Joseph Strauss (engineer)
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Joseph Baermann Strauss was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
The Joseph Strauss Memorial in San Francisco
The Lewis and Clark Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Columbia River between Longview, Washington, and Rainier, Oregon. It is the only bridge over the Columbia between Astoria and Portland.
Joseph Strauss (engineer)
…of Chicago, where he revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. Strauss was the designer of the Burnside Bridge (1926) in Portland, Oregon, and the Lewis and Clark Bridge (1930) over the Columbia River between Longview, Washington, and Rainier, Oregon. Strauss also worked with the Dominion Bridge Company in building the…
Car carrier vessel passing underneath the Lewis and Clark Bridge
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