Helpful Websites

Bridge Building First Place Winner 2005 - Jamie Guzek

The following links to websites can be extremely helpful. The websites listed introduce the different types of bridges, explain how bridges work, and also provide hands-on activities.

1. www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/basics.html
"Building Big: Bridge Basics"
2. civilengineer.about.com/science/civilengineer/library/weekly/aa032501a.htm
"Civil Engineering: Why Do Bridges Stand Up?"
3. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/meetbeam.html
Super Bridge: Beam Bridges", NOVA Online/Super Bridge/Build a Bridge,
4. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html
"Super Bridge: Build a Bridge", NOVA Online/Super Bridge/Build a Bridge,
5. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/meetcable.html
" Super Bridge: Cable-Stayed Bridge", NOVA Online/Super Bridge/Cable-Stayed Bridge,
6. www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2001/5/01.05.04.x.html
7. www.branta.connectfree.co.uk/bridgelinks.htm
8. www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
9. www.tenlinks.com/engineering/civil/bridges.htm
10. www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
11. www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm
12. www.iti.northwestern.edu/links/bridges.html
13. www.structurae.de/index.html
14. www.greatbuildings.com/architects.html
15. bridgecontest.usma.edu
16. www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/bridge.html
17. www.icivilengineer.com/Structural_Engineering/Bridge_Engineering/Basics
18. www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig
19. members.aol.com/chopstcks/interest/bridges.htm
20. www.napier.ac.uk/depts/cte/projects/ice/ch_addrs.html
21. www.icivilengineer.com/Structural_Engineering/Bridge_Engineering
22. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge
23. www.earthtech.com
24. www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/basics/suspension.shtm
25. school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/bridges/questions.html
26. www.bardaglea.org.uk/bridges/bridge-types/bridge-types-intro.html
27. www.ketchum.org/bridges.html
28. www.brad.ac.uk/acad/civeng/marketing/civeng/game2.htm
29. www.scsolutions.com/bridge.html
30. www.brantacan.co.uk/bridgeindex.htm
31. www.branta.connectfree.co.uk/bridgelinks.htm#BL
32. www.strucsoft.com
33. bridgepros.com
34. www.pre-engineering.com
35. www.knexeducation.com
36. www.bridgesite.com/funand.htm
37. www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/webography.html
38. www.iit.edu/~hsbridge
39. www.dot.state.oh.us/se
40. www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/bridge/truss.htm
41. www.bridgesite.com
42. www.nireland.com/bridgeman
43. www.howstuffworks.com/bridge6.
44. www.dipins.org/resources/structure/structure.htm
45. www.bridgesite.com/softwarelinks.htm
46. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge
47. www.bridgepros.com
48. www.tenlinks.com/engineering/civil/bridges.htm
49. bridges.hntb.com
50. www.bridgesite.com/funand.htm

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