Civil engineers who built the roads, bridges and tunnels of the age of canals and turnpikes and the early motor age. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the person a civil engineer, road-builder or bridge engineer. It excludes inventors of bicycles and personal vehicles. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
All Road and Bridge Engineers
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Wikipedia: John Loudon McAdam
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John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756-26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder.
Wikipedia: Thomas Telford
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Thomas Telford (9 August 1757-2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer.
Wikipedia: John A. Roebling
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John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806, July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer.
Clifford Milburn Holland (Wikipedia)
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Clifford Milburn Holland (March 13, 1883, October 27, 1924) was an American civil engineer who oversaw the construction of a number of subway and automobile tunnels in New York City, and for whom the Holland Tunnel is named.
John Bradfield (Wikipedia)
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John Job Crew Bradfield (26 December 1867-23 September 1943) was an Australian engineer best known as the chief proponent of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, of which he oversaw both the design and construction.
Joseph Strauss (Wikipedia)
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Joseph Baermann Strauss (January 9, 1870, May 16, 1938) was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges.
Othmar Ammann (Wikipedia)
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Othmar Hermann Ammann (March 26, 1879, September 22, 1965) was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge.
Benjamin Baker (Wikipedia)
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Sir Benjamin Baker (31 March 1840-19 May 1907) was an English civil engineer who worked in mid to late Victorian era.
James Brindley (Wikipedia)
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James Brindley (1716-27 September 1772) was an English engineer.
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