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Discover how bridges are made! Through full-color photographs, easy-to-read text, and hands-on projects, young engineers and architects are introduced to the world of bridges, including the types of bridges, how they're built, and key terms. This fast-paced nonfiction book will engage budding engineers while also covering U.S. Next Generation Science standards and National Science Education Standards.

Discusses different kinds of bridges, from train bridges to fortified castle bridges, and provides an example of each.

"Bridges are some of the most fascinating structures in our landscape. "From towering suspension bridges to humble stone crossings, this book visits them all in sweet, bouncing text with expository sidebars. But while bridges can be quite grand, this reminds us that their main purpose is bringing people together"--

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to bridges. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

This book discusses how math skills are used to calculate materials for the construction of bridges and explains arch bridges, beam bridges, and suspension bridges.

"The Golden Gate Bridge is the most famous bridge in the world. It is also, not entirely coincidentally, the world's only bright-orange bridge. But it wasn't supposed to be that way. In this book, fellow bridge-lovers Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols tell the story of how it happened - how a bridge that some people wanted to be red and white, and some people wanted to be yellow and black, and most people wanted simply to be gray, instead became, thanks...

Profiles ten of the world's most distinctive bridges.

"Learn all about some of the world's most incredible bridges, from how they are designed and built to how bridge technology has changed over time."--

This book describes the construction of America's most famous structures, such as the Erie Canal, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the Hoover Dam, and the Golden Gate Bridge.