Movable Bridge Design

Movable bridges are essential elements of highway, railway and waterway transportation systems of many countries. Worldwide, there are thousands of movable bridges of many types with spans ranging from a few meters to over 300 meters. Some are more than a century old. In the USA, there are about 3000 movables of which 2000 are highway bridges and 1000 support railways. British Waterways has 400 movables under its purview and there are hundreds in Europe. Movable Bridge Design is a unique reference on past and current structural, mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic design for engineers in, or about to enter, this interdisciplinary field.