Bridges of the World

Bridges of the World
Author: Charles S. Whitney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780486429953

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"A book to delight the heart and eye of a pontist whether he be an admirer and lover of bridges or a designer and builder. . . ."--Saturday Review of LiteratureThis profusely illustrated work describes the fundamental principles involved in the design of bridges, presents the historical background of the modern bridge, and includes a profusion of illustrations documenting bridges of all types. Spans from around the world are depicted, among them Lucerne's medieval Kapellbrücke; the magnificent Maximiliansbrücke in Munich; the unusual "honeycomb" bridge between Orr's Island and Bailey Island off the Maine coast; and the George Washington Bridge, at the time of its construction, the world's longest steel suspension bridge. 401 black-and-white illustrations.

Bridges that Changed the World

Bridges that Changed the World
Author: Bernhard Graf
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Bridges
ISBN: 9783791334004

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Profiles over fifty important bridges around the world, presenting color photos and describing their histories; includes such structures as the Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, Venice's Bridge of Sighs, and the beam bridges of Afghanistan.

The World's Most Amazing Bridges

The World's Most Amazing Bridges
Author: Michael Hurley
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 141094249X

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Profiles ten of the world's most distinctive bridges.

Bridges

Bridges
Author: Marcus Binney
Publisher: Pimpernel Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Bridges
ISBN: 9781910258170

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Building bridges across rivers, canyons, straits and sea represents one of man's greatest endeavours. It has stretched human ingenuity, engineering and material technology to their utmost limits. Their creation has been driven by man's desire, from the earliest times, to make lines of communication possible by foot, horse or engine. Bridges have altered history by joining communities together, extending trade and transporting water to villages and cities. Some are of breathtaking beauty and it is little wonder that they rank among the world's most admired structures. As Marcus Binney writes, 'Each one is remarkable in its own way, each a response to a challenge and perhaps the realization of a dream.' This book looks at more than two hundred bridges spanning the world and the centuries. Here you will find, amongst others, an Inca suspension bridge made from grass ropes; the mile-long Roman aqueduct at Caesarea; the bridges of Venice; France's famous Millau Viaduct; the doubledecker, transporter, lift and stilt bridges produced by German precision engineering; Spain's Acueducto del Aguila (glowing in a bright livery of yellow and terracotta red); the awe-inspiring cantilever bridges built by railway engineers across major rivers in North America and India, and the world's longest suspension bridge at Kobe in Japan.

Famous Bridges of the World

Famous Bridges of the World
Author: Yolonda Maxwell
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1435879430

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This book discusses how math skills are used to calculate materials for the construction of bridges and explains arch bridges, beam bridges, and suspension bridges.

Bridges

Bridges
Author: Judith Dupré
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0316473804

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From New York Times best-selling author Judith Dupréomes a revised and updated edition of Bridges, her magnificent chronological tour of the world's most significant and eye-popping spans. Covering thousands of years of architectural history, each bridge is gorgeously photographed "elevating the landmarks from mode of transportation to works of art" (Bustle). Technological advances, structural daring, and artistic vision have propelled the evolution of bridge design around the world. This visual history of the world's landmark bridges has been thoroughly revised andupdated since its initial publication twenty-five years ago, and now showcases well-known classics as well as modern innovators. Bridges featured include: The Brooklyn Bridge (New York) Dany and-Kunshan Grand Bridge (China) Gateshead Millennium Bridge (England) The Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco) Zakim Bridge (Boston) Including all-new photographs and the latest cutting edgework from today's international superstars of architecture and engineering, Bridges covers two-thousand years of technological and aesthetic triumphs, making it the most thorough, authoritative, and gorgeous book on the subject-as dramatic in presentation as the structures it celebrates. Breathtaking photographs capture the bridges' details as well as their monumental scale; architectural drawings and plans invite you behind the scenes as new bridges take shape; and lively commentary on each structure explores its importance and places it in historical context. Throughout, informative profiles, features, and statistics make Bridges an invaluable reference as well as a visual feast.

Bridges

Bridges
Author: David Blockley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0199645728

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Bridges are remarkable structures. Often vast, immense, and sometimes beautiful, they can be icons of cities. David Blockley explains how to read a bridge, how they stand up, and how engineers design them to be so strong. He examines the engineering problems posed by bridges, and considers their cultural, aesthetic, and historical importance.

Tile Your World

Tile Your World
Author: John P. Bridge
Publisher: Mistflower Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2003
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780974275437

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Illustrated instructions enable you to 'tile with style'.

An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges

An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges
Author: David McFetrich
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2022-06-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1526794470

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Bridges are one of the most important artefacts constructed by man, the structures having had an incalculable effect on the development of trade and civilisation throughout the world. Their construction has led to continuing advances in civil engineering technology, leading to bigger spans and the use of new materials. Their failures, too, whether from an inadequate understanding of engineering principles or as a result of natural catastrophes or warfare, have often caused immense hardship as a result of lost lives or broken communications. In this book, a sister publication to his earlier An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges (Pen & Sword 2019), David McFetrich gives brief descriptions of some 1200 bridges from more than 170 countries around the world. They represent a wide range of different types of structure (such as beam, cantilever, stayed and suspension bridges). Although some of the pictures are of extremely well-known structures, many are not so widely recognisable and a separate section of the book includes more than seventy lists of bridges with distinctly unusual characteristics in their design, usage and history.

Cable-Stayed Bridges

Cable-Stayed Bridges
Author: Holger Svensson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2013-08-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3433602298

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The need for large-scale bridges is constantly growing due to the enormous infrastructure development around the world. Since the 1970s many of them have been cable-stayed bridges. In 1975 the largest span length was 404 m, in 1995 it increased to 856 m, and today it is 1104 m. Thus the economically efficient range of cable-stayed bridges is tending to move towards even larger spans, and cable-stayed bridges are increasingly the focus of interest worldwide. This book describes the fundamentals of design analysis, fabrication and construction, in which the author refers to 250 built examples to illustrate all aspects. International or national codes and technical regulations are referred to only as examples, such as bridges that were designed to German DIN, Eurocode, AASHTO, British Standards. The chapters on cables and erection are a major focus of this work as they represent the most important difference from other types of bridges. The examples were chosen from the bridges in which the author was personally involved, or where the consulting engineers, Leonhardt, Andrä and Partners (LAP), participated significantly. Other bridges are included for their special structural characteristics or their record span lengths. The most important design engineers are also presented. Note: The lecture videos which are attached to the print book on DVD are not part of the e-book.