Joseph Baermann Strauss (January 9, 1870 – May 16, 1938) was a German-American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

2025年1月5日 · Joseph B. Strauss (born January 9, 1870, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died May 16, 1938, Los Angeles, California) was an American civil engineer and builder of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.

Strauss was the leading force behind seeing the Golden Gate Bridge become a reality, hands down. He was the visionary, promoter, team builder, coordinator, and manager of the preliminary and final designs for the span.

From poet to draftsman to bridge engineer, Joseph Baermann Strauss was Chief Engineer and Architect of the Golden Gate Bridge and had an extraordinary influence on its conception, design, and construction.

Joseph Baermann Strauss was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, just ten years after the Civil War. Raised in an artistic family, Joseph loved poetry and hoped to pursue a career in the arts like his...

Not exactly a giant, Joseph Strauss was barely 5 feet tall. But then again, stature has nothing to do with the place he occupies in history books. Strauss was a giant in the engineering world. His greatest achievement: the Golden Gate Bridge. In 1937, the same year Amelia Earhart’s plane went down, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public.

2024年2月7日 · Joseph Strauss, an American engineer, masterminded the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, symbolizing innovation and connecting San Francisco to Marin County.

The era of reckless daredevilry among “bridgemen” came to an end with the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, as Chief Engineer Joseph Strauss insisted on a rigid safety code, supported by the latest safety innovations.

Joseph Strauss implemented safety innovations ncluding a safety net cantilevered out underneath the entire bridge during roadway construction. Nineteen men would fall into it, cheating death...

2012年8月24日 · In 1919, San Francisco’s city engineer, Michael O’Shaughnessy, approached Strauss about bridging the Golden Gate, the narrow, turbulent passage where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. Strauss caught fire with the idea, campaigning tirelessly over the next decade to build the bridge.