Bridge Links

(discovered on the web)

by

James P. Riser

Perhaps these will be of use to you and your students.

Suggestions for use:

Competition

http://www.ce.sc.edu/balsa.htm - Balsa wood bridge guidelines

http://or.eng.tau.ac.il:7777/bridge-etc.html - bridge building competition guidelines

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/Technology/Projects/ProjBridge.html - bridge building competition guidelines

Covered Bridges

http://www.nhweb.com/travel_guide/covered_bridges/ - Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

http://coveredbridges.com/zred_rt.htm - Covered Bridges of Parke County, IN

http://www.co.lane.or.us/about/historic/bridge/covered.htm - Lane County, Oregon Covered bridges

http://www.lehigh.edu/~pg06/Historic_Bridge_HomePage/historic_bridges.html - Historic Bridges of PA, OH, NJ, and NY

http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/bridge/CBDTOF.html - Covered bridge tour near Philadelphia

http://www.indiana-energy.com/tour.html - Indiana covered bridge tour

http://www.valleyoutlook.com/cbopen.html - NE - PA covered bridge tour - 26 bridges!

http://www.bedfordcrier.com/bridges.html - Bedford County, PA covered bridge of the month

http://www.webtrail.com/rvs/wivacobr.html - driving info to get to Willamette Valley Covered Bridges

Technical Documents and Historic Documents

http://www.princeton.edu/~trcdc/history/RHAbridg/complinf.html - Bridge specs, builder memoirs, old photos

http://www.albemarle-nc.com/hertford/attractn/sbridge.htm - History of "S" bridge in Hertford, NC

http://iti.acns.nwu.edu/clear/bridge/bri_des.html - Technical on bridge design

http://www.philately.com/geography/bridges.htm - Bridges on postage stamps

http://www.huron.org/hctg/mba.html - Menesetung Bridge - saving it

http://www.sec.state.vt.us/archives/guide/lcbc.htm - historic document - Vermont

http://iti.acns.nwu.edu/clear/bridge/bri_scr.html - Bridge Scour - Technical

http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/bridge.htm - from a boater's viewpoint - draw bridge procedures

http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/ps/DC/Bridges/typesof.htm - Student made bridge page

Assorted Bridges

http://www.innotts.co.uk/~mikeb/ - Cavendish Bridge (rock c. 1758)

http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Images/WinBridg.html - c. 1749 Wooden Bridge in UK

http://pages.prodigy.com/canal/br.htm - Bridges over canals in UK - excellent large images

http://www.ibsw.com/bridge.htm - the Iron Bridge (England)

http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/shig/europee.htm - Bridges in Europe

http://bjr.acf.nyu.edu/railinfo/about-station.html - Penny Bridge Rail station in NY

http://www.del-jen.com/support/bridge.htm - Rock Island Arsenal Bridge over Mississippi

http://www.mnhs.org/prepast/mnshpo/pmncr/bridge/bridtype.html - Minnesota Bridges by type

http://udel.edu/~javi/Tacoma.htm - Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure - cool animations!

http://www.goldengate.org/ - Golden Gate Bridge

http://www.ahandyguide.com/cat1/b/b119.htm - Links to bridges and Live views of Brooklyn Bridge - cool!

http://www.portland.com/bridge/home.html - Bridges around Portland, ME

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ysgolion/yborth/pont1.htm - Menai Suspension Bridge

http://www.mnhs.org/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/pmncr/bridge/nrppsrb/splipho2.html - MN historical bridges and links

http://www.isda.or.jp/kansai/V-3_e.html - Honshu-Shikoku Bridge

http://www.poda.cz/ytour/english/praha_most_en.htm - Charles Bridge in Prague

http://www.hsba.go.jp/guide/kengaku.htm - Sato-Ohashi Bridge - go to "next page" for cool photos

http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAbridg/aab.html - Allegheny Aqueduct Bridge

http://www.bizave.com/portland/bridges/Bridge-Gallery2.html - Portland, OR bridges

http://www.mtweb.com/~johnl/venice/bridges.html - Historical bridges of Venice

http://www.danbbs.dk/~ais/copenhagen/grt_blt.html - Great Belt Bridge

http://fys.ku.dk/~sparre/LEGO/MOC/Nutiden/Broer/index.es.html - Lego Bridges

http://www.i-way.co.uk/marlow/bridge.html - Marlow Suspension Bridge

http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/palmer/lis512/digital_libraries/ntgwb.htm - George Washington Bridge