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PRIZE BRIDGE 1960 • Prize Bridges 1960 Steel b1'idges selected tn the annual national competition conducted by the Ame1'ican Insti tute of Steel Const1'uction as the most beautiful b~'idges opened to traffic in 1960. • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, INC. 101 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. • • ~ury of Award A. L. AYDELOTT, AlA A. L. Aydelott and Associates, Architects Memphis, Tennessee THOMAS S. BUECHNER Director The Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, New YOl'k GLENN W. HOLCOMB President American Society of Civil Engineers Professor, Civil Engineering Oregon State University • Corvallis, Oregon GEORGE LINDSTROM Lundstrom & Skubic, Architects Chicago, Illinois GEOFFREY PLATT, FAIA Architect New York City, New York 'J ; • Beauty in Steel Bridges The enduring beauty of steel bridges is eloquent tribute to the vision and skill of the men who plan, design and build them. The bridge de igner of today is both artist and engineer. He understands the potential for strength and beauty which is inherent in steel structures, and he knows that aesthetic appearance can be achieved at no sacrifice of efficiency or economy. The simple grace of a highway overpass, no less than the majestic sweep of a river crossing reflects a creative integration of structure, func tion and form, skillfully executed in beautiful bridges of steel. To promote a more widespread appreciation of the aesthetics of steel bridges and to honor the architectural excellence of modern bridge design, the American Institute of Steel Construction sponsors an annual Prize Brid'ge Competition. Each year a distinguished Jury of Award, composed of leading art directors, architects and engineers, selects the steel bridges which it judges to be the most beautiful of those opened to traffic in the • United States during the previous year. To establish an equitable basis for competition, awards are made in each of four contest classifications. Size, cost and operating conditions determine the class in which each entry is eligible to compete. The prize winning bridges are marked with stainless steel plaques, and the designers, owners and steel fabricators are awarded engraved certificates in recogni tion of their contribution and achievement. The American Institute of Steel Construction sponsors this competi tion and awards the prizes in the belief that it is helping to render a public service by stimulating a deep and lasting interest in improved bridge design. Since 1957 the Institute has recorded the prize bridges for each year in a single volume. Previous winners, covering the period 1928-56, are pictured and described in the booklet "Prize Bridges Through the Years," available from the Institute upon request. • • " • CLASS CLASS • ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD BRIDGES Over the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Po. OWNER: PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DESIGNER: RICHARDSON, GORDON & ASSOCIATES FABRICATOR: BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY BONNER SPRINGS BRIDGE Over Kaw River, Bonner Springs, Kansas OWNER: KANSAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DESIGNER: KANSAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FABRICATOR: KANSAS CITY STRUCTURAL STEEL COMPANY • MANSFIELD RESERVOIR BRIDGE Hoflandsburg, Indiana OWNER : STATE HIGHWAY DE PARTMENT OF INDIANA DESIGNER: CLYDE E. WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES INC. FABRICATOR: AMERICAN BRIDGE DIVISION, UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION Honorable lJ'lention CLASS • • CEMETERY ACCESS BRIDGE Milwaukee, Wisconsin OWNER, MILWAUKEE COUNTY EXPRESSWAY COMMISSION OESIGNER, HOWARD, NEEDLES, TAMMEN AND BERGENDOFF FABRICATOR, C. HENNECKE COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN GRAND RIVER BRIDGE 5 miles South of Harpersfield, Ohio OWNER , STATE OF OHIO DESIGNER, BUREAU OF BRIDGES, STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS FABRICATOR, PITISBURGH BRIDGE AND IRON WORKS • • NORTH FORK COSUMNES RIVER BRIDGE 8 miles South Eo st of Plocerville, Colifornio OWNER: COUNTY OF EL DORADO DESIGNER: COUNTY OF EL DORADO • FABRICATOR: AMERICAN BRIDGE DIVISION, UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION CLASS RIO VISTA BRIDGE Over the Sacramento River at Rio Vista, California OWNER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA OESIGNER, BRIDGE DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF CALIFORNIA FABRICATOR, JUDSON PACIFIC-MURPHY CORPORATION DIVISION, YUBA CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC. • .~ .~ ·.V • .j ~o TOP AWARD WINNERS SINCE 1928 CLASS I CLASS I I CLASS III CLASS IV Glen Canyon Bridge Huasna River Bridge Modrow Bridge Grant Line Canal Bridge 1959 Page, Arizona Santa Maria, California Cowlitz County. Washtngton Stockton-Tracy, California Mackinac Bridge Louis Morris Memorial Bridge Norwood Bridges 1958 Mackinac Straits, Mich. Hartnell, Ga . Norwood , Mass. Walt Whitman Bridge General James Longstreet Hampton Road Overpass Madison-Monroe 1957 Philadelphia, Pa. Memorial Bridge Dallas-Ft. Worth Turnpike Street Bridge Gainesville. Ga , Dallas, Texas Two Rivers, Wis. Missouri River Pipeline Buffalo Bayou Bridges Allegheny River Bridge 1956 Suspension Bridge Houston, Texas Salamanca, New York Plattsmouth, Nebraska Leavenworth Centennial Cuyahoga River Bridge Old State Route 8 Bridge Welfare Island Bridge 1955 Bridge Ohio Turnpike Ohio Turnpike New York leavenworth, Kansas Missouri River Bridge Little Chute-Kimberly Garrison School Pedestrian 1954 Kansas City, Missouri Combined Locks Bridge Bridge Outagamie County, Wisconsin Kansas City, Missouri Ninth and Tenth Street Robert Street Underpass New York Central Railroad 1953 Connections Fort Worth, Texas Bridge San francisco, California Cleveland, Ohio Neches River Bridge Morris Ferry Bridge S. E. Fourth Avenue Bridge 1952 Beaumont, Texas Franklin County, Tennessee Miami, Florida • Delaware Memorial Bridge Forebay Channel Bridge Grove Street Overpass Harlem River Pedestrian 1951 Wilmington, Delaware Arizona-Nevada lexington, Massachusetts Bridge Manhattan Columbia River Bridge South Holston River Bridge Caldwell Avenue Bridge 1950 Wenatchee, Washington Tennessee State Highway Cook County, Illinois North Main Street High Level Pinto Creek Bridge Tenth Street Bridge Passaic River Bridge 1949 Bridge Superior, Arizona Atlanta, Georgia Rutherford, New Jersey Akron, Ohio Watuaga River Bridge Airport Apron Overpass 1948 Carter County, Tennessee New York International Airways Saco River Bridge Old Alfred Road Underpass 1947 Maine Turnpike Maine Turnpike Absecon Boulevard Bridge 1946 Atlantic City, New Jersey Fontana Access Bridge President Harry S. Truman 1945 little Tennessee River Bridge Kansas City, Missouri Pecos River Bridge 1944 High Bridge, Texas Julien Dubuque Mississippi 1943 River Bridge OubuQue, Iowa & East OubuQue, III. 1942 Charter Oak Bridge Martin Interchange Bridge Hartford & East Hartford, Conn . Middle River, Maryland • TOP AWARD WINNERS SINCE 1928 (Continued) CLASS CLA SS II CLASS III C LASS IV • Rainbow Bridge Fairmount Boulevard Bridge Passaic River Bridge 1941 Niagara Falls, New York & Hunting Valley Village, Newark & Kearny, New Jersey Niagara Falls, Ontario Cuyahoga County, Ohio Susquehanna River Bridge Dunnings Creek Bridge Klamath River Bridge Oceanic Bridge 1940 Havre de Grace, Maryland Bedford Township, Penn. Orleans, Humboldt County, Calif. locust Point & Rumson, N. J Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Valley River Foot Bridge Second Avenue Bridge 1939 East River, New York Murphy, North Carolina Alpen., Michigan Middletown-Portland Bridge Capital Bridge Middle Fork of Flathead lafayette Avenue Bridge, 1938 Middletown. Connecticut Frankfort , Kentucky River Bridge East Channel Saginaw River Belton, Montana Bay City, Michigan Golden Gate Bridge little Hell Gate, low level Chesterfield-Brattleboro Marine Parkway Bridge 1937 San Francisco, Cahfornia Bridge Bridge New York City Randall's Island & Ward's Island, New Hampshire & Vermont New York City East River Crossing, The Hurricane Deeck Bridge Astoria Boulevard Over Triborough Bridge Camden County, Missouri Grand Central Parkway 1936 New York City Extension New York City North Grand Island Bridge lorain Road Viaduct Mortimer E. Cooley Bridge 1935 Niagara Falls, New York Cleveland, Ohio Wellston, Michigan Bourne Bridge Douglas County Bridge 1934 Bourne , Mass . Nebraska Cedar Street Bridge Shark River Bridge Dr. John D. Mcloughlin 1933 Peoria, Illinois Avon, New Jersey Bridge • Clackamas County, Oregon Pulaski Skyway French King Bridge Bryan Bridge 1932 Hudson County, N J Erving. Massachusetts Valentine, Nebraska Bayonne Bridge Waldo-Hancock Suspension West Stewartstown Bridge 1931 Bayonne, N 1. & Bridge West Stewartstown, N. H Staten Island, N Y Bucksport, Mame Wabash Avenue Bridge Delton Bridge 1930 Chicago, Illinois Delton, Wisconsin Mount Hope Bridge Mount Pleasant Bridge 1929 Portsmouth, R. I. Mt Pleasant. New York Sixth Street Bridge 1928 Pittsburgh, Pa. Contest entry rules and requirements are avaIlable upon request from the Amencan Institute of Steel Construction • LIT HO IN USA AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, INC . 101 Park Avenue, New York 17, N . Y . • .