Geoffrey Goldberg 208 pages hardcover
Take a tour through time and learn about the exciting engineering
developments that allowed the primitive bridges of ancient man evolve to
the masterworks of today. This unique treatment, showing the large
variety of bridge forms, is illustrated with postcards, archival
photographs, and technical drawings and diagrams. These detailed images
show stone arch, suspension, movable, and many more bridges. Laymen and
engineers alike are certain to come away with a better understanding of
the role of bridges in our built environment from the expert
explanations of bridge types, materials, and construction to amusing
anecdotes associated with these structures. Landmark bridges,
construction methods, the interstate system, railroad bridges, and even
bridge disasters are all documented in this technical record of civil
engineering challenges and feats.
