The American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Prize Bridge Awards.
All of the 2020 Prize Bridge Award winners have made an enormous impact on the lives of the people they serve–some in particularly dramatic ways. The Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge reconnected a California community after a landslide damaged a concrete bridge beyond repair (so much so that groceries and fuel had to be brought in by helicopter!). The new bridge opened for traffic across a narrow, mountainous space only eight months after the existing bridge was closed.
“These projects are tributes to the creativity of the designers and the skills of the constructors who collaborated to make them reality,” said AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD. “Steel shines and soars on their talents and we celebrate the accomplishments these projects represent.”
Since Pittsburgh’s Sixth Street Bridge won the first competition in 1928, more than 600 bridges of all sizes from all across the United States have received a Prize Bridge Award. Some of those bridges, such as the Wabash Railroad bridge in Wayne County, Mich., which won a prize in 1941 and still carries railroad traffic more than 70 years later, have actually outlasted the companies that built them.
AISC and NSBA would like to thank the 2020 Prize Bridge Award judges for their time and enthusiasm:
- Richard Marchione, deputy chief engineer (ret), New York Department of Transportation
- Shane W.R. Kuhlman, state bridge engineer, New Mexico Department of Transportation Bridge Bureau
- Frank Russo, vice president and technical director, bridge engineering, Michael Baker International
- Rob Richardson, west region bridge leader, associate vice president, HDR
- Dennis Golabek, GEC-FDOT Structures Design office, WSP
These dedicated judges considered every entry’s merits in terms of innovation, economics, aesthetics, design, and engineering solutions.
Photo credit: New York State Thruway Authority