Roebling

C

Chelsea bridge - Photograph - http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thames-path/bridge_78.html

Cleveland - Bridges of Cleveland - http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/bmc/bmcchap3.html

Clifton bridge - visitor centre - http://www.clifton-suspension-bridge.org.uk/

Clifton bridge - Data - pictures - links - books - http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00018.html

D

Dartford bridge - Notes and pictures - http://www.dwtcg.kent.sch.uk/dartford.htm

Dartford bridge - Pictures - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~mchatwin/tour/tour27.htm

Dartford bridge - Data - 

     http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/hatfieldhigh/IT/PT Assignments/Unit 1/bridge.htm

Donnington bridge - Note and photographs

E

Eastleach bridge - Photographs

Erskine bridge - Few data -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00587.html

Erskine bridge - Data - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst107.html

Erskine bridge - Photograph -

     http://www.btinternet.com/~paisleycolour/Russell_pics/russell_erskine_bridge.htm

F

Folly bridge - Historical note - http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thames-path/bridge_20.html

Forth rail bridge - Data - links - books -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00024.html

Forth rail bridge - More links -     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/Books/SubjectIndex/sub0114_e.html

Forth rail bridge - Photograph - http://www.tugraz.at/ifb/img/bridges/misc/forth1.htm

Forth rail bridge - Photograph during construction - http://www.bartleby.com/86/5903.html

Forth rail bridge - Photograph of tube -

     http://mulder.umist.ac.uk/civil/research/historic/joe/forth_bridge.htm

Forth rail bridge - Photograph and two links - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/forail.html

Forth rail bridge - Photograph and links -

     http://bridgepros.com/projects/FirthofForth/FirthofForth.htm

Forth rail bridge - Short history - http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/industrial/forth bridge.htm

Forth rail bridge - Photograph in mist - http://www.scotlandphotos.com/gallery/0050832.html

Forth road bridge - Excellent photograph and notes about construction -

     http://www.civl.port.ac.uk/comp_prog/forth/index.htm

Forth road bridge - Data - link - books -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00300.html

Forth bridges - Short notes - http://www.firstcity.force9.co.uk/bridges.htm

Forth road bridge - Night photograph - http://www.firstcity.force9.co.uk/newgallery/out1.htm

Forth road bridge - Strengthening the towers - http://www.hydratight.com/morlift/forth_bridge.htm

Forth road bridge - Strengthening the towers - http://www.fairhurst.co.uk/Forth Road Bridge.htm

G

Ganter bridge - Dramatic photograph during construction -

     http://www.geocities.com/big_bridges1/ganter.html

Ganter bridge - Photo gallery -

     http://www.cee.cornell.edu/casestdy/images/billington/menn/ganter/ganter.htm

Ganter bridge - Photograph - http://www.ketchum.org/bridges.html

George Washington bridge - Data - notes - sources -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00032.html

George Washington bridge - Data - notes - sources -

     http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/george-washington/

George Washington bridge - Photos - data - http://www.panynj.gov/tbt/gwframe.HTM

George Washington bridge - see also Ammann

Gladesville bridge - 

Golden Gate bridge - official web-site - http://www.goldengatebridge.org/

Golden Gate bridge - Data and many links -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/des0053.html

Golden Gate bridge - see also Strauss

H

Hammersmith bridge - Photograph - http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thames-path/bridge_77.html

Haw bridge - Photograph

Hell Gate bridge - Data - history - sources -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00036.html

Hell Gate bridge - Data - history - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/hell-gate/

Hell Gate bridge - http://bridgepros.com/projects/HellGate/HellGate.htm

Hell Gate bridge - http://www.enr.com/new/A0315.asp

Hell Gate bridge - see also Lindenthal

Henley bridge - Photograph - http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thames-path/photo_139.html

Henry Hudson bridge - Data - history - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/henry-hudson/

Holt Fleet bridge - Photographs

J

Japanese bridges - http://www.halyava.ru/otakebi/

K

Kincardine bridge - Photograph - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst43.html

L

Lambeth bridge - Photograph and note -

     http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/honor.m/history/thames/lambeth.html

Lechlade bridge - Photograph

London bridge - History of successive bridges - http://www.lakehavasu.com/culture/

London bridge - Nursery rhyme - http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/london.htm

London bridge - Arizona - http://www.moon.com/road_trip/callouts/london_bridge.html

London  - Bridges - History notes - http://www.london-online.org.uk/content/history-bridges.html

Lower Slaughter bridges - 

Lune bridge - Note and photographs

M

Mackinac Straits bridge - Data - pictures - http://www.mackinacbridge.org/facts.html

Magdalen bridge - 

Maidenhead bridge - 

Manhattan bridge - Notes - history - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/manhattan/

Manhattan bridge - Notes - links- books - history -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00529.html

Manhattan bridge - Notes - pics - http://www.nycsubway.org/bmt/stations/manhbr.html#bridge

Manhattan bridge - repairs - http://www.wai.com/Transportation/Bridges-long/manhattan.html

Marlow bridge - 

Mathematical bridge - interesting article and pictures -

     http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Images/WinBridg.html

Mathematical bridge - photograph -

     http://www.myspace.co.uk/steves/cantab/photos/queens_math_bridge.html

Medway bridge - 

Menai Straits bridge - 

Menai bridge - Short note - http://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/bridges/

Monnow bridge - http://www.monmouth.org.uk/bridge.htm

Monnow bridge old print - http://www.oldprints.co.uk/prints/wa/images/91201.htm

Monnow bridge photograph - http://www.monmouth.org.uk/photos/kc003.html

Mythe bridge - Photographs

N

New York - The crossings of Metropolitan New York - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/

Niagara - Bridges over Niagara - http://www.iaw.com/~falls/bridges.html

Niagara bridge photographs - http://www.hevanet.com/bridgink/

Niagara bridge - see also Ellet

O

Over bridge - Photographs

P

Parsons Brinckerhoff - http://www.pbworld.com/PBinPrint/Notes/Spring98/SigBridg.htm

Pulteney bridge - excellent article - http://www.jams.swinternet.co.uk/Bath/Georgian/Pulteney.htm

Pulteney bridge - http://members.aol.com/followmetg/pb.htm

Pulteney bridge - http://www.swparks.com/uk/travel/somerset_wiltshire/picbridge2.html

Pulteney bridge - Photograph

Q

Queen Elizabeth II bridge - Notes and pictures - http://www.dwtcg.kent.sch.uk/dartford.htm

Queen Elizabeth II bridge - Pictures - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~mchatwin/tour/tour27.htm

Queen Elizabeth II bridge - Data - 

     http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/hatfieldhigh/IT/PT Assignments/Unit 1/bridge.htm

Queensborough bridge -

R

Royal Albert bridge - Floating the second span -

     http://sol.brunel.ac.uk/~jarvis/brunelstory/tamar.html

Royal Albert bridge - Short history -

     http://mulder.umist.ac.uk/civil/research/historic/mischtm/rab00000.htm

Royal Albert bridge - Old picture -

     http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/County-of-Cornwall/History/ab-hi-p01.htm

S

Salginatobel bridge -

Saltash bridge - see Royal Albert Bridge

Second Severn Crossing - http://www1.fmhost.co.uk/on_bridges/

Second Severn Crossing - Construction pictures - http://community.webshots.com/album/301421

Second Severn Crossing - Aerial photograph - http://freespace.virgin.net/martin.swift/AvPics4.html

Second Severn Crossing - Evening photograph - http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/ukwest_of_england/river_severn/index.asp?i=6

Severn Cable-stayed bridge - see Second Severn Crossing

Severn suspension bridge - Panorama - http://www.groupefforts.freeserve.co.uk/panos/sb280.htm

Severn suspension bridge - Night photograph - http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00067.html

Severn suspension bridge - Tower inspection - photograph - http://www.google.com/search?q=severn.bridge&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&start=10&sa=N

Severn suspension bridge - Evening photograph - http://www.tonyhowell.co.uk/severn.htm

Severn suspension bridge - Evening photograph -

     http://www.smallpond.u-net.com/fullgoat/wp004t.htm

Skerton bridge - History and photograph - http://www.priory.lancs.ac.uk/skerton_bridge.html

Sydney Harbour bridge - 

T

Tacoma - Information about the collapse of the first Tacoma Narrows bridge -

     Tacoma_Narrows bridge collapse     Oscillations of bridges

Tappan Zee bridge - 

Tavanasa bridge - 

Tay rail bridge - 

Tay road bridge - 

Thelwall bridge - Photograph

Tower bridge - Engineering and history - http://www.hartwell.demon.co.uk/tbpic.htm

Tower bridge - pictures and links - http://bridgepros.com/projects/Towerbridge/Tower.htm

Tower bridge - photographs - http://www.plus44.co.uk/london44/tour/towerbridge.html

Tower bridge - Panoramic photograph - http://www.explore-london.co.uk/tower2.html

Triborough bridge - Data - history - pictures - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/triborough/

Triborough bridge - Picture and note - http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/bandt/html/triboro.htm

V

Vauxhall bridge - Engraving - http://www.londonancestor.com/vl-vauxhall.htm

Verrazano Narrows bridge - Data - links - history - sources -

     http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00085.html

Verrazano Narrows bridge - see also Ammann

W

Waterloo bridge - Panoramic photograph - http://www.explore-london.co.uk/hunbe.html

Westminster bridge - photograph - http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thames-path/bridge_79.html

Williamsburg bridge - Data - history - pictures - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/williamsburg/

Woodrow Wilson bridge - http://www.bridgesite.net/projects/Woodrow_Wilson_Bridge/Index.htm

Woodrow Wilson bridge - http://www.wilsonbridge.com/bridgenews.htm

 

Other sites

     Bridge of the month - http://www.dot.state.fl.us/structures/botm/roosevelt/roosevelt.htm

Links to Other Web-Site about Specific Type of Bridges

Links to web-sites about arch bridges

Links to web-sites about cable stayed bridges

Links to web-sites about suspension bridges

Links to web-sites about truss bridges

Links to web-sites about the effects of wind and oscillation

Links to Web-Sites About Some Bridge Designers

 

Catalogue of structures and designers and web-sites - http://www.structurae.de/index.html

Details of architects and bridge builders http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects.html

Architects - http://www.skewarch.com/architects/

Architects - http://www.iit.edu/libraries/grc/architects/

Architects - http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/9357/archiworld/archiworld_abc.html

Architects - http://www.archinform.net/

 

Amman    Othmar

     Short note - http://www.uh.edu/admin/engines/epi698.htm

     George Washington bridge - http://www.fortlee.com/html/body_bridge.htm

     New York bridges -  http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/george-washington/

     Hell Gate bridge - http://bridgepros.com/projects/HellGate/HellGate.htm

     Verrazzano Narrows bridge - http://bridgepros.com/projects/Verazzano/Verazzano.htm

     Bronx-Whitestone bridge - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/bronx-whitestone/

Ammannati

Benoit

Birdsall

Bonatz

Bouch    Thomas

     Short biography - http://www.medinf.gla.ac.uk/ewan/engineers/thomas_bouch/frame.htm

     Tay bridge disaster - http://www.tts1.demon.co.uk/tay.html

     Illustrated London News - two articles about Tay bridge -

          http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/iln/viaduct.htm#tay

     Analysis of Tay bridge disaster - 

          http://www.intelcities.com/Broad_Street/Alistair/Structures in Society.htm

Brunel    Isambard Kingdom

     Profile -  http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel.html

     Saltash bridge photograph - http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~asstddr/history/brubrdg.htm

     Short biography - http://sol.brunel.ac.uk/~jarvis/brunelstory/brunel.html

     Note about Brunels - http://www.engr.mun.ca/~gpeters/5101brun.html

     Brunel exhibits - http://www.tc.umn.edu/~frede005/Brunel.html

          http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbrunel.htm

          http://web.ukonline.co.uk/b.gardner/brunel/kingbrun.html

Calatrava    Santiago

     Great Buildings Online - http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Santiago_Calatrava.html

          http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/glk?http://www.calatrava.com

     Book - Calatrava bridges - http://www.papress.com/books/birkhauser/3764353643.html

     Books - http://www.birkhauser.ch/books/va1/5364e.htm

     Resources - http://www.gibson-design.com/resource-calatrava+.html

     Profile - http://www.skewarch.com/architects/calatrava/project.htm

     MIT Lectures - http://alberti.mit.edu/plan/plan_issues/49/calatrava/article_bottom.html

     Notes - http://www.iit.edu/libraries/grc/architects/calatrava.html

     Official Calatrava Site - http://www.calatrava.com/indexflash.html

     Unofficial Calatrava Site - http://www.comquat.com/calatrava/bodymain.htm

Campenon

Cooper

Dodds

Eads    James

     Short biography -

          http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/TECH/TECH20.htm

     Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/printable/5/0,5722,32235,00.html

     Short bridge history - http://www1.union.edu/~maloneyr/project6.html

Eiffel    Gustav

     Profile - http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Gustave_Eiffel.html

     Profile - http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/idxref/7/0,5716,198373,00.html

Ellet

     Speech by D B Steinman - http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/landmark/bridges/susp/bridge3.htm

     Biography - http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/landmark/bridges/susp/ellet.htm

     Bridges over Niagara - http://www.iaw.com/~falls/bridges.html

     Notes and books -   

         http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/des0265.html

Esqillan

Figg    Eugene

     Figg Engineering Group - http://www.figgbridge.com/

     Linn Cove - http://www.grandfather-mountain.com/BRParkway/Figg.htm

     Conversation with Figg - http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~bjackson/figg.html

Finstervalder

Freeman, Fox

Freysinnet    Eugene

          http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Eugene_Freyssinet.html

     Book - http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/bk0053.html

Freytag - see Wayss

Gabriel

Gaddi

Grubenmann

Haggbom

Hennebique    François

     Publications - http://www.archinform.net/start.htm?page=/arch/807.htm

     Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/idxref/0/0,5716,489561,00.html

     Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/index/9/0,8377,54699,00.html

Homberg

Lacer

Leonhardt    Fritz

     and partners - http://www.eerc.berkeley.edu/leonhardt/html/bridges.html

     Obituary - http://www.smh.com.au/news/0003/07/text/obituaries.html

     Publications - http://www.archinform.net/start.htm?page=/arch/230.htm

Lindenthal

     Hell Gate bridge - http://bridgepros.com/projects/HellGate/HellGate.htm

Lohmer

Maillart    Robert

     Includes some pictures - http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/bk0028.html

     Tavanasa bridge pictures -

          http://www.cee.cornell.edu/casestdy/images/billington/maillart/maillart.htm

     Salginatobel and Schwandbach - http://www.design.ncsu.edu/pages/CZZ.00002.HTML

     Book in German - http://www.vdf.ethz.ch/info/2632.html

Menn    Christian

     Interview - http://www.bridgeweb.com/mag/zz4.htm

     Three bridges - http://www.cee.cornell.edu/casestdy/images/billington/menn/menn.htm

     Book in German - http://www.birkhauser.ch/books/ingw/5752.htm

     Book in German - http://www.3w-krimi.de/VogelThomas/VogelThomas3764357525.htm

     In German - http://massivbau.uni-leipzig.de/seminare/ausstellung/menn.htm

Michael

Morandi    Riccardo

     List of  works - http://www.archinform.de/arch/1096.htm

     http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/9357/archiworld/archiworld_abc.html

Muller

     Bridge Company web-site - http://www.jmuller.com/

Natterer    Julius

    Web-site - http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html

Ollia

Oudette

Perronet

     Profile in French - http://www.enpc.fr/Comm/PAGES/perronet.html

Rennie

     History of London Bridge - http://midtown.net/dragonwing/col9802.htm

Ritter    Wilhelm

     Notes -

          http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/fir0072.html

Roebling

     Brooklyn bridge - facts and history - 

          http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridgefacts.htm

Schlaich

Schubert

Spielmann

Steinman    David B

     Portland, Oregon - http://www.bizave.com/portland/bridges/St-Johns-Bridge.html

Stephenson    Robert

     Profile and portrait - http://www.powerweb.freeserve.co.uk/pioneer/RStephenson.html

     Profile and portrait - http://www.umist.ac.uk/~civhist/lectures/b01sbl01.htm

Strasky

Strauss    Joseph

     Notes -

          http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/des0053.html

     Golden Gate bridge - Data and many links -

          http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/des0053.html

Tamms

Telford    Thomas

     Good biography of Thomas Telford - http://www.btinternet.com/~fzemla/thomas_telford.htm

     Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford - http://www.umist.ac.uk/~civhist/sources/atlas.htm

Wayss and Freytag

     Links -

         http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html?http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/fir0072.html

     Official web-site - http://www.wayss-freytag.de/

Virlogeux

   Pont de Normandie - http://www.cis.tu-graz.ac.at/ifb/img/bridges/norman/norman.htm

Wilkinson

Links to Other Web-Sites About Engineering and Institutes

 

American Society of Civil Engineers - http://www.asce.org/index.html

American Society of Civil Engineers - http://www.pubs.asce.org/

Institution of Civil Engineers - http://www.ice.org.uk/

Institution of Structural Engineers - http://www.istructe.org.uk/

Institution of Highways and Transportation - http://www.iht.org/

Engineering Links - http://www.liv.ac.uk/~ec22/Resources/Useful_links.html

Bridge Building Course - http://penninewaterways.co.uk/huddersfield/hnc37a.htm

Bridge Engineering - http://www.best.com/~solvers/bridge.html

Useful web-library of resources - http://www.tenlinks.com/civil/ce-univ.htm

Books  About  Bridges  and  Structures

Bridges    Fritz Leonhardt   Architectural Press   ISBN 0 85139 764 6

The Creation of Bridges    David Bennett    Aurum    ISBN 1 85410 651 1

Bridges   D J Brown   Michael Beazley   ISBN 1 85732 163 4

Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America  Henry Petroski  Alfred A Knopf

     Review of Henry Petroski - http://www.amsci.org/AMSCI/bookshelf/Leads96/Petroski96-07.html

Modern British Bridges   D Henry and J A Jerome   C R Books   

Developments in Structural Form   R J Mainstone   Allen Lane / Penguin   

ISBN 0 14 00 6503 2 paperback   0 71 39 0333 3 hardback

A Span of Bridges  H J Hopkins  David and Charles

The World's Great Bridges  H Shirley-Smith  Phoenix, London,  and  Harper and Row, NY

D B Steinman and S R Watson  Bridges and Their Builders  G P Putnam's Sons, NY

Bridges of Britain  Geoffrey N Wright  D Bradford Barton Ltd  

The Guinness Book of Structures  John H Stephens  Guinness Superlatives Ltd  

     ISBN 0 900424 28 1 - much more than a list of data.

Structures: Or why things don't fall down  J E Gordon 

The New Science of Strong Materials: or why you don't fall through the floor  J E Gordon

Building Structures  Malcolm Millais  E and FN Spon (Chapman and Hall) ISBN 0 419 21970 6

Fundamental Structural Analysis  W J Spencer  Macmillan Education  ISBN 0 333 43467 6

List of books - http://moment.mit.edu/imageLibrary/contents/sources.html

Books - http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/~dennis/eng/dreams.htm

Review of Henry Petroski - http://www.amsci.org/AMSCI/bookshelf/Leads96/Petroski96-07.html

Calatrava bridges - http://www.papress.com/books/birkhauser/3764353643.html

Calatrava books - http://www.birkhauser.ch/books/va1/5364e.htm

Bridge Enigineering Handbook - http://www.crcpress.com/index.htm?catalog/7434

The Builders   National Geographic Society   ISBN 0-87044-836-6    1992

A Century of Bridges - details of all the Severn Bridges - and 

Along the Severn from Source to Sea - both books by Chris Witts - Severn bridges book