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