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NOVA Online - Super Bridge
Information about the four major types of bridges. Test your knowledge by matching each bridge to the correct location.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/
Howstuffworks.com: How Bridges Work
An in-depth look at how beam and suspension bridges work.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm
Building Big
Explores the world of megastructures, including bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels. From PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
NOVA Online | Super Bridge | Build a Bridge
Learn about the four steps to building a bridge. Play architect and engineer with the online game.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html
Physics Balsa Bridge Building Contest
Records, rules and tips for this twenty year old contest along with hundreds of photographs of bridges.
http://www.balsabridge.com/index.htm
Bridge Builders
Webquest about the new Bay Bridge challenging students to select a bridge type for a particular situation.
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815_f98/jfuentes/jfindex.html
Bridge Research: Leading the Way to the Future
An article that discusses the role and value of research in highway bridges.
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer95/p95su23.htm
Bridge Building
Offers a number of scenarios for which students must select bridge features.
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/civeng/marketing/civeng/game2.htm
Bridge Building - Art and Science
Detailed, illustrated history of bridges across the world, with diagrammatic explanations of the basic types of bridges, examples and many links.
http://www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
ABCD's Bridge Design Tips for Kids
Provides tips for bridge-building projects, including topics such as form, connections, properties of balsa wood, links, and a bibliography.
http://www.abcdpittsburgh.org/kids/kids.htm
Fact Monster: Notable Modern Bridges of the World
Statistics about a handful of bridges, including name, location, length of span, and year completed.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774511.html
The Basic Bridge Types
From the Matsuo Bridge Company, an overview of the six basic types of bridges, with statistics about existing examples of each.
http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/index.shtm
Swishweb: Major Bridges
Statistics about bridges, organized by bridge type.
http://www.swishweb.com/Science_and_Technology/Bridges/
Geometry of Bridge Construction
Diagrams of the forces acting on bridges, pictures, and examples.
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm
Bridging the Bay
An online exhibit of the bridges in the San Francisco Bay area. Includes statistics, history, and facts about each of the six bridges. Also includes a section on unbuilt projects.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/Bridge/intro.html
LEGO Bridges
Pictures and details of Lego bridge design.
http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Transport/Broer/
The Million Dollar Bridge
ThinkQuest site about a bridge in Alaska. Includes sections on architecture, current construction, timeline, photos, history, geography, and related links.
http://library.thinkquest.org/10201/
Bridge Watching for Beginners
Edmund Jupp's book explains in simple language the features of design and construction.
http://www.intellectbooks.com/selflearning/bridges.htm
ShakeZone for Kids
Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models.
http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm
Structurae
International Database and Gallery of Structures, intended to provide information on structures of interest to the civil engineer. Includes alphabetical index of architectural structures. Intended for civil engineers, but basic information will be useful.
http://www.structurae.de/en/index.php
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