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 Read Books about Famous Bridges
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Web Sites
Bridges in the US
Contains information on bridges of the US.
Bridging the Bay: Bridging the Campus
A collaborative exhibit documenting the design and politics of Bay Area bridges.
Brooklyn Bridge History
A very short note on history of its design and construction.
China Bridge
NOVA series. Documented a 1999 effort by scholars and timber framers to design and build a Chinese bridge known only from an ancient painting.
Golden Gate Bridge Construction
History, facts and figures.
High Coast Bridge
Information and photos about High Coast Bridge in Sweden.
Historic Bridge Homepage
Cast and wrought iron bridges, early steel bridges and early concrete bridges found in Eastern Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and New York.
Historical Photos of Golden Bridge
Record the construction progress of the Golden Gate, and San Francisco-Oakland bridge projects, beginning in 1934.
Honshu-Shikoku Bridges
A few bridges linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku in Japan.
New York's Great Bridges
A website dedicated to the Bridges in New York, by Photographer Dave Frieder.
Steel Bridges in the World
Old bridges, long bridges, etc. The page is compiled by Swedish Institute of Steel Construction.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The world's largest steel arch bridge: history, facts and figures.
The Bridges Project
A large online database of significant bridges. It is created by Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University.
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Technical Articles
Akashi Kaiko Bridge
Introduction of the longest bridge on earth.
Context for World Heritage Bridges
Bridges nominated for World Heritage list.
George Washington Bridge
Information on its design and repainting.
Japan's Longest Seismically Isolated PC Multi-Span Continuous Bridge
An article (PDF format file) from Civil Engineering, JSCE 1998.
Second Severn Bridge
Connecting England and Wales.
The Bridges of San Francisco Bay
Introduction to bridges in San Francisco Bay area.
The First Channel Bridges
An introduction of the Channel Bridge. Published on Public Roads, Federal Highway Administration.
The Humber Bridge
With the length of 4,624 ft. it still holds the record for the longest single span suspension bridge in the world.
The New York State Thruway
Tappan Zee Bridge.
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