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SECTIONFIVEConsulting Engineers and ContractorsHARDESTY & HANOVER CONSULTING ENGINEERSHardesty & Hanover Consulting Engineers is located in New York, New York (Hardesty &Hanover 2004). Established in 1887, Hardesty & Hanover has been responsible for planning andengineering many of the major bridges, highways, and expressways throughout the nation. Thisfirm was the successor to Waddell & Hardesty, who were industry leaders in movable bridgedesign. Hardesty & Hanover designed the bridge over Kent Narrows that carries MD 18(formerly US 50/301) in 1951 (Suffness 1992:3).HARRIS STRUCTURAL STEELHarris Structural Steel, based in South Plainfield, New Jersey, has been in operation since 1910.Harris Structural Steel is part of the larger Harris Camden Terminal, Inc. The company hasprovided its services for such structures as the Betsy Ross Bridge, the Verrazano NarrowsBridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and the Roosevelt Island Bridge. Harris Structural Steel was theprime contractor and also produced plate girders for the bridge over the lower Patuxent River atSolomons Island, Maryland (Harris Terminal 2004). This bridge was completed in 1977(Southern-Maryland.info 2004).J.E. GREINER COMPANY (LATER KNOWN AS GREINER ENGINEERING)John Edwin Greiner founded this Baltimore, Maryland company in 1908. Greiner, as an engineerformerly built bridges for regional railroads. Following the foundation of his company, Greinerand Hershel Heathcote Allen built notable bridges for the State Roads Commission. The GreinerCompany planned the Paper Mill Bridge over Loch Raven Reservoir in 1921; this was a steelthrough truss bridge, the first of its kind in the state. It was built by Bethlehem Steel BridgeCompany in 1922 (Suffness 2000: 8-9). Greiner also authored the 1938 Maryland‘s PrimaryBridge Program. This text illustrated the need for major water crossings in the state (Spero andBerger & Associates 1995: B-4). It also called for ferries to be replaced with bridge spans.Greiner‘s early firm had focused on the development of moveable bridges (Bruder 2000: 12, 8).Some Greiner bridge examples include the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, theThomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge, the first Chesapeake Bay Bridge (1947-1952) and the 1916Rall-type rolling lift bascule bridge at Hanover Street in Baltimore, Maryland (Spero and Berger& Associates 1995: B-4). Additionally, Greiner designed the Wise Avenue over Bear CreekBridge (MIHP BA-2681, Bridge B0079) in 1948. This bridge is located in Baltimore County,Maryland east of the communities of Dundalk and Inverness (Wise Avenue over Bear CreekConstruction Drawings 1946)In 1950 the Greiner Company constructed the MD 231 Bridge overthe Patuxent River (Bridge 4008), a movable bridge with a swinging span and the movable 1932MD 331 ―Dover Bridge‖ over the Choptank River (Bridge 20023) (Suffness 1992: 7).MCLEAN CONTRACTINGThis 110-year old Glen Burnie, Maryland-based firm was established by Colin McLean in 1903in Baltimore, Maryland. McLean also constructed parts or all of the Naval Academy Bridge inAnnapolis, and the South River Bridge in Edgewater (Wilson 2003: B1-B2). They were alsoassociated with numerous bridges along US 50 on the Eastern Shore.\15-SEP-11\\ 6-3