3. BRIDGE
ENGINEERING
• engineering discipline branching
from civil engineering that
involves planning, designing,
constructing, operating, and
maintaining bridges to ensure
safe and effective
transportation of vehicles,
people, and goods.
4. BRIDGE (purpose)
• A bridge is a system for transporting road
traffic and perhaps other moving loads
across an obstacle, including a river, a
canal, a road, or a railroad.
5. • The oldest and still existing
bridge in the world is
perhaps the Zhaozhou
Bridge in Hebei Province in
China, originally
constructed approximately
in A.D. 600.
7. BRIDGE (design)
The design of a bridge can only commence after its
function has been properly defined (in master plans)
(conceptual, preliminary, detailed, and
construction design)
8. BRIDGE (design)
The design of a bridge can only commence after its
function has been properly defined (in master plans)
(conceptual, preliminary, detailed, and
construction design)
9. BRIDGE (design)
The design of a bridge can only commence after its
function has been properly defined (in master plans)
(conceptual, preliminary, detailed, and
construction design)
selected by the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) as the twelfth "milestone of international civil engineering" and a bronze monument was presented by the ASCE.
In year 1996, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, remain standing. Age: 1400 years