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The firm was founded in 1908 by former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge engineer John Edwin Greiner (February 24, 1859 – November 15, 1942) [1] and led by Greiner and his associate Hershel Heathcote Allen. [2]
After the 1904 Baltimore fire Greiner examined damaged buildngs and worked to establish a new building code for the city. After 1908 he worked independently as J. E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, but in 1995 this firm merged with URS, a San Francisco engineering and architectural corporation. At the time of his death Greiner was residing in ...
The Baltimore-based J. E. Greiner Company grew out of work of bridge engineer John Edwin Greiner. It soon dominated civil engineering work in Baltimore and in 1995 merged with URS, a San Francisco architecture and engineering firm. Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
The massive undertaking was overseen by the J.E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, which would also engineer other local landmarks like the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Plans called for construction of what was then the third longest bridge in the world and the longest continuous steel structure over water.
Built in 1938, the Howard Street Bridge is nearly 1,000 feet long with two steel arches spanning the Jones Falls Valley. This award winning bridge (voted one of the most beautiful by the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1939) was designed by the J.E. Greiner Company, the firm established by one of the nation's foremost bridge builders John Edwin Greiner.
The designer was Baltimore-based civil engineering firm J. E. Greiner Company, founded by a former B&O Railroad bridge engineer in 1908. The older, two-lane, eastbound section consists of 123 steel spans, including the central cable suspension span supported by towers 354 feet above the water.
J. E. Greiner Company. WILLIAM PRESTON LANE JR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE (CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE) 1949, Annapolis, Maryland. ... Submit a Bug/Website Feedback ; LEAD SPONSORS.
