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Bridges: Resources for Civil Engineers

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ASCE's Civil Engineering Database
ASCE will be sunsetting the Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) on December 1, 2025. Users will be redirected to the ASCE Library
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Science .gov
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WorldCat
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Science and Engineering Databases

These database are only available within the Linda Hall Library.

TRID Database from the Transportation Research Board
"Provides access to over 940,000 records of transportation research worldwide."

Engineering Handbooks

Handbook of International Bridge Engineering by Edited by Wai-Fah Chen and Lian Duan
Call Number: TG145 .H25 2014
The Civil Engineering Handbook by Edited by Wai-Fah Chen and Richard Liew
Call Number: TA151 .C458 2003 Reference Room
The Engineering Handbook by Richard Dorf
Call Number: TA151 .E545 2005 Reference Desk
Wiley Engineer's Desk Reference by Sanford Heisler
Call Number: TA151 .H324 1998 Reference Room
Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers by Frederick Merritt, Jonathan Ricketts and M. Kent Loftin
Call Number: TA151 .S63 2004 Reference Desk
Steel construction manual. by American Institute of Steel Construction
Call Number: Specs and Standards STD 91 ANSI/AISC 325-2017
Constructing Architecture by Andrea Deplazes (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd Floor TA403 .C5745 2018

ISBN: 9783035616699

Bridge Design

Design of Highway Bridges: an LRFD Approach by Richard Barker and Jay Puckett
Call Number: TG300 .B37 2013 quarto
Bridge Design and Evaluation by Gongkang Fu
Call Number: TG300 .F82 2013
Bridge Engineering by Jim Zhao and Demetrios Tonias
Call Number: TG300 .T66 2013 quarto
Handbook of International Bridge Engineering by Wai-Fah Chen (Editor); Lian Duan (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd Floor TG145 .H25 2014

ISBN: 9781439810293
Bridge design & engineering directory by Russell, Helena
Call Number: Closed Stacks - Books AY2 .B72B75 2018

ISBN: 9780707971520

Engineering Dictionaries

The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction by Len Webster
Call Number: TA9 .W435 1997 Reference Desk
A Dictionary of Environmental and Civil Engineering by Len Webster
Call Number: TA9 .W433 2000 Reference Room

Selected of Journals at LHL - Bridges

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University)
The Bridge (National Academy of Engineering)
Bridge Builder
Bridge Design and Engineering
Bridgemen's Magazine (International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers)
Covered Bridge Topics
Journal of bridge engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Division)
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Bridge Engineering.
Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

Additional Standards Resources

American National Standards Institute
Standards Developer and Vendor
Accuris (formerly TechStreet and IHS Global)
Standards Vendor
Nimonik (formerly Document Center)
Standards Vendor
Military Standards/Specifications
Access to Defense Standardization Program documents from the official Department of Defense repository, the ASSIST database
Beuth Verlag
German and other European standards