TheBridgeEng - Bridge Engineering

We don't just design and build bridges. We connect you and me — and turn ‘you and I’ into ‘we.’

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01 - Toolbox

A growing toolbox for bridge engineers

Every tool on this page runs in your browser — no login, no install, nothing to download. Tap a tile to jump straight to it. New tools are added as they are built and verified.

Section PropsA · I · S · rarea, inertia, moduli — incl. girdersOpen →Beam AnalyzerSFD · BMDmulti-span shear, moment, deflectionOpen →Frame & Trussportal · trussportals and trusses, live diagramsOpen →Spread Footingbearing · shearbearing, shear, punching, steelOpen →Anchor BoltACI Ch.17ACI 318 Ch.17 single anchorsOpen →Budget Estimatorcost modelearly cost bracket by bridge typeOpen →FCM Sizebalanced cant.balanced-cantilever box sizingOpen →Girder DepthL/d bandsAASHTO depth bands by spanOpen →Span Recommendertype vs spanwhich bridge type fits the spanOpen →Expansion Jointmovementthermal + creep & shrinkage demandOpen →Bearing Padelastomericelastomeric pad area & thicknessOpen →PT Elongationfriction lossfriction loss and field elongationOpen →Method SelectorerectionMSS, FCM, ILM, precast comparedOpen →Abutment SizerproportionsRankine stability + steel estimateOpen →Stay Cablecatenaryexact stay geometry, as-built checkedOpen →
FE Practice

Test yourself — FE structures practice

A 10-question set drawn fresh from a 300-item verified bank — statics, mechanics, analysis, design, loads and bridge engineering. Worked solutions and a printable score report at the end.

300 items · 6 domains · parametric numbers change every attempt · not affiliated with NCEES
02 - Daily Brief

One bridge story a day

The latest briefs - collapse & safety, new projects, and new technology - synthesized from the sources, never copied. Tap a card for the full archive.

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03 - Insight

Insight from practice

Notes on bridge engineering, design thinking, and the view from the field - posted here in parallel with LinkedIn. Tap a card to read more.

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