Sverdrup & Parcel
Sverdrup & Parcel was an American engineering company that specialized in bridges and other large structures .
Leif J. Sverdrup (1898–1976), an American civil engineer born in Norway, and John Ira Parcel, his former professor at the University of Minnesota , founded the office in 1928 in St. Louis , Missouri . After the difficult early years during the Great Depression , Sverdrup & Parcel was able to establish itself through contracts for bridge construction as part of the New Deal programs. Over the years Sverdrup & Parcel developed into the later Sverdrup Corporation with over 5600 employees. In 1999 this company merged with Jacobs Engineering , Pasadena , California , now one of the world's largest engineering companies.
The projects planned by Sverdrup & Parcel include:
- the Amelia Earhart Bridge (1939) in Atchison, Kansas over the Missouri River ;
- the first Sidney Lanier Bridge (1956), a lift bridge over the Brunswick River in Georgia ;
- the Puente de las Américas (1962) across the Panama Canal ;
- the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (1964), named the "Architectural Wonders of the World" in 1965;
- the Busch Memorial Stadium (1966) in St. Louis, Missouri;
- the Puente de Angostura (1967) over the Orinoco in Ciudad Bolívar , Venezuela ;
- the Qotour Viaduct (1970), a railway bridge in Iran ;
- the Interstate 35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis , Minnesota (which collapsed in 2007);
- the Hearnes Center (1972), a multi-purpose hall in Columbia, Missouri ;
- the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (until 2011 Louisiana Superdome ) (1975) in New Orleans , Louisiana .
Individual evidence
- ^ Sverdrup Corporation History on Funding Universe.com
- ↑ Jacobs