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Introduction
The elements of bridge design
- Basic forms
  - Beam
  - Truss
  - Arch
  - Suspension
  - Cantilever
  - Cable-stay
- Materials
  - Wood and stone
  - Iron and steel
  - Concrete
- Construction
  - Beam bridges
  - Arch bridges
  - Suspension bridges
  - Cantilever bridges
  - Cable-stayed bridges
- Performance in service
  - Live load and dead load
  - Forces of nature
The history of bridge design
- Early wood and stone bridges
  - The ancient world
    - Beam bridges
    - Roman arch bridges
    - Asian cantilever and arch bridges
  - The Middle Ages
  - The Renaissance and after
    - Stone arch bridges
    - Timber truss bridges
- Iron and steel bridges, 1779–1929
  - Iron
    - Early designs
    - Railway bridges
    - Suspension bridges
  - Steel
    - Railway bridges
    - Suspension bridges
- Concrete bridges
  - Reinforced concrete
    - Early bridges
    - Maillart’s innovations
  - Prestressed concrete
    - Eugène Freyssinet
    - Ulrich Finsterwalder
    - Christian Menn
- Steel bridges after 1931
  - Long-span suspension bridges
    - Tacoma Narrows
    - Lessons of the disaster
  - Truss bridges
- Cable-stayed bridges
  - European designs
  - U.S. designs
- Asian long-span bridges and viaducts
  - China
    - Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge
    - Tianjin Grand Bridge
    - Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
  - Japan
    - Ōsaka Harbour
    - Island bridges
  - Taiwan

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