Historic Bridge Weekend Photos

Photos from the Historic Bridge Weekend are now on the site! See them here.

Four New States on Bridgemapper

California, Florida, Maine, and New Hampshire have all been added to Bridgemapper. In addition, Delaware, Fairfield, and Perry Counties have been added.

Also check out the new map layout in use for Allegheny County, PA.

Register Now for Preservation of Historic Iron and Steel Bridges and Other Metal Structures Workshop: March 2010

Lansing Community College of Lansing, Michigan and Vern Mesler are inviting all interested individuals to register and attend all or part of a three day workshop entitled Preservation of Historic Iron and Steel Bridges and Other Metal Structures occurring in March 2010. Five $600 scholarships are also available for students to attend this workshop. These workshops would be of interest and value to historians/preservationists, as well as engineering students.

- Three Day Workshop Registration and application for the $600 scholarship available at the Lansing Community College Website: http://lcc.edu/tet/welding.
- More information on the workshop is available at www.historicbridgerestoration.com

Many historic metal artifacts and structures from the turn of the 20th Century, notably metal truss bridges, are aging and becoming deteriorated, producing a growing awareness among the public for a need to restore these important historic structures. These workshops will introduce engineers to the information and skills they need to design solutions and knowledgeably work with contractors to restore historic metals and historic metal truss bridges. For historians, they will introduce them to the both the problems and solutions that are needed to approach the preservation of historic metal structures, and present them with hands-on preservation experiences.