BRIDGE  & STRUCTURE RESOURCES

 Bridge Basics - A Spotters Guide to Bridge Design
AASHTO - Subcommittee on Bridges & Structures - Homepage
FHWA - Bridge Technology - Homepage
FHWA - National Bridge Inspections Standards - Homepage
Timber Bridges - Design, Construction, Inspection, and Maintenance - Table of Contents (19 pages pdf)
Entire Manual - (907 pages pdf)
Standard Plans for Timber Highway Structures -  8 pages pdf
Stantdard Plans for Southern Pine Bridges - 28 pages pdf
Standard Plans for Timber Bridge Superstructures - 56 pages pdf

Standard Specifications for  Construction of Roads & Bridges on Federal Highway Projects
Table of Contents - 16 pages pdf
Entire Manual  - 828 pages pdf

   Associations Related To Bridge Engineering
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• ABCD - Association for Bridge Construction and Design
• AISC - American Institute of Steel Construction
• AWS - American Welding Society
• Applied Technology Council
• ASBI - American Segmental Bridge Institute
• Civil Engineering Research Foundation
• Design-Build Institute of America
• Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering - Excellent free resource
• Historic Bridge Foundation
• IABSE - International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
• ISSMGE - International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• NCBC - National Concrete Bridge Council
• NCSEA - National Council of Structural Engineers Associations
• NSBA - National Steel Bridge Alliance
• SEAINT - Structural Engineers Association International