10 Interesting Fact About Famous landscape designers for bridges

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• John Augustus Roebling, a famous Brooklyn bridge designer, is an immigrant from Germany and initially worked as a farmer.
• British bridge designer Thomas Telford, known for his iron bridges, is an orphan and only gets basic education.
• Scottish bridge designer Thomas Bouch, created the famous Tay Bridge, but the bridge collapsed in 1879 and killed 75 people.
• Emily Warren Roebling, wife of John Augustus Roebling, plays an important role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when her husband fell ill. He took over and watched the project for almost 11 years.
• Isostmby Kingdom Brunel, a famous British bridge designer, also designed ships and trains.
• American bridge designer, Gustav Lindenthal, refused to repair the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City after a ship crashed into it in 1912 because he was dissatisfied with his budget.
• Swiss bridge designer, Robert Maillart, uses reinforced concrete to make bridges that are lighter and stronger than traditional designs in their time.
• Japanese bridge designer, Yoshio Nakamura, created the Seto Ohashi bridge, the longest bridge in the world in his time, with a length of 13.1 km.
• American bridge designer, Joseph Strauss, was originally considered too eccentric and incompetent to design the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, but he proved everyone was wrong.
• Chinese bridge designer, Sun Yat-sen, also known as the father of the Chinese, is a doctor and politician who designed bridges to help improve Chinese infrastructure.