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Fog, tide, ice, and human error--before the American Revolution those who ventured to cross the vast Hudson Valley waterway did so on ferryboats powered by humans, animals, and even fierce winds. Before that war, not a single Hudson River bridge or tunnel had been built. It wasn't until Americans looked to the land in the fight for independence that the importance of crossing the river efficiently became a subject of serious interest, especially militarily. Later, the needs of a new transportation system became critical--when steam railroads first rolled along there was no practical way to get them across the water without bridges. Crossing the Hudson continues this story soon after the end of the war, in 1805, when the first bridge was completed. Donald E. Wolf simultaneously tracks the founding of the towns and villages along the water's edge and the development of technologies such as steam and internal combustion that demanded new ways to cross the river. As a result, innovative engineering was created to provide for these resources. From hybrid, timber arch, and truss bridges on stone piers to long-span suspension and cantilevered bridges, railroad tunnels, and improvements in iron and steel technology, the construction feats that cross the Hudson represent technical elegance and physical beauty. Crossing the Hudson reveals their often multileveled stories--a history of where, why, when, and how these structures were built; the social, political, and commercial forces that influenced decisions to erect them; the personalities of the planners and builders; the unique connection between a builder and his bridge; and the design and construction techniques that turned mythical goals into structures of utility and beauty.

Tunnels --- Bridges --- Highway tunnels --- Road tunnels --- Civil engineering --- Underground construction --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- History.

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This e-book explains the theory behind engineering aspects such as 1) dynamic loadings, 2) mathematical concepts 3) moving loads, 4) bridge support mechanics, 5) Static systems under dynamic loading 6) aero-elasticity, 7) space problems and 8) absorb systems (equations governing the behavior of the bridge-absorber system). The e-book is a useful introductory textbook for civil engineers interested in the theory of bridge structures.

Bridges. --- Structural dynamics. --- Building dynamics --- Dynamics, Structural --- Structural vibration --- Strains and stresses --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- Bridges

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The traveling public has no patience for prolonged, high cost construction projects. This puts highway construction contractors under intense pressure to minimize traffic disruptions and construction cost. Actively promoted by the Federal Highway Administration, there are hundreds of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) construction programs in the United States, Europe and Japan. Accelerated Bridge Construction: Best Practices and Techniques provides a wide range of construction techniques, processes and technologies designed to maximize bridge construction or reconstruction operations whil

Bridges --- Modular construction. --- Design and construction --- Technological innovations. --- Construction, Modular --- Modular building --- Modular structures --- Structures, Modular --- Buildings, Prefabricated --- Industrialized building --- Modular coordination (Architecture) --- Unit construction --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts

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Bridges-Texas-Brazos river. 2. Bridges-Texas-Brazos River Pictorial works.

Bridges --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Transportation Engineering --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- McConal, Jon, --- Travel --- Brazos River Region (Tex.) --- History, Local. --- Description and travel.

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Advanced composite materials for bridge structures are recognized as a promising alternative to conventional construction materials such as steel. This book summarises key recent research in this area. After an introductory overview and an assessment of bond characteristics between composites and cement, Advanced composites in bridge construction and repair reviews key applications of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in bridge construction and repair. These applications include cable-stayed bridges, seismic retrofit of reinforced concrete piers, repair of ageing bridge substructures a

Bridges -- Design and construction. --- Bridges -- Maintenance and repair. --- Bridges. --- Bridges --- Composite construction --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Transportation Engineering --- Materials --- Design and construction --- Maintenance and repair --- Composite construction. --- Materials. --- Maintenance and repair. --- Beams, Composite --- Building, Composite --- Composite beams --- Composite building --- Composite girders --- Girders, Composite --- Building, Iron and steel --- Composite materials --- Concrete construction --- Concrete slabs --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- Repairing