historic context of maryland highway bridges built between 1948 ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSURS would like to acknowledge the numerous individuals who assisted withthe State Historic Bridge Context and Inventory of 1948-1960 Bridges inMaryland. At the State Highway Administration, Maryland Department ofTransportation, we wish to thank Anne Bruder, who provided much usefulinformation and leads on where to look for information on bridges built in thestate during the period 1948 to 1960. URS also appreciates the assistance thatTim Tamburrino at the Maryland Historical Trust Department of Economicand Community Development provided for this project. We also wish tothank S. Murray Miller and and Nick Deros, who as former employees of theJ. E. Greiner Company—one of the engineering firms that eventually becamepart of URS—provided much valuable oral information about theirassociations with State Highway Administration bridge work. Finally, wealso would like to express our appreciation to Charissa Wang of HardlinesDesign Company, our subcontractor. Through the support research and all ofthe fieldwork that four Hardlines employees—Mary Crowe, Roy Hampton,Stan Popovich, and Amy Case—performed, URS was able to develop thishistoric bridge context update for the State Highway Administration