I am a practicing Structural Engineer
focusing primarily with briges, but do deal with other
highway structures, (ie box culverts, retaining walls, ect.).
Aside from engineering, I am a novice programmer, and have
recently finished a retaining wall, bridge abutment program
for beta use by those also in my profession. Click
Here for a brief
introduction to this program.
For those of you who are new to the
field of bridge engineering, This link
will provide you with a crash course in bridge terminology
and design principles. This is by no means meant to ready
anyone for design, and may seem overly elementary to those
who are familiar with bridges, but it should prove
interesting to those who have an interest in the field,
specifically teachers and students. I am also creating pages
that deal with Trusses, elementary structural theory, as well
as many other bridge related topics. These are under
development, so please be patient if the link for one of
these topics is not yet active.
Last but certainly not least, I have also
provided a link to my alma mater, Virginia
Tech. Visit this site.
You'll be glad you did! If you are interested in visiting the
sites of any of my fellow Hokies, click here
to see a listing.
This link will take you to the photogallery. Algthough
it is still pretty sparse, I am adding photos as I get them.
Some of the photos are from my recent trip to Europe to visit
one of my best friends and fellow hokie. Needless to say, I
saw some amazing sights, some of which were astounding
bridges in their own right! I also took a trip through the
Channel Tunnel, or "Chunnel", that links France to
England. This is arguably one of the greatest Civil
Engineering feats of our time. In addition to this was an
accidental crossing of the Pont-du-Normandie bridge over the
Seine River in Le Havre. An astounding Cable-Stayed structure
with a 856 metre main span. If anyone has any photos they
would like to have included, you can e-mail them to me at Bridges@shentel.net, and I will be happy to add them. Please
included what they are, where they are, and who you are so
that I may give credit where credit is due.
People are lonely because
they build walls instead of bridges.
Joseph F.
Newton
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