Historic bridges : evaluation, preservation, and management /
Perhaps more than any other engineered structures, bridges represent the height of resourcefulness both in their design and their use of materials. This work provides both an admiring and a technical account of bridge engineering through an exploration of several remarkable examples. Demonstrating h...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Perhaps more than any other engineered structures, bridges represent the height of resourcefulness both in their design and their use of materials. This work provides both an admiring and a technical account of bridge engineering through an exploration of several remarkable examples. Demonstrating historic significance beyond their utilitarian function, the bridges encountered in these pages are true landmarks, as worthy of emulation as they are preservation. |
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| Item Description: | "The 8th Historic Bridges Conference (HBC) was held in Columbus, Ohio, April 28-29, 2008"--Preface |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1420079956 9781420079951 9781420079968 1420079964 1281274852 9781281274854 |