Othmar Ammann

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bridge designer civil engineer person

Othmar Ammann was a Swiss-American civil engineer renowned for designing many of New York City's major suspension bridges, including the George Washington Bridge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge designer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
countryOfBirth Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
designed Bayonne Bridge ⓘ
Whitestone Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ
Triborough Bridge ⓘ
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ
educatedAt ETH Zurich ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
employer Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Port of New York Authority
ethnicGroup Swiss ⓘ
familyName Jakob Ammann ⓘ
surface form: Ammann
fieldOfWork bridge engineering ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
givenName Othmar ⓘ
hasWorkLocation United States of America ⓘ
influenced modern long-span bridge design ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableAchievement pioneering economical suspension bridge designs ⓘ
notableFor designing major New York City suspension bridges ⓘ
notableWork Bayonne Bridge ⓘ
Whitestone Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ
Triborough Bridge ⓘ
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ
occupation civil engineer ⓘ
structural engineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Schaffhausen ⓘ
placeOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Throgs Neck Bridge → architect → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → architect → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Hell Gate Bridge → assistantEngineer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge → designedBy → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Triborough Bridge → designedBy → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Bayonne Bridge → designer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
George Washington Bridge → designer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Throgs Neck Bridge → designer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → designer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Whitestone Bridge → designer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Throgs Neck Bridge → engineer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → engineer → Othmar Ammann ⓘ