A history of the great nineteenth- and twentieth-century bridges and the engineers that built them covers James Eads and the Mississippi River bridge, Othman Ammann and the George Washington bridge, and others. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
- | Author: Henry Petroski
- | Publisher: Vintage Books
- | Publication Date: October 29, 1996
- | Number of Pages: 479 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0679760210
- | ISBN-13: 9780679760214