Bridge Conference

This website includes information on major bridge conferences, the history of bridges, construction materials, types of bridges, and famous bridges.

Bridge Design LRFD Manual

Bridge engineering

Bridge engineering : a global perspective

Bridge Engineering Center

This website includes reports on completed projects and information on current projects researching the structural health monitoring of bridges and timber bridges.

Bridgescape : the art of designing bridges

Table of Contents

Bridge Technology

Includes information on bridge inspection standards, federal bridge programs, bridge materials, construction and management, and recent technical advisories.

Building big

Part 5: Bridges, 1 VHS cassette, (67 minutes)

Cooper River Bridge

1 DVD (53 minutes).

"Builders work to construct the longest cable-stay bridge in America, a 500 foot, eight lane bridge connecting Charleston, South Carolina with Mount Pleasant."

Produced and directed by Chris Schmidt

Digital Bridges

This website includes digitized images of over 30 historic bridge designs, construction manuals and books.

Golden Gate Bridge

One DVD (44 minutes).

Summary: "Discusses the engineering challenges of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, now a popular tourist attraction as well as an important traffic artery for the San Francisco area. Discusses how the suspension bridgeovercame the problems of the wide span of the bay, the unstable shore, the turbulent tides, and the need for high clearance for ships."

Health monitoring of bridges

History of the modern suspension bridge : solving the dilemma between economy and stiffness

Journal of Bridge Engineering.

This refereed, professional journal includes research articles and information about bridge design, construction, inspection, management, and rehabilitation, and other related issues.

Mackinac Bridge

Mackinac Bridge

Includes information about the bridge's history, statistics, a photo gallery, and webcams.

Michigan Historic Bridges

This website includes detailed information on historic bridges in Michigan that are located on state roads.  Details include structural details about the bridges, construction history including contractors, materials and designs, repair and rehabilitation histories, and the current condition of each bridge.

Movable steel bridges

One VHS cassette (78 minutes).

Summary: "This video starts with a historical survey of known and unknown, beautiful, rare, and exceptional movable bridges all over the world, and then examines the four main types of movable bridges: the drawbridge, the bascule bridge, the lift bridge, and the swing bridge."

Oakland Bay Bridge

One DVD (53 minutes).

Summary: "Describes a new bridge being built across San Francisco-Oakland Bay designed to be earthquake resistant."

Roads to Nowhere: 20 Abandoned and Disused Bridges Around the World

This website includes pictures and descriptions of bridges that are no longer used due to natural or manmade disasters, or simply neglect.

Status of bridges in Southeast Michigan

Structural investigation of historic buildings : a case study guide to preservation technology for buildings, bridges, towers, and mills

Transport, engineering and architecture