Rudolf Modrzejewski

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Rudolf Modrzejewski, better known as Ralph Modjeski, was a prominent Polish-American civil engineer renowned for designing many major early 20th-century suspension and cantilever bridges in the United States.

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Rudolf Modrzejewski canonical 4

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instanceOf Polish-American person
civil engineer
alsoKnownAs Ralph Modjeski
birthName Rudolf Modrzejewski
countryOfCitizenship Poland
United States of America
educatedAt Paris, France (engineering studies)
linked to: ParisTech

École des Ponts et Chaussées
employer Modjeski and Masters
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Modrzejewski
fieldOfWork bridge engineering
civil engineering
gender male
givenName Rudolf
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
Polish
mother Helena Modjeska
Helena Modrzejewska
motherOccupation actress
notableAchievement pioneering long-span bridge design in the early 20th century United States
notableFor design of major cantilever bridges in the United States
design of major suspension bridges in the United States
notableWork Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Harahan Bridge
Huey P. Long Bridge (New Orleans)
McKinley Bridge
Metropolis Bridge
Quebec Bridge (consulting engineer)
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (engineering contribution)
Tacony–Palmyra Bridge
Thebes Bridge
Transbay Bridge work in California
occupation bridge designer
civil engineer
placeOfBirth Austrian Empire
Kraków
placeOfDeath California
Los Angeles
United States of America
positionHeld founder of Modjeski and Masters
workLocation Chicago
Philadelphia
United States of America

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Ralph Modjeski birthName Rudolf Modrzejewski
Ralph Modjeski birthName Rudolf Modrzejewski
subject linked to: Modjeski
Ralph Modjeski nativeLanguageName Rudolf Modrzejewski
subject linked to: Modjeski
Rudolf Modrzejewski birthName Rudolf Modrzejewski