The Best Bridges & Tunnels Documentaries

Engineering & Megastructures - 72 free documentaries about bridges & tunnels.

Start with This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse (20 min, Practical Engineering), then This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It Collapsed (22 min, Practical Engineering). All 72 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on bridges & tunnels is The Great Bridge by David McCullough.

• This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It Collapsed (22 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Science Behind Constructing The Worlds Longest Underwater Tunnel | Super Structures Episode 2 (52 min, Spark)
• World's Longest Cross Sea Bridge | China's Mega Projects (48 min, Free Documentary)
• The Longest Bridge in the World (S9, E7) | Modern Marvels (45 min, HISTORY)
• The US Megaproject You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of (18 min, The B1M)
• How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions (29 min, Practical Engineering)
• Building the World's Longest Undersea Railway - The Channel Tunnel Story (53 min, Spark)
• How the Golden Gate Bridge Works (84 min, Animagraffs)
• World’s Most Extreme Bridges | Masters of Engineering (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Mega Constructions: Biggest Marshaling Yard, Suspension Bridge & Intersection (35 min, Free Documentary)
• How The Channel Tunnel Works (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• This Bridge Stretches 24 Miles Across Louisiana Waters (S9, E37) | Modern Marvels (45 min, HISTORY)
• A Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• What Really Happened at the New Harbor Bridge Project? (22 min, Practical Engineering)
• What Really Happened at the Hernando de Soto Bridge? (13 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why Tunnels Don't Collapse (9 min, Practical Engineering)
• World's Loneliest Subway Station & Spooky Underground Gym | Lost Places (34 min, Free Documentary)
• Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• The $1BN Race to Save The Golden Gate Bridge (19 min, The B1M)
• World's Most Dangerous Places: Siberian Bridge, Risky Toilet, Highest Road (39 min, Free Documentary)
• The Bridge Collapse That Shocked a Nation (18 min, The B1M)
• Lost Places: Secret Military Tunnels, Abandoned Rocket Fuel Factory & Ghost Town (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Bridge Demolition is Complicated (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• California’s Tallest Bridge Has Nothing Underneath (17 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Hidden Engineering of Floating Bridges (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Hidden Engineering of Wildlife Crossings (17 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why Bridges Don't Sink (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• How This Bridge Was Rebuilt in 15 Days After Hurricane Ian (12 min, Practical Engineering)
• Gigantic Tunnel Drilling Machines | Men and Machines (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse Explained (17 min, Practical Engineering)
• How Flood Tunnels Work (14 min, Practical Engineering)
• How Do You Get An Entire Train Into A Sealed Tunnel? | Huge Moves (50 min, Spark)
• The Golden Gate Bridge: Solving The "Impossible" Engineering Puzzle (50 min, Spark)
• Why Bridge Maintenance Is Vitally Important | Bridge Brothers (102 min, Spark)
• Can $68BN Save New York’s Subway? (15 min, The B1M)
• The Bridge That Changed the Map of Europe (17 min, The B1M)
• Francis Scott Key Bridge: What Happens Now (12 min, The B1M)
• New York Built the World’s Most Expensive Subway (9 min, The B1M)
• How Sensors Keep Bridges From Collapsing (and other structures too) (17 min, Practical Engineering)
• How Engineers Use Catastrophes To Innovate Tunnel Design | Built From Disaster (47 min, Spark)
• How Do Engineers Build Safe Bridges? | Built From Disaster (48 min, Spark)
• Switzerland’s $2BN Tunnel U-Turn (17 min, The B1M)
• The Secret Subway That Could Save New York (9 min, The B1M)
• The Tunnel That's Failing New York City (8 min, The B1M)
• Impossible Engineering: Mega Bridge (S1, E1) (43 min, Science Channel)
• The Insane Tunnels Under Big Ben (12 min, The B1M)
• How I recreated the Golden Gate Bridge (historical research + 3D modeling) (49 min, Animagraffs)
• The World's Most Beautiful Bridge Just Opened (15 min, The B1M)
• Why Europe is Building a 57KM Tunnel Through a Mountain (11 min, The B1M)
• The Secret $4BN Tunnel Network Under Chicago (11 min, The B1M)
• Extreme Survival: Fixing A 100-Year-Old Tunnel Fan Before The Exhaust Kills (44 min, Wonder)
• How Are Suspension Bridges Made? | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• Connecting Our World: The Greatest Bridges Ever Constructed (50 min, The B1M)
• Harbor Bridge: The Race to Save Texas’ Failed Megabridge (9 min, The B1M)
• Demolishing A $1 Million Bridge With 1,700lbs Of Dynamite (50 min, Wonder)
• What's inside Tower Bridge? (London, England) (15 min, Jared Owen)
• How China's Wind And Rain Bridges Were Built Without Nails Or Screws (52 min, Spark)
• Monumental Maintenance Of Sydney Harbor Bridge (52 min, Spark)
• How Do Cantilevers Support Bridges? | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• The Channel Tunnel: Building the World's Longest Undersea Link (10 min, The B1M)
• New York's Iconic Bridges Explained (8 min, The B1M)
• The Golden Gate: Building an Impossible Bridge (10 min, The B1M)
• World’s Most Impressive Bridges 🌉 | Impossible Engineering (60 min, Science Channel)
• Survival Stories From The Salang Tunnel & Moloto Road | Deadly Roads (45 min, Wonder)
• Howrah Bridge: The Busiest Cantilever Bridge In The World (52 min, Spark)
• Sydney's $5BN Tunnel U-Turn (9 min, The B1M)
• Which Is The Most Well Constructed Bridge In The World? (53 min, Spark)
• How Two Major Accidents Rewrote Tunnel Safety Worldwide (45 min, Wonder)
• Golden Gate Bridge vs Millau Viaduct: Which Bridge Is Better? (48 min, Spark)
• The World's Longest Bridges (9 min, The B1M)
• Spiral Jetty, Sun Tunnels, and Salt (12 min, The Art Assignment)

Top-Rated Books About Bridges & Tunnels

1. The Great Bridge by David McCullough - View on Amazon
2. To Engineer Is Human by Henry Petroski (3.6/5) - View on Amazon