Resources
Below is a list of various Academic, Association, Government and Research links that are related to the bridge industry.
If you know of any site that is related to civil, structural and bridge engineering or any site that might be of general interest please submit it. Suggestions can be submitted to Webmaster at email below.
Academic Links
Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Studies - http://www.rpi.edu/dept/cits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Web site.
Clarkson University, Civil Engineering Department - http://www.clarkson.edu/cee/
Columbia University, Civil Engineering Department - http://www.civil.columbia.edu/
Cornell Local Roads Program - http://www.clrp.cornell.edu/
General Information on LTAP and T squared Centers. Upcoming events of local interest. Excellent Resource Library facility under the LTAP Clearinghouse. This is the place for links to Local government sites, State and Federal sites.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - http://www.rit.edu/~704www/
State Highway Research Program (SHRP) - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/fossc/OTA/SHRP/
General information on the SHRP program. Excellent place to search for publications and SHRP products.
State University at Buffalo Libraries (Science and Engineering) - http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/sel/
Association Links
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) - http://www.aashto.org/
American Concrete Institute (ACI) - http://www.aci-int.org/
American Consulting Engineers Council - http://www.acec.org/
American Galvanizers Association (AGA) - http://www.galvanizeit.org/
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) - http://www.aisc.org/
American Iron and Steel Institute - http://www.steel.org/
American Public Works Association (APWA) - http://www.apwa.net/
Advocacy and Government Affairs
American Road and Transportation Builders Association - http://www.artba.org/
American Segmental Bridge Institute - http://www.asbi-assoc.org/
Contractor and Consultant Membership Lists, Bookstore and Calendar of Events
American Society for Testing and Material (ASTM) - http://www.astm.org/
Everything you ever wanted to know about quality of materials, excellent history of first 100 years, Bookstore, Links to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the American Nationals Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - http://www.asce.org/
General Information, Conferences Conventions, Continuing Education, Bookstore
American Welding Society (AWS) - http://www.aws.org/
Associated General Contractors of America - http://www.agc.org/
National Association of County Engineers (NACE) - http://www.naco.org/
Legislative Issues
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) - http://www.nspe.org/
New York State Covered Bridge Society - http://www.nycoveredbridges.org/
All about covered bridge in New York State, photos, locations, society information.
Precast / Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) - http://www.pci.org/
The High Performance Concrete Web Page - http://www.tfhrc.gov/structur/hpc/hpc.htm
Information on what is HP concrete, what are the goals of the program, what is the status of the National candidates.
The Society for Protective Coatings - http://www.sspc.org/
The society for Protective Coatings, Materials and Contractor Information, Certification and Education Programs.
Government Links
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - http://www.fema.gov/
Weather warnings, General information on FEMA activities, Disaster Preparedness.
Federal Highway's Headquarters Bridge Division - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge
Federal Highway's Local New York Division Office - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/nydiv/nyhome.htm
Federal Highway's Turner Fairbanks Research Facility - http://www.tfhrc.gov/
General information on this National Facility. Excellent write-ups for on-going research on advance materials and advanced bridge applications
New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) - http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/home.html
General information on the City of New York Transportation Network. Information on Permitting.
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) - http://www.dot.state.ny.us/
General information on NYSDOT history and personnel. The place to find the STIP (State Transportation Improvement Plan) and the Governor's Capital Program. Excellent site for finds information on active construction projects Region by Region. Excellent li
New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) - http://www.thruway.state.ny.us/
General information on Thruway. Information on Trucking, permits, EZpass. Some information on active projects, very nice write-up on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) - http://www.usgs.gov/
Research Links
Civil Engineering Research Foundation and Highway Innovate Evaluation Center (HITEC) - http://www.cerf.org/indexjs.htm
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) - http://mceer.buffalo.edu/
General Information, Publications, Information Library, Calendar of Events
Technology Resources - http://www.the-science-lab.com/Technology/
Directory of Technology related websites.
Transportation Research Board (TRB) - http://www.nas.edu/trb/
Committee information, Calendar of Events and Bookstore.