This is not intended to be a thorough list of bridge references. A short abbreviation is assigned to each reference. The abbreviations are used throughout the Bridgemeister inventory.
| Reference Identifier | Type | Author(s) | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Identifier | Type | Author(s) | Title | Publication | Date |
| NG198305 | Periodical | "A Century Old, The Wonderful Brooklyn Bridge" | National Geographic | May 1983 | |
| ENR19290411a | Periodical | "A Significant Record." | Engineering News-Record | April 11, 1929 | |
| ENR19270811b | Periodical | "Advancing Needs." | Engineering News-Record | August 11, 1927 | |
| ENR19290620a | Periodical | "An Eyebar Suspension Span for the Ohio River." | Engineering News-Record | June 20, 1929 | |
| ENR19290411c | Periodical | "Belt Transport at Hudson River Anchorage." | Engineering News-Record | April 11, 1929 | |
| ENR19270811a | Periodical | "Design of 3,500-ft Suspension Bridge Across Hudson River." | Engineering News-Record | August 11, 1927 | |
| SA19060926 | Periodical | "Erection of the Quebec Bridge." | Scientific American | September 26, 1906 | |
| ENR19290620b | Periodical | "Eyebars for Cables." | Engineering News-Record | June 20, 1929 | |
| ENR19290808 | Periodical | "Footwalk Suspension Bridge in Chicago Park" | Engineering News-Record | August 8, 1929 | |
| SP18450809 | Periodical | "Hassard's Suspension Bridge." | Spirit Of The Times | August 9, 1845 | |
| SA19000106 | Periodical | "Long Span Bridges" | Scientific American Supplement | January 6, 1900 | |
| YS20041217 | Periodical | "McPhaul Bridge Marks 75th Anniversary." | The Sun (Yuma, Arizona) | December 17, 2004 | |
| SA18810716 | Periodical | "Renewal Of Niagara Suspension Bridge." | Scientific American | July 16, 1881 | |
| HA20050114 | Periodical | "Storm-damaged Bridge Closed." | Honolulu Advertiser | January 14, 2005 | |
| SA18720608 | Periodical | "Suspension Truss Bridge." | Scientific American | June 8, 1872 | |
| ENR19290411b | Periodical | "Technical Aspects of Cable Wire Breakage on Mount Hope Bridge." | Engineering News-Record | April 11, 1929 | |
| SA19050909 | Periodical | "The Budapest and Manhattan Suspension Bridges." | Scientific American | September 9, 1905 | |
| SA18790531 | Periodical | "The Great Suspension Bridges Of The United States." | Scientific American | May 31, 1879 | |
| SA18960502 | Periodical | "The New Bridge Over The Hudson River At New York." | Scientific American | May 2, 1896 | |
| ENG18570605 | Periodical | Adams, Julius W | "The New Bridge Over the Kentucky River on the Line of the Louisville and Lexington Railway." | The Engineer | June 5, 1857. Vol. 3 |
| RLE | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Adilardi, Alessandro, Salvatore Giacomo Morano, and Paolo Spinelli | Reconstruction of the Oldest Cable Wire Suspension Bridge in Italy "Leopoldus II" | Proceedings of the First International Congress on Construction History, 20-24 January, 2003. Madrid, Spain | January, 2003 |
| CVA | Book | Alex, William | Calvert Vaux, Architect and Planner | 1994 | |
| ONC | Book | Allen, Richard Sanders | Old North Country Bridges: An Album of Historic Spans of Wood, Iron and Wire in Northern New York State | 1983 | |
| BAR | Book | Arcila, Martha Torres | Bridges | 2002 | |
| VND20050116 | Periodical | Aubele, Michael | "Lights to be Added to Hyde Park-Leechburg Foot Bridge." | Valley News Dispatch | January 16, 2005 |
| CSN | Book | Axline, Jon | Conveniences Sorely Needed: Montana's Historic Highway Bridges 1860-1956 | 2005 | |
| BDB | Book | Beckett, Derrick | Great Buildings Of The World -- Bridges | 1969 | |
| COB | Book | Bennett, David | The Creation Of Bridges | 1999 | |
| RMA | Book | Billington, David P | Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete | 1989 | |
| RMB | Book | Billington, David P | Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art Of Engineering | 1979 | |
| SOB | Book | Black, Archibald | The Story of Bridges | 1936 | |
| JFI186604 | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Boller, Alfred P | "Williamsport Suspension Bridge." | Journal Of The Franklin Institute, Civil Engineering | April 1866 |
| BRU | Book | Bonatz, Paul, and Fritz Leonhardt | Brücken | 1956 | |
| BOR | Book | Bormann, Henry B | Bridges | 1934 | |
| EN19070918 | Periodical | Boughton, W.H | "The Monongahela River Suspension Bridge at Morgantown, W. VA." | Engineering News | September 18, 1907 |
| BRB | Book | Bressey, C.H., and John Buchan | British Bridges - An Illustrated Technical And Historical Record | 1933 | |
| AGP | Book | Brocard, Maurice | L'Ain des Grands Ponts | 1993 | |
| SJR19880926 | Periodical | Brody, Jeff | "Indiana Bridge at center of preservation controversy." | The State Journal Register (Springfield, IL) | September 26, 1988 |
| BBR | Book | Brown, David | Bridges | 1993 | |
| BMA | Book | Browne, Lionel | Bridges: Masterpieces of Architecture | 1996 | |
| MUN | Book | Bryant, Lorinda Munson | The Children's Book of Celebrated Bridges | 1925 | |
| NSB | Book | Buck, Leffert L | Report on the Renewal of Niagara Suspension Bridge | 1880 | |
| DCM | Book | Burr, William H., and Myron S. Falk | Design and Construction of Metallic Bridges | 1905 | |
| BOT | Book | Caplinger, Michael W | Bridges Over Time - A Technological Context for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Main Stem at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia | 1997 | |
| ISB | Book | Captain A. H. E. Boileau | Outlines of a Series of Lectures on Iron Suspension Bridges Delivered at the Calcutta Mechanics' Institution in 1841 | 1842 | |
| HJC | Book | Carey, H.L | The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company... Vol. II | 1907 | |
| SPG | Book | Cassady, Stephen | Spanning The Gate. The Golden Gate Bridge | 1986 | |
| WIT | Book | Chaplin, N. and Kolesova, O.S | With Iron Tracings Richly Wrought.. | 1970 | |
| FOWP1999S | Periodical | Chase, Susan Mulchahey | The Upstream Bridges | Friends of Wilmington Parks Newsletter | Spring 1999 |
| WCT20051125 | Periodical | Cherveny, Tom | "Granite Falls Weights Future of Pedestrian Bridge Linking East and West." | West Central Tribune | November 25, 2005 |
| WML | Book | Cloutte, Bruce | Where Water Meets Land: Historic Movable Bridges of Connecticut | 2004 | |
| HHP | Book | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Historic Highway Bridges In Pennsylvania | 1986 | |
| RBGB | Book | Concrete Publications Limited | Road Bridges In Great Britain | 1939 | |
| WSB | Book | Conger, Roger N | The Waco Suspension Bridge - "First Across and Still Across." | 1992 | |
| IMB | Book | Cooper, James L | Iron Monuments to Distant Posterity - Indiana's Metal Bridges, 1870-1930 | 1987 | |
| COR | Book | Corbett, Scott | Bridges | 1978 | |
| BC3 | Book | Cortright, Robert S | Bridging the World | 2003 | |
| BC2 | Book | Cortright, Robert S | Bridging: Discovering the Beauty of Bridges | 1998 | |
| BCO | Book | Cortright, Robert S | Bridging | 1994 | |
| CMR | Book | Costello, Mary Charlotte Aubry | Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge By Bridge (Volume One) | 1995 | |
| TTSB | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Cotte, Michel | The Tournon-Tain Suspension Bridge: A Case Study in Technology Transfer and Innovation (1821-1825) | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| RWS | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Cuddy, Michael | Rehabilitation of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| ALM | Book | D'Eon, B.G.F | The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge | 1954 | |
| BDR | Book | Dale, Frank T | Bridges over the Delaware River | 2003 | |
| IHS | Book | Davis, Hon. Win. J | An Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California | 1890 | |
| BEM | Book | de Maré, Eric | The Bridges Of Britain | 1954 | |
| KSBM | Paper or Conference Proceedings | del Drago, Filippo, Paolo Tortolini, Marco Petrangeli | The Kamoro Suspension Bridge in Madagascar | IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland | September 23-25, 2015 |
| LAB | Book | DeLony, Eric | Landmark American Bridges | 1992 | |
| CTS | Book | Department of Army Headquarters | Cableways, Tramways And Suspension Bridges | 1964 | |
| BBTS | Book | Department of Public Works City of New York | Brooklyn Bridge Technical Survey Final Report | 1945 | |
| LBN | Book | Department of War | List Of Bridges Over The Navigable Waters Of The United States - 1927 | 1927 | |
| HST | Book | Dillon, Richard, Thomas Moulin, and Don DeNevi | High Steel - Building the Bridges Across San Francisco Bay | 1979 | |
| MOS | Book | Drewry, Charles Stewart | A Memoir on Suspension Bridges | 1832 | |
| BDU | Book | Dupre, Judith | Bridges | 1997 | |
| IBB | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Espion, Bernard | Iron Bridges in Belgium before 1853 | Proceedings, Seventh Conference of the Construction History Society, The Construction History Society, Cambridge (UK) | April 4, 2020 |
| TRB | Book | Fairhurst, William A | The Tay Road Bridge | 1966 | |
| SHO | Book | Fluhr, George J | Shohola, History of a Township | 1972 | |
| MACB | Book | Fornes, Mike | Images of America: Mackinac Bridge | 2007 | |
| FRB | Book | Forth Road Bridge Joint Board | The Forth Road Bridge - The Official Story | 196? | |
| IEA | Book | Fowler, Charles Evan | Ideals Of Engineering Architecture | 1929 | |
| SSS | Book | Frankland, F.H | Suspension Bridges of Short Span | 1934 | |
| SSB | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Gasparini, Dario A., Justin M. Spivey, Stephen G. Buonopane, and Thomas E. Boothby | Stiffened Suspension Bridges | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| BAM | Book | Gies, Joseph | Bridges and Men | 1963 | |
| CTW | Book | Graf, Bernhard | Bridges That Changed The World | 2002 | |
| CBM | Book | Hadlow, Robert W | Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder | 2001 | |
| PAH994 | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Hallidie, Andrew S | "Improvements In The Construction Of Suspension Bridges" | Great Britain Patent no. 994 [1867] | April 3, 1867 |
| HARPER | Book | Harper, Douglas | River, Railway and Ravine. Foot Suspension Bridges for Empire | 2015 | |
| GTBS | Book | Haupt, Herman | General Theory of Bridge Construction | 1851 | |
| MHA | Book | Hayden, Martin | The Book of Bridges | 1976 | |
| BOTO | Document | Hayden, Robert | "Historical Resources Mitigation, Volume II: Bridges over the Osage--Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir Project, Missouri" | September, 1980 | |
| CCM | Book | Hazel, Robert | The Day The Ship Knocked The Bridge Down | 2000 | |
| HAERNM4B | Document | Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior | "Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam," No. NM-4-B | 1990 | |
| HAERTX64 | Document | Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior | "Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension Bridge (Woodson Bridge)," No. TX-64 | ||
| HAERMO91 | Document | Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior | "Klenken Bridge" MO-91 | October, 1995 | |
| HAERPA461 | Document | Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior | "Lower Bridge At English Center," No. PA-461 | 1997 | |
| HAERTX98 | Document | Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior | "Texas Suspension Bridges," No. TX-98 | 2000 | |
| HAERAZ10 | Document | Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior | "Verde River Sheep Bridge (Red Point Sheep Bridge)," No. AZ-10 | July 1987 | |
| CTT | Book | Hobbs, Richard S | Catastrophe To Triumph: Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows | 2006 | |
| PPH20050801 | Periodical | Hoey, Dennis | "Swinging Bridge Getting a Makeover." | Portland Press Herald | August 1, 2005 |
| SPW | Book | Holstine, Craig and Richard Hobbs | Spanning Washington. Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State | 2005 | |
| ASB | Book | Hopkins, H.J | A Span Of Bridges | 1970 | |
| HHM | Book | Hyde, Charles K | Historic Highway Bridges Of Michigan | 1993 | |
| CSTR | Book | Irvine, H. Max | Cable Structures | 1981 | |
| GBD | Book | Jackson, Donald | Great American Bridges And Dams | 1988 | |
| BCT | Book | Jacobs, David, and Anthony E. Neville | Bridges, Canals & Tunnels - The Engineering Conquest of America | 1968 | |
| AAJ | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Jakkula, Arne Arthur | A History of Suspension Bridges in Bibliographical Form | Bulletin of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. 4th ser., v. 12, no. 7 | July 1, 1941 |
| ANE | Book | Jervoise, E | The Ancient Bridges Of The North Of England | 1931 | |
| SCJ | Book | Jodidio, Philip | Santiago Calatrava | 2001 | |
| CPW | Book | John A Roebling's Sons Company | Construction Of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges | 1925 | |
| SJR | Book | John A Roebling's Sons Company | Suspension Bridges - A Century Of Progress | ||
| SA199712b | Periodical | Kashima, Satoshi, and Makoto Kitagawa. | "The Longest Suspension Bridge." | Scientific American | December 1997 |
| CEJ | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Kemp, Emory L | Charles Ellet, Jr. and the Wheeling Suspension Suspension Bridge | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| SBR | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Kemp, Emory L. | Samuel Brown: Britain's Pioneer Suspension Bridge Builder | History of Technology 1977 | 1977 |
| WHSB | Book | Kemp, Emory L., and Beverly B. Fluty | The Wheeling Suspenison Bridge - A Pictorial Heritage | 1999 | |
| FLB | Book | Kerrod, Robin | A First Look At Bridges | 1972 | |
| PBR | Book | Kidney, Walter C | Pittsburgh's Bridges - Architecture and Engineering | 1999 | |
| HIB | Book | Kingston, Jeremy, and Arthur Lockwood | How it is made - Bridges | 1985 | |
| SA199712a | Periodical | Kosowatz, John J. | "Building a New Gateway to China." | Scientific American | December 1997 |
| HOF | Book | Kramer, Carl E | Capital on the Kentucky: A Two Hundred Year History of Frankfort and Franklin County | 1986 | |
| RRC | Book | Kramer, Joyce | River Rover Chronicles | 2014 | |
| CAB | Book | Kranakis, Eda | Constructing A Bridge | 1997 | |
| LEG | Book | Legge, Charles | Report on Proposed Railway Bridge over the River St. Lawrence, Coteau to Valleyfield; and Rail Connection of the Ottawa Valley with the New England States | 1873 | |
| BFL | Book | Leonhardt, Fritz | Brücken (Bridges) | 1984 | |
| BOL | Book | Lester, Wellington F | The Bridges Of Lordville | 1992 | |
| ONF | Periodical | Lindenthal, Gustav | Old and New Forms of the Suspension Bridge: The Stability and Safety of the Suspended Arch | The Engineering Magazine: An Industrial Review | December, 1898 |
| BAC | Book | Mackay, Sheila | Bridge Across The Century - The Story of the Forth Bridge | 1985 | |
| BDO | Book | Mair, George | Bridge Down | 1982 | |
| JSE | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Martínez, Joaquín Cárcamo | Jules Seguin en España: prefabricación e innovación en los puentes colgantes de Fuentidueña, Arganda, Carandia y Zaragoza construidos por el empresario francés | Actas del Noveno Congreso Nacional y Primer Congreso Internacional Hispanoamericano de Historia de la Construcción | 2015 |
| AMB | Book | Mason, Philip | The Ambassador Bridge | 1987 | |
| BRAZ | Book | McConal, Jon | Bridges Over the Brazos | 2005 | |
| MSSB | Book | McCullough, C.B., Glenn S. Paxson, and Richard Rosecrans | Technical Bulletin No. 18: Oregon State Highway Department. Multiple-Span Suspension Bridges: Development and Experimental Verification Theory | ||
| GB | Book | McCullough, David | The Great Bridge | ||
| SFOM | Book | Mensch, E. Cromwell | San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. A Technical Description In Ordinary Language | 1936 | |
| WGE20030513 | Personal Correspondence | Metz, Lance E | "Pedestrian Suspension Bridge." | Personal email from Lance E. Metz to Wayne Grodkiewicz | May 13, 2003 |
| LIR | Book | Middleton, William D | Landmarks On The Iron Road | 1999 | |
| BAQ | Book | Middleton, William D | The Bridge At Quebec | 2001 | |
| AUB | Book | Miller, Shannon | Austin Bridge Company - The First 50 Years 1918-1968 | 1974 | |
| CTD | Book | Miller, William J | Crossing The Delaware - The Story of the Delaware Memorial Bridge | 1983 | |
| BTH | Book | Mindell, Ruth, and Jonathan Mindell | Bridges Over The Thames | 1985 | |
| BCG | Book | Ministry of Communications of the People's Republic of China | A Guide to Chinese Bridges | 2003 | |
| WSJ20060128 | Periodical | Mitchell, Monte | "Winds blow up a record at Grandfather Mountain." | Winston-Salem Journal | January 28, 2006 |
| ARB | Book | Mock, Elizabeth B | The Architecture Of Bridges | 1949 | |
| DRB | Book | Modjeski, Ralph et. al | The Delaware River Bridge - Final Report of the Board Of Engineers | 1927 | |
| WCC | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Monroe, Elizabeth Brand | The Wheeling Suspension Bridge Court Case | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| BPF | Book | Montens, Serge | Les Plus Beaux Ponts de France | 2001 | |
| IT1999F | Periodical | Moran, Barbara. | "A Bridge That Didn't Collapse." | American Heritage of Invention & Technology | Fall 1999 |
| FVB | Book | Morden, James C., and W. Bruce Leslie. | Falls View Bridges - History and Collapse, Niagara Ice Bridges - History and 1938 | ||
| INH | Book | Murray, Peter, MaryAnne Stevens, and Aschen Mikoyan | The Inhabited Bridge: past, present and future | ||
| BCW | Book | Myer, Donald Beekman | Bridges And The City Of Washington | 1974 | |
| BLD | Book | National Geographic Society | The Builders: Marvels of Engineering | 1992 | |
| HBR | Book | Nelson, Gillian | Highland Bridges | 1990 | |
| PS199803 | Periodical | Normille, Dennis, and Frank Vizard. | "A Bridge So Far." | Popular Science March | 1998 |
| STC | Book | O'Connor, Colin | Spanning Two Centuries: Historic Bridges of Australia | 1985 | |
| HHO | Book | Oregon Department Of Transportation | Historic Highway Bridges Of Oregon | 1986 | |
| BOS | Book | Ostrow, Steven A | Bridges | 1997 | |
| BOU | Book | Outerbridge, Graeme | Bridges | 1989 | |
| DHB | Book | P.A.C. Spero & Company | Delaware Historic Bridges Survey And Evaluation | 1991 | |
| EDLS | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Paxton, Roland A | Early Development of the Long Span Suspension Bridge in Britain, 1810-1840 | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| FBR | Book | Paxton, Roland | 100 Years Of The Forth Bridge | 1990 | |
| BBU | Book | Pearce, Martin, and Richard Jobson | Bridge Builders | 2002 | |
| ABC | Book | Pelkey, Rosemary Miner | Adirondack Bridgebuilder From Charleston - The Life And Times Of Robert Codgell Gilchrist | 1993 | |
| PQL | Book | Pelletier, Jean | Ponts et Quais de Lyon | 2002 | |
| GHD | Book | Peters, Tom F | Transitions In Engineering: Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges | 1987 | |
| PTL | Book | Petroski, Henry | Pushing The Limits: New Adventures In Engineering | 2004 | |
| ED | Book | Petroski, Henry | Engineers Of Dreams | 1995 | |
| BPL | Book | Plowden, David | Bridges: Spans Of North America | 1974 | |
| RT20040413 | Periodical | Poindexter, Joanne | "Footbridge gets back into the swing of things." | The Roanoke Times | April 13, 2004 |
| SCP | Book | Polano, Sergio | Santiago Calatrava - Complete Works | 1996 | |
| POPE | Book | Pope, Thomas | A Treatise On Bridge Architecture | 1811 | |
| THG | Book | Prebble, John | The High Girders: The Story of the Tay Bridge Disaster | 1975 | |
| OBB1 | Book | Purcell, C.H | First Annual Report San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge | 1934 | |
| TTA | Book | Quenby, Ron | Thomas Telford's Aqueducts On The Shropshire Union Canal | 1992 | |
| KJ20030410 | Periodical | Rankin, Joe | "Bond Would Pay For Bridge Repair." | Kennebec Journal (Maine) | April 10, 2003 |
| SIX | Book | Rastorfer, Darl | Six Bridges - The Legacy of Othmar H. Ammann | 2000 | |
| PPH19991019 | Periodical | Rayfield, Susan | "Solid Footing For The Footbridge." | Portland Press Herald | October 19, 1999 |
| BCP | Book | Reed, Henry Hope, Robert M, McGee, and Esther Mipaas | Bridges of Central Park | 1990 | |
| HWCO | Book | Reeder, W.C | The History of Warren County Ohio | 1882 | |
| BOP | Book | Regan, Bob | Bridges of Pittsburgh | 2006 | |
| NTB | Book | Richards, J.M | The National Trust Book Of Bridges | 1984 | |
| BONJ | Book | Richman, Steven M | The Bridges of New Jersey: Portraits of Garden State Crossings | 2005 | |
| BRS | Book | Robinson, Holton D., and David B. Steinman | Bridges - Robinson and Steinman | ||
| AZB | Book | Robinson, John V | Al Zampa and the Bay Area Bridges | 2005 | |
| NJR | Book | Roig, Joan | New Bridges (Nuevos Puentes) | 1996 | |
| SEV | Book | Rolt, L.T.C | The Severn Bridge: The Story of Its History and Construction | 1966 | |
| IKB | Book | Rolt, L.T.C | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 1959 | |
| QBI2 | Book | Royal Commission | Quebec Bridge Inquiry, 1907, Vol. II, Minutes of Proceedings And Printed Exhibits | 1908 | |
| MM | Book | Rubin, Lawrence A | Mighty Mac | 1958 | |
| BSI | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Ruddock, Ted | Blacksmith Bridges in Scotland and Ireland 1816-1834 | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| EAR | Book | Sayenga, Donald | Ellet and Roebling | 2001 | |
| DSL200106 | Personal Correspondence | Sayenga, Donald | "12 Early California Iron Wire Suspension Bridges." | Personal correspondence | June 2001 |
| DSE20000118 | Personal Correspondence | Sayenga, Donald | "Georgetown Chain Bridge." | Personal email | January 18, 2000 |
| DSE20000228 | Personal Correspondence | Sayenga, Donald | "Lehigh Chain Bridges." | Personal email | February 28, 2000 |
| DSE20000116 | Personal Correspondence | Sayenga, Donald | "North American List." | Personal email | January 16, 2000 |
| DSE20000403 | Personal Correspondence | Sayenga, Donald | "Your List - Cont'd." | Personal email | April 3, 2000 |
| DSE20000203 | Personal Correspondence | Sayenga, Donald | "Your List." | Personal email | February 3, 2000 |
| HWR | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Sayenga, Donald | A History of Wrought-Iron Wire Suspension Bridge Cables | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| DSL20030414 | Personal Correspondence | Sayenga, Donald | untitled | Personal letter | April 14, 2003 |
| HNH | Book | Schönhöfer, Robert | Die Haupt-, Neben- und Hilfsgerüste im Brückenbau | 1911 | |
| LACE | Book | Schodek, Daniel L | Landmarks In American Civil Engineering | 1987 | |
| TRS | Book | Schuyler, Hamilton | The Roeblings - A Century Of Engineers, Bridge-Builders, And Industrialists | 1931 | |
| WOT | Book | Scott, Richard | In the Wake of Tacoma | 2001 | |
| HBP | Book | Shank, William H | Historic Bridges Of Pennsylvania | 1980 | |
| BHC20041106 | Periodical | Sieber, Samantha | "Bridge Closure Separates Family Members." | Bristol Herald Courier | November 6, 2004 |
| BHC20050125 | Periodical | Sieber, Samantha | "Landmark Swinging Bridge Reopens." | Bristol Herald Courier | January 25, 2005 |
| SME20030311 | Personal Correspondence | Simmons, David A | "New Suspension Bridge." | Personal email | March 11, 2003 |
| OCEN198202 | Periodical | Simmons, David A | "There's an Important Survivor of Suspension Bridge Technology in Dresden" | Ohio County Engineers News | February, 1982 |
| EOV | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Simmons, David A | Light, Aerial Structures of Modern Engineering: Early Suspension Bridges in the Ohio Valley | Proceedings of an International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge | 1999 |
| ASCE188105 | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Smith, C. Shaler | Wind Pressures upon Bridges | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers | May 1881 |
| BAK | Book | Soberg, Ralph | Bridging Alaska - From The Big Delta To The Kenai | 1991 | |
| ADDS | Periodical | Steinman, David B | Architecture and Design | June, 1954. Vol XVIII | |
| PTS2 | Book | Steinman, David B | A Practical Treatise On Suspension Bridges (Second Edition) | 1929 | |
| PTS | Book | Steinman, David B | A Practical Treatise On Suspension Bridges | 1922 | |
| BOB | Book | Steinman, David B | The Builders Of The Bridge: The Story Of John Roebling And His Son | 1945 | |
| FBW | Book | Steinman, David B | Famous Bridges Of The World | 1953 | |
| BTB | Book | Steinman, David B., and Sara Ruth Watson | Bridges And Their Builders | 1941 | |
| TOB | Book | Stevens, Harry R | The Ohio Bridge | 1939 | |
| GGB | Book | Strauss, Joseph B | The Golden Gate Bridge: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District | 1937 | |
| AR200003 | Periodical | Talarico, Wendy. | "Crossing Safely to the Other Side." | Architectural Record | March 2000 |
| HA20050206 | Periodical | TenBruggencate, Jan | "Kaua'i Visitors Take Risk On Damaged Footbridge." | Honolulu Advertiser | February 6, 2005 |
| AOB | Book | The Highways Agency | The Appearance of Bridges and Other Highway Structures | 1996 | |
| GAP | Book | Thornton, Geoffrey | Bridging The Gap: Early Bridges in New Zealand 1830-1939 | 2001 | |
| BAAW | Book | Transportation Research Board, National Research Council | Bridge Aesthetics Around the World | 1991 | |
| VNB | Book | Triborough Bridge And Tunnel Authority | Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Cable Spinning March 7, 1963 | 1963 | |
| ARF | Book | Triborough Bridge And Tunnel Authority | Joint Study of Arterial Facilities. New York - New Jersey Metropolitan Area | January 1955 | |
| OBTD | Book | Troitsky, M.S | Orthotropic Bridges Theory And Design | 1967 | |
| ALPS | Periodical | Tschemmernegg, Ferdinand and Hubert Brandstätter | "Austria's Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge." | Structural Engineering International | January 1997 |
| EN19001122 | Periodical | Tyrell, H.G | "Footway Suspension Bridge with Three Towers, at Easton, PA." | Engineering News | November 22, 1900 |
| HBE | Book | Tyrell, Henry Grattan | History of Bridge Engineering | 1911 | |
| OBFC | Book | Unger, Frederick Fleming | Old Bridges Of Franklin County [PA] | 1941 | |
| PQU | Book | United States Department of Agriculture, and Tibor Latincsics | Design and Construction of the Pochuck Quagmire Bridge - A Suspension Timber Bridge | 1998 | |
| USS | Book | United States Steel | Suspension Bridges | 1937 | |
| STL | Book | Van Der Aa, Hans, and Donald M. Ripley | Gateway To The World - A Picture Story of the St. Lawrence Seaway | 1959 | |
| GAT | Book | Van Der Zee, John | The Gate | 1986 | |
| CE193408 | Periodical | Van Norman, H.A | "Bouquet Canyon Reservoir and Dams." | Civil Engineering | August, 1934 |
| WDB | Book | VDI Verlag | Wegbereiter Der Bautechnik | 1990 | |
| RDH | Book | Vogel, Robert M | Roebling's Delaware And Hudson Canal Aqueducts | ||
| ASCE188312 | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Waddell, J.A.L | General Suggestions as to the Conditions Proper to be Required in Ordinary Iron Highway Bridge Construction | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers | December 1883 |
| WDH | Book | Wakefield, Manville B | Coal Boats To Tidewater - The Story of the Delaware & Hudson Canal | ||
| CE193806 | Periodical | Ward, R.B | "Construction Methods at Cajalco Reservoir." | Civil Engineering | June, 1938 |
| BMC | Book | Watson, Sara Ruth, and John R. Wolfs | Bridges of Metropolitan Cleveland | 1981 | |
| BHL | Book | Watson, Wilbur J., and Sara Ruth Watson | Bridges: In History And Legend | 1937 | |
| THB | Book | Wells, Matthew | 30 Bridges | 2002 | |
| HSDF | Book | West Cost Lumbermen's Association | Highway Structures Of Douglas Fir | ||
| UKODF99 | Periodical | Wheeler, David | River, Kentucky: The Abridged Version | Odyssey | Fall 1999 |
| WHIT | Book | Whitney, Charles S | Bridges - Their Art, Science & Evolution | 1983 | |
| CCR | Book | Whittlesey, Charles W | Crossing And Re-crossing The Connecticut River | 1938 | |
| PM199712 | Periodical | Wilson, Jim | "Glass Bridges." | Popular Mechanics | December 1997 |
| ENR19280830 | Periodical | Wolfe, George F | "Ohio River Suspension Bridge at Steubenville, Ohio." | Engineering News-Record | August 30, 1928 |
| PBB | Book | Wood, Sharon, and Jay Dee Alley | The Portland Bridge Book | 1989 | |
| ISFF | Paper or Conference Proceedings | Wouters, Ine, Michael de Bouw, George G. Nieuwmeijer | Nineteenth-Century Iron Suspension Footbridges in Flanders (Belgium) | Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University | 2006 |
| BIC | Book | Yi-sheng, Mao | Bridges In China: Old And New | 1978 | |
| BYU | Book | Yunnan Provincial Communications Department | Bridges In Yunnan | 2000 |