bridge, structure: Bibliography

See D. Plowden, The Spans of North America (1984); H. Petroski, Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America (1995); J. Dupré and F. O. Geary, Bridges: A History of the World's Most Famous and Important Spans (1996); S. A. Ostrow, Bridges (1997); F. Gottemoeller, Bridgescape: The Art of Designing Bridges (1998); K. Willard, Bridges: Designing the Future (1999). See also bibliographies for articles on individual bridges.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Military Bridges
• Movable Bridges
• Cable-Stayed, Suspension, and Combination Bridges
• Truss, Arch, and Cantilever Bridges
• Modern Bridge Designs
• Early Bridges
• Bibliography

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