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Welcome to WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels.

  • Goals: To increase the number and quality of articles about bridges and tunnels, improve their formatting and language, add references and media, and increase standardization.
  • Scope: This project is related to articles about specific bridges and tunnels, types of bridges and tunnels, lists of bridges and tunnels, bridge and tunnel categorization, and related templates.

If you would like to help, check the to do list or articles needing attention. Feel free to include yourself to the list of participants.

Parent projects

Membership template

Template for members to include on their user page: {{tl|WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels}}; or

Use the following on your userbox form to show you are part of this project:

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!Result

{{tl|User bridges}}{{user bridges}}

Article template

The template to place on an article's talk page (pretty basic) is {{tl|WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels}}.

  • For a Start quality article, use {{WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels|class=Start|importance=}}.
  • For a list of bridges and tunnels, use {{WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels|class=list|importance=}}.

Class and importance guidelines are shown on the Assessment page.

Participants

  • {{User|Acroterion}} Mainly listings on the NRHP
  • {{User|Advanstra}} Australia and elsewhere (e.g. Ted Smout Memorial Bridge)
  • {{User|amiaheroyet}}
  • {{User|Blanchardb}} - I will maintain lists of bridges in Quebec (esp. Montreal) and will gather and update as much information as I can about individual bridges. Expect me to add a few pictures (taken by myself) as well.
  • {{User|BridgeHistorian1896}} - Mainly bridges on the inland waterways of the United States.
  • {{User|Bogger}} - Ireland
  • {{User|Cacophony}}
  • {{User|Canton Viaduct}} Specializing in stone viaducts
  • {{User|Chongkian}} - Interested in bridges and tunnels in Taiwan
  • {{User|Cryptic Scripture}}
  • {{User|Daniel Case}} I write about enough bridges through my work at WP:NRHP and WP:NYSR, so I might as well be part of this project.
  • {{User|Denimadept}} - images of, and articles for, bridges.
  • {{User|Don Braffitt}}
  • {{User|DoubleYouGTT}}
  • {{User|Elizabeth Linden Rahway}} bridges in Chicago, Pennsylvania, Texas, especially railroad; lists
  • {{User|Epicgenius}} - Bridges and tunnels in the US
  • {{User|Ferroequus}} Railroad bridges, trestles and viaducts are my area of focus.
  • {{User|Flying Stag}} Bridges primarily in the UK
  • {{User|Garyvines}} Bridges in victoria, Australia, as well as bridge engineers
  • {{User|Ghirla}}, responsible for all the stuff contained in :Category:Bridges in Russia
  • {{user|HJ Mitchell}}, mostly interested in mediaeval bridges and railway viaducts in England
  • {{User|IntrigueBlue}} will lend a hand with editing/clarifying, despite knowing nothing about anything.
  • {{User|Interstate 11}} I will make minor edits to U.S. Automobile bridges. So far, I have made edits to both Gerald Desmond Bridge (1968-2020) and Gerald Desmond Bridge (2020-present), which has recently been split into the way it is.
  • {{User|James_Shelton32}} - Former Railroad Bridges in Virginia.
  • {{User|jay8g}}
  • {{User|Jklamo}} - lists, bridges in Europe, China, Flickr image-digging
  • {{User|Kgbo}} - Bridges in Australia and in Poland, in English and in Polish
  • {{user|kwameghana}} Will help with articles on bridges from Africa
  • {{User|Lar}} will help out when he can.
  • {{User|Leonard G.}}
  • {{User|Lpangelrob}} – associated with Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago, Illinois bridges
  • {{User|MajorScafellPike}} Predominantly UK railway/canal bridges/viaducts/tunnels
  • {{User|Mario1987}}
  • {{User|MetroFan2009}}
  • {{User|Mooshykris}}
  • {{User|Myselfalso}}
  • {{User|naipicnirp}} Bridges in and around Chicago
  • {{User|PennySpender1983}}
  • {{User|Peterlewis}} Bridge accidents and disasters!
  • {{User|Ruhrfisch}} - mostly covered or historic bridges
  • {{User|S charette}}
  • {{User|Sam}} - mostly suspension bridges.
  • {{User|Sanibel sun}} - Mostly cover bridges in Southwest Florida, mostly Fort Myers
  • {{User|Scillystuff}} - Pittsburgh bridges.
  • {{User|Seth Whales}} Bridges in the UK generally.
  • {{User|ShakyIsles}} - Chinese and New Zealand bridges
  • {{User|Shari Garland}} - Bridges of Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • {{User|SpringBliss}}
  • {{User|Stuffed cat}} Interested in the bridges of Tees Valley - eleven so far
  • {{User|Tatiraju.rishabh}} Articles like Godavari Bridge, Godavari Arch Bridge and Old Godavari Bridge
  • {{User|That guy who plays games}} - coyediting, merging of parallel/independently unnotable bridges, famous or demolished bridges
  • {{User|The Bushranger}} - northwest Florida bridges, primarily
  • {{user|ThunderFan109}} any bridges in New York and Portland.
  • {{User|Tomobe03}} - bridges in Croatia
  • {{User|TransporterMan}} Have particular interest in transporter, steel truss, cable-stayed, and ribbon bridges.
  • {{User|Trulystand700}} Bridges
  • {{User|Ullpianissimo}} primary area of interest is the Ohio River Valley and its tributaries, ranging northward into Michigan
  • {{User|VerruckteDan}}
  • {{User|Vishwin60}} - anywhere, anytime I can.
  • {{User|WikiLeon}}
  • {{User|千里走单骑}}
  • 🥒BONTENGERS🥒 (🔔) with strong [[Construction#References|construction

]] complete equipment thats great to work bridge and tunnel. 11:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  • {{User|Buffalkill}}
  • {{User|Anthonyt31201}} - Primarily bridges and tunnels in New England

To do

Guidelines

The basic Wiki guidelines should be followed normally.

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Pulaski Skyway serve as good models.

=Introduction=

The introduction sentence should include what type of bridge or tunnel it is, what it crosses (river, canyon, etc.), and where it is located:

:Bridge is a bridge type that spans body of water or land between city, state, and city, state. (Notable information here, e.g., if it's the oldest/tallest/largest of its type). It was built in year by agency responsible for construction and was designed by notable engineer or firm.

=Images and media=

Please upload media to [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons] so that it can be used across all Wikipedia projects easily. If there are many pictures a gallery at the bottom of the page is an option to consider.

=Infoboxes and templates=

  • {{tl|Infobox bridge}} and {{tl|Infobox tunnel}} are the preferred templates for individual structures and work best for users if placed at the top of the page. Refer to the template pages for detailed instructions.
  • {{tl|Infobox bridge type}} should be used for bridge design types.

=Categorization=

The article should be included in the category for the type of bridge that it is (example :Category:Suspension bridges). It should also contain a category based on location, such as :Category:Bridges in New York (state)

There has been much discussion at Wikipedia talk:Categorization and on this talk page about the best way to organize articles within categories. For this project we will place all bridge articles in a category based on location (by nation for countries not yet with a lot of bridge articles where subdivision hasn't happened (:Category:Bridges in Japan), or small countries with relatively few bridges (:Category:Bridges in Singapore)), or states/provinces for larger countries (:Category:Bridges in New York (state)). If these categories are further divided amongst subcategories, the articles will remain included within the larger category (For example: all the bridges in :Category:Toll bridges in New York (state) and :Category:Bridges in New York City will be included in :Category:Bridges in New York (state)). This makes the category pages the easiest to navigate at the price of adding slightly redundant categories on the individual articles. This has been found to be the best solution until MetaWiki supports the inclusion of subcategory articles within parent category pages.

=Why write an article about ''this'' bridge or tunnel?=

A good article should contain as much of the following, and more, as possible:

  • WHAT is this bridge or tunnel?
  • How long/wide/high/tall is it?
  • What sort of construction is it? (See bridge types, below.) Made of what? Concrete, steel, wood, stone, reinforced styrofoam?
  • When was it built?
  • Why was it built?
  • Who built it?
  • Who designed it?
  • What precedes it? That is, were there any previous bridges on that site? Maybe a ferry?
  • What context is it in? Any history? Battles, political or otherwise? Other events?
  • What kind of effort went into it?
  • How much did it cost?
  • Is or was there anything special about its design, location, circumstances, paint color, or manner of failure or destruction?
  • What does it carry? Roads? Railroads? People? Elephants? How many elephants?
  • Does it move? Intentionally? How so?
  • Provide a picture! Or several!
  • What are its coordinates?
  • What makes it worth an article?

The more you can put into an article, the more references (more references mean more people care), the more data in general, the less susceptible to AfD the article is.

Categories

Lists


Articles (bridge types)

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= Popular pages =

Articles in need of attention

=Specific bridges=

See the list of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks at [https://www.asce.org/landmarks/#/e6ea0cd2d528ba2f3cdec3a624404fef the ASCE Civil Engineering historic landmark list] (also at List of historic civil engineering landmarks); the bridges below don't have articles yet, unless they're here under another name:

Since these bridges are listed as Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks, they're probably noteworthy enough to deserve articles.

=Now-demolished bridges=

Bridges that were landmarks in their time but are now gone, but which heartily deserve articles.

=Bridge engineers=

Pages needing attention

Useful websites

  • Pghbridges.com ([http://www.pghbridges.com external link]) – good for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area
  • [http://bridges.midwestplaces.com/ bridges.midwestplaces.com] Historic Bridges of the Midwest – Good for bridges anywhere in the US Midwest
  • [http://www.historicbridges.org/ historicbridges.org] Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere – Good for bridges in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Ontario.
  • Structurae.de ([http://www.structurae.de/ external link]) – Structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures – largest bridge database on-line
  • [http://loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/ Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey], source of photos and info
  • [http://bridgehunter.com/ Historic Bridges of the United States] – limited and error-ridden, but potentially useful
  • [http://lostbridges.org/ Covered Spans of Yesteryear] – present and former covered wooden truss bridges in the United States and Canada
  • [http://www.bridgemeister.com/ Bridgemeister: Mostly Suspension Bridges] – an attempt "to catalogue as many suspension bridges as possible" with thorough documentation of references

Assessment

{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels/Assessment}}

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Bridge articles by quality statistics}}

=Featured content=

;Featured articles

:There are 15 Bridge FAs (see :Category:FA-Class Bridge articles), one former bridge FA, and one tunnel FA:

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;Featured lists

;Featured pictures

Image:Sydney Harbour Bridge night.jpg|The Sydney Harbour Bridge

Image:London millennium wobbly bridge.jpg|London Millennium Bridge

Image:Tower Bridge London Feb 2006.jpg|Tower Bridge at night

Image:Bridge Alcantara.JPG|Alcántara Bridge, Spain

Image:Le pont d'Avignon depuis l'île de la Barthelasse.jpg|The bridge over the River Rhône at Avignon

Image:SF Golden Gate Bridge splash CA.jpg|The Golden Gate Bridge in fog

Image:Tower Bridge Sacramento edit.jpg|Tower Bridge in Sacramento, California

Image:Second Severn Crossing pano 2 s.jpg|Second Severn Crossing between England and Wales

Image:Milwaukee Art Museum 1 (Mulad).jpg|Milwaukee Art Museum

File:Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13.JPG|Dom Luís Bridge, Porto, Portugal

File:Hohenzollernbrücke Köln.jpg|Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, Germany

File:Mezcala Bridge - Mexico edit1.jpg|Mezcala Bridge, Mexico

Image:Manhattan Bridge Construction 1909.jpg|Manhattan Bridge Construction

Image:Tacoma Narrows Bridge destruction.ogv|Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

File:Lewis&ClarkBridgeSP.jpg|Lewis and Clark Bridge, between Oregon and Washington

;Wikimedia Commons Picture of the day

Image:Viaduc de Passy - Paris - novembre 2005.jpg|Passy Viaduct Paris, France

Image:Vaalankurkku railway bridge.jpg|Vaalankurkku railway bridge

Image:Tsurumi-tsubasa-bridge.jpg|Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge

Image:Quebec Bridge - Pont de Québec.jpg|Quebec Bridge at night

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