Bridge Designer (Cloud Edition)
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Bridge Designer, the successor of West Point Bridge Designer, lets you design a steel truss highway bridge: you choose site conditions, draw joints and members, set the material and section of each member, and run a load test with a simulated truck. Members in tension and compression are coloured blue and red, and failing members are flagged so you can strengthen them. Cost is calculated live from earthwork, complexity and materials, and teachers can set a contest code. It suits school pupils and first-year students. Limitation: it is a teaching tool, not professional design software.
Ratings & Reviews
| Licence type | Completely Free, Open Source |
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| Licence terms | Open source under GPL-3.0 and free of charge. ASCE’s FAQ says it may be used freely for educational purposes. It runs in the browser with no installation. The old desktop version was removed from its website in July 2026; the cloud edition is the supported version. |
| Platforms | Runs in the Browser |
| Engineering field | Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering |
| Tool type | Structural Analysis, Simulation & FEA |
| Vendor site | asce.org |
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Last verified: 2026-10-17
