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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books) by David McCullough Publisher Comments This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nations history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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How to Read Bridges: A Crash Course in Engineering and Architecture by Edward Denison Publisher Comments This accessible book is a visual guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles and engineering techniques of all types of bridges, from ancient Roman arch bridges and nineteenth-century truss bridges prevalent in the United States, to the... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Portland Bridge Book: 1989 Edition by Sharon Wood Wortman Book News Annotation Wortman offers technical information, history, and anecdotes for 12 bridges across the Willamette River, two across the Columbia River, and several railroad bridges in the Portland (Oregon) vicinity. Since the 1989 first edition, she has been leading... (read more) Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge by Kevin Starr Publisher Comments Kevins Starrs Golden Gate is a brilliant and passionate telling of the history of the bridge itself, and a recounting of the rich and peculiar history of the California experience. The Golden Gate is a grand public work, a symbol and a very real bridge,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America by Henry Petroski Publisher Comments Petroski reveals the science and engineering (not to mention the politics, egotism, and sheer magic) behind America's great bridges, particularly those constructed during the great bridge-building era starting in the 1870s and continuing through the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Source Books in Architecture #4: Un Studio/The Erasmus Bridge by Todd Gannon Publisher Comments A thorough representation of this important work of architecture and interviews with architects.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cable Supported Bridges: Concept and Design by Niels J. Gimsing Publisher Comments Fourteen years on from its last edition, Cable Supported Bridges: Concept and Design, Third Edition, has been significantly updated with new material and brand new imagery throughout. Since the appearance of the second edition, the focus on the dynamic... (read more) Your price: $180.00 New - Hardcover
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Bridge Management by Bojidar Yanev Publisher Comments A comprehensive, up-to-the-minute account of bridge management developments for researchers, designers, builders, administrators, and owners Bridge Management draws on Bojidar Yanev's thirty years of research, teaching, and consulting as well as his... (read more) List Price $166.50 Your price: $155.00 New - Hardcover
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Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder by Robert W Hadlow Publisher Comments Conde McCullough ranks as a modern bridge builder of national and international acclaim. This definitive biography traces the professional life of a brilliant engineer whose legacy lies in the nearly six hundred bridges he designed and built in Oregon... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bridge Engineering Design Rehabilitation & Maintenance of Modern Highway Bridges 1ST Edition by Demetrios E Tonias Publisher Comments Keep Up and Comply with the Latest Methods and Codes in Highway Bridge Design, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance Written to meet the bridge infrastructure needs of the new millennium, the Second Edition of Bridge Engineering has been completely revised to... (read more) List Price $115.00 Your price: $45.00 Used - Hardcover
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Bridge Engineering Handbook by Wai Fah Chen Publisher Comments An international team of experts has joined forces to produce the Bridge Engineering Handbook. They address all facets-the planning, design, inspection, construction, and maintenance of a variety of bridge structures-creating a must-have resource for... (read more) List Price $265.95 Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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Bridges: The Science and Art of the World's Most Inspiring Structures by David Blockley Publisher Comments The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, San Francisco's Golden Gate--bridges can be breathtakingly monumental structures, magnificent works of art, and vital arteries that make life vastly easier. In Bridges, eminent structural engineer David... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bridges: The Spans of North America by David Plowden Publisher Comments Whether built of wood, stone, iron, steel, or concrete, bridges have captivated our imaginations more than any other man-made structures. In David Plowden's words, "there is no more overt, powerful, or rational expression of accomplishment?of man's... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $44.99 Used - Hardcover
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Bridge Management by Mike Ryall Publisher Comments One-stop reference covering the technical, practical and financial aspects of Bridge... (read more) List Price $185.00 Your price: $123.95 Short Discount Markdown - Hardcover
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Bridge Engineering 3/E by Jim J. And Demetrios E. Tonias Zhao Publisher Comments The state of the art in highway bridge engineering Fully updated with the latest codes and standards, including load and resistance factor design (LRFD), Bridge Engineering, Third Edition covers highway bridge planning, design, construction, maintenance,... (read more) List Price $129.25 Your price: $83.75 New - Hardcover
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Guide To Bridge Hydraulics, 2nd Edition by Transport Association of Canada Book News Annotation For most people, water under the bridge is something to shrug off and forget, but civil engineers cannot afford to be quite so cavalier about it. Members of a Transport Association of Canada project committee consider basic hydraulic considerations... (read more) List Price $99.00 Your price: $90.00 New - Hardcover
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High Performance Materials in Bridges; Proceedings. by Atorod Azizinamini Et Al Book News Annotation A conference held in the summer of 2001 brought together designers, researchers, contractors, fabricators, and government officials involved in the use of high performance materials as applied to bridge structures. The focus of the conference was on... (read more) List Price $110.00 Your price: $55.00 New - Trade Paper
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Bridging: Discovering the Beauty of Bridges by Robert S Cortright Book News Annotation Cortright is an enthusiastic tour guide, sharing 283 color photos and observations from his travels in the US and in Europe. Special sections include his personal favorites--Oregon's Conde B. McCullough Bridges--and photos of his wife patiently... (read more) Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Bridge at Quebec by William D. Middleton Publisher Comments In the middle of the 19th century the leaders of the City of Qu becdreamed of a great bridge across the St. Lawrence River. It would link their city tothe new railway lines developing along the south shore, giving Qu bec a competitiveedge in its long... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Hardcover
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Monitoring Technologies for Bridge Management. by Baidar Bakht Et Al Book News Annotation This collection of eighteen articles on bridge management showcases current scholarship in contemporary structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies. Applying a multidisciplinary approach that includes civil and electrical engineering as well as... (read more) List Price $152.00 Your price: $101.84 New - Trade Paper
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