While there were plenty of engineering books about bridges, no one had ever made a fine-art book about the bridges of New York.

Henry Petroski, Whose Books Decoded Engineering, Dies at 81 He wrote extensively about the design of buildings and bridges and how they failed.

For the Brooklyn history buff on your list, there is still time to pick up a book offering a deep dive into the borough's past.

Follow Don Allison as he climbs aboard the in-bound MAX train, stand next to him as he peers out the window and explains often unnoticed things that make the Steel Bridge so special. "The breeze ...

“Railway bridges have evolved significantly over the past 100 years,” says Professor Luke Prendergast, an expert in civil engineering (and bridges specifically) at the University of Nottingham.