American Bridge history

On April 1, 1901, American Bridge became a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company (another JP Morgan engineered roll-up), where it was incorporated in the state of Delaware.

American Bridge was started in 1909 by Elbert Gary and J.P. Morgan.

In 1915, the Ambridge Plant fabricated the Fair-Body portion of the hulls of eight sea-going tankers for the Chester Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pennsylvania.

American Bridge was involved in the fabrication and erection of the Empire State Building, an 86 story office building; the tallest in the world when it was completed in 1930.

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Project was completed in November 1936.

In 1964, American Bridge completed the superstructure for the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.

In 1969, this shop was working 5 million hours per year with 2,500 people.

In 1973, American Bridge fabricated and erected 78,000 tons of structural steel for the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1996, American Bridge was awarded the Tagus River Suspension Bridge rail deck addition in Lisbon, Portugal.

Other major projects in the 2000’s included the Philadelphia Naval Lift Bridge, the combined road/rail Florida Avenue Lift Bridge in New Orleans, The Cumberland Lake truss bridge in Kentucky, and major rehabilitations to the RFK Triborough and Macombs Dam bridges in New York City.

Also in 2014, American Bridge completed the world’s largest observation wheel in Las Vegas, Nevada.