Category Archives: Historic Bridges

Bellows Falls Bridge

Posted on 12/05/2011 by dougaj4

Sparked by this excellent high resolution photo from the Shorpy collection, posted at Eng-Tips, and a comment that it was a three-pinned arch (coming from Wikipedia), I thought I would investigate further. Zooming in on the crown shows that there … Continue reading →

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New Links

Posted on 26/01/2011 by dougaj4

Two new Excel links on the list to the right, both with a tonne of good information on how to get more out of Excel: Bob Phillips writes the Excel Do, Dynamic Does blog, with a focus on business information.  The … Continue reading →

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Salutary pictures for bridge engineers

Posted on 29/12/2010 by dougaj4

Following the Minnesota bridge collapse, Time magazine published photos of the ten worst bridge collapses of the last 100 years: The Worst Bridge Collapses in the Past 100 Years An interesting list, many of which I hadn’t heard of, although … Continue reading →

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Another old bridge, and some newer ones

Posted on 07/12/2008 by dougaj4

A further collection of notable bridges from Southern Germany and Austria. Würzburg’s Old Main Bridge (Alte Mainbrücke) was built 1473–1543 to replace the destroyed Romanesque bridge from 1133. It was adorned from 1730 on in two phases with well-known statues … Continue reading →

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Bridges of NSW

Posted on 02/11/2008 by dougaj4

An excellent and detailed account of historical bridges in New South Wales: Bridge Types in NSW Historical Overviews

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