22:
21:
59:, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1964 (collapsed on August 1, 2007). The official report by the National Transportation Safety Board blamed the bridge collapse on a design error by the firm, resulting in the
259:
264:
274:
94:, (also known as Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Bridge-Tunnel) completed in 1964, and named one of the "Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World" shortly thereafter.
41:
269:
124:
254:
156:
279:
134:
Sverdrup & Parcel was succeeded by
Sverdrup Civil, which in 1999 was part of the merger between Sverdrup and
56:
91:
185:
128:
97:
82:
211:
161:
70:
76:
8:
118:
49:
85:
1962 (also known as Puente de las Américas, Thatcher Ferry Bridge), Panama, crosses the
216:
135:
33:
103:
37:
112:
248:
107:
60:
86:
260:
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States
66:
Some other well-known projects of
Sverdrup & Parcel include:
265:
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1928
155:
Jaccarino, Mike; Burke, Kerry; Connor, Tracy (August 4, 2007).
45:
239:
210:
Wald, Matthew L. & Davey, Monica (January 16, 2008).
44:. The company worked primarily in a specialty field of
186:
Collapse of I-35W Highway Bridge
Minneapolis, Minnesota
154:
212:"States Advised to Check for a Bridge Design Flaw"
275:Engineering consulting firms of the United States
246:
191:(Report). National Transportation Safety Board
48:. The company's headquarters was located in
55:The firm was the designer of the ill-fated
183:
209:
20:
125:Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel
270:American companies established in 1928
247:
106:1967, Bolivar, Venezuela, crosses the
40:and his college engineering professor
255:Defunct companies based in Missouri
13:
157:"Hey, don't blame me for collapse"
16:American civil engineering company
14:
291:
233:
63:having inadequate load capacity.
184:NTSB Staff (November 14, 2008).
280:1928 establishments in Missouri
177:
148:
57:I-35W Mississippi River bridge
1:
141:
121:1975, New Orleans, Louisiana
92:Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
25:Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
7:
36:company formed in 1928 by
10:
296:
240:Jacobs Engineering website
100:1966, St. Louis, Missouri
115:1972, Columbia, Missouri
79:1956, Brunswick, Georgia
129:Newport News, Virginia
98:Busch Memorial Stadium
83:Bridge of the Americas
73:1939, Atchison, Kansas
26:
71:Amelia Earhart Bridge
30:Sverdrup & Parcel
24:
77:Sidney Lanier Bridge
119:Louisiana Superdome
50:St. Louis, Missouri
217:The New York Times
136:Jacobs Engineering
27:
34:civil engineering
287:
228:
226:
224:
201:
200:
198:
196:
190:
181:
175:
174:
172:
170:
152:
104:Angostura Bridge
38:Leif J. Sverdrup
32:was an American
295:
294:
290:
289:
288:
286:
285:
284:
245:
244:
236:
231:
222:
220:
205:
204:
194:
192:
188:
182:
178:
168:
166:
153:
149:
144:
17:
12:
11:
5:
293:
283:
282:
277:
272:
267:
262:
257:
243:
242:
235:
234:External links
232:
230:
229:
206:
203:
202:
176:
146:
145:
143:
140:
132:
131:
122:
116:
113:Hearnes Center
110:
101:
95:
89:
80:
74:
42:John I. Parcel
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
292:
281:
278:
276:
273:
271:
268:
266:
263:
261:
258:
256:
253:
252:
250:
241:
238:
237:
219:
218:
213:
208:
207:
187:
180:
164:
163:
158:
151:
147:
139:
137:
130:
126:
123:
120:
117:
114:
111:
109:
108:Orinoco River
105:
102:
99:
96:
93:
90:
88:
84:
81:
78:
75:
72:
69:
68:
67:
64:
62:
61:gusset plates
58:
53:
51:
47:
43:
39:
35:
31:
23:
19:
223:September 8,
221:. Retrieved
215:
193:. Retrieved
179:
167:. Retrieved
160:
150:
133:
87:Panama Canal
65:
54:
29:
28:
18:
249:Categories
165:. New York
162:Daily News
142:References
169:August 4,
127:1992, in
195:March 4,
46:bridges
189:(PDF)
225:2013
197:2010
171:2007
52:.
251::
214:.
159:.
138:.
227:.
199:.
173:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
_crossing_the_North_Channel_of_the_Chesapeake_Bay_in_Northampton_County,_Virginia.jpg)