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Landmark American Bridges

Abstract

  • From the earliest surviving stone bridges and romantic wooden covered bridges to the monumental Brooklyn and Golden Gate suspension spans, here is American engineering at its best. Landmark American Bridges is a visual feast documenting U.S. progress and illustrating the history of bridge building, transportation, and engineering. The book contains more than 200 images of more than 90 U.S. landmark bridges, arranged chronologically to reveal the evolution of American bridge building. Images in this book are selected from the collection of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), established in 1969 to create a graphic and textual archive of America's building arts. In addition to profiles of selected bridges, the book contains a timeline of bridge history, a bibliography, and a list of bridges in the HAER collection.

    Through these drawings and photographs, bridges are shown to be testaments to engineering creativity, technological skills, and teamwork.

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Front Matter
i–1
    Part 1:
    Turnpike, Canal and Railroad Bridges of the Pre-GM War Era
    2–41
      Part 2:
      Civil War Era Metal Truss Bridges
      42–67
        Part 3:
        Era of the "American Standard" Bridge
        68–89
          Part 4:
          Great River Crossings
          90–123
            Part 5:
            Modern Developments
            124–145
              Appendix :
              The HAER and HABS Collections as of 1992
              146–150
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                Index
                152–152
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                  Back Matter
                  151–151