Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Seminar Announcement
Friday, April 19, 2013
CE 201
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Historic Bridges in Arizona and Their Engineers
Jerry A. Cannon, P.E., S.E.
Structural / Bridge Engineer
Cannon Consultants, LLC
Abstract
The history of more than 30 of Arizona’s historic bridges and their engineers, from
Arizona’s territorial days and its early days of statehood through to about 1949, gives
insight to the structural problems related to these bridges, how the problems were
solved, and what repairs were made to keep the bridges in service. The engineers
who designed these bridges include the internationally famous John Rennie who
designed the London Bridge which now stands in Lake Havasu City; the nationally
famous Ralph Modjeski who helped design the Oakland-Bay Bridge in San
Francisco; J.B. Girand, Arizona’s first Territorial Engineer; Ralph Hoffman, an
Arizona State Bridge Engineer for nearly 30 years who designed over 200 bridges
including the famous Navajo Bridge over the Colorado River; and, Daniel Luten, who
designed Arizona’s Luten arch bridges.
All are welcome