Eads Bridge 1874 The bridge is named for its designer and builder, James B. Eads. When completed in 1874, the Eads Bridge was the longest arch bridge in the world, with an overall length of 6,442 feet (1,964 m). The ribbed steel arch spans were considered daring, as was the use of steel as a primary structural material: it was the first such use of true steel in a major bridge project

Home Insurance Co. Chicago 1885 New Yorkers may have a hard time admitting it, but Chicago is the birthplace of the skyscraper. And this building is the skyscraper that started it all. The Home Insurance Building was born out of the building frenzy that followed the Great Chicago Fire. The city, formerly made largely from wood, was being re-built in stone, iron, and a new material called steel. The building boom helped the economy flourish and structures in the city's central Loop district reached higher and higher to accommodate the demand for space.

Eiffel Tower 1889 The Eiffel Tower is a puddled iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Height: 1,063 feet (324 m) Construction started: January 28, 1887

Wilber Wright’s first Airport 1909

First Superhighway 1940 Conceived and built during the Great Depression, The Pennsylvania Turnpike is the Grandfather of the Interstate Highway System. The original roadway was a scant 160 miles long, running from Irwin, just east of Pittsburgh to Middlesex, just west of Harrisburg, Pa. This 160 mile piece of roadway, however, revolutionized automobile travel in the United States. The Pennsylvania Turnpike was the first roadway in the United States that had no cross streets, no railroad crossings, and no traffic lights over its entire length. A trip through the mountains of Pennsylvania with grades of no more than 3% was unheard of prior to this time. A four-lane superhighway through the Allegheny Mountains with unrestricted passing (except through tunnels), the Pennsylvania Turnpike even made the pages of Scientific American due to its state-of-the-art design and construction.

First enclose shopping mall Southdale Center is the world's first indoor shopping center. It was developed by the Dayton Company and designed by Victor Gruen, an Austrian immigrant.[8] Gruen was a European style socialist; he hated the suburban lifestyle of 1950s America and wanted to design a building that would bring people together into a community, by providing a meeting place that American towns lacked.

Astrodome 1965 The multi-purpose stadium, designed to facilitate both football and baseball, is nearly circular and uses movable lower seating areas. It also ushered in the era of other fully domed stadiums, such as the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, the now-demolished Kingdome in Seattle, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and the now-demolished RCA Dome in Indianapolis.

Chapter 14 Fill in the blank Yes this is for a grade

They make sure the design is structurally sound and determine how the structure will be built and what materials should be used. Page 311 Engineers

Materials used in construction are called ? Page 314 Structural materials

A factory is an example of which type of construction? Page Industrial

Who designs building and develops plans for them? Page 311 Architects

Is a piece of plastic like cloth material spread on the ground under roadbeds. Page 319 Geotextiles

Structures where people live in are examples of which type of construction. Page Residential

Wood from other unusable trees is mixed together to make what materials? Page 315 Engineered wood materials

Laws and rules to regulate construction are called? Page 314 Building codes

A supermarket is and example of what type of construction? Page Commercial

The location of a construction project is called a ? Page 313 Site

This type of construction includes highways, bridges, schools, and city halls. Page Public works

Glue is used to bond two types of materials together. This is a common type of ___________. Page 320 Adhesive