page_title: American Bridge Company
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: American Bridge Company / Notable projects / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: orthogonal, based on en::image:SearsTower.jpg, cropped. en:Category:Images of Chicago, Illinois
context_page_description: The American Bridge Company is a heavy/civil construction firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large, complex structures. Founded in 1900, the company is headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The firm has built many bridges in the U.S. and elsewhere; the Historic American Engineering Record notes at least 81. American Bridge has also built or helped build the Willis Tower, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, launch pads, resorts, and more. During World War II, it produced tank landing ships for the United States Navy.
context_section_description: Built the world’s tallest building on numerous occasions.
  Willis Tower, Chicago, 1974, 443 meters (1,454’)
  Empire State Building, New York City, 1932, 381 meters (1,250’)
  Chrysler Building, New York City, 1931, 319 meters (1,046’)
  Woolworth Building, New York City, 1913, 241 meters (792’)
  Built many other well-known buildings.
  John Hancock Center, Chicago (and in Boston)
  Aon Center (formerly Standard Oil), Chicago
  Columbia Seafirst Center, Seattle
  U.S. Steel Tower, 1970
  Flatiron Building, New York City, 1902
  Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL, 1971
  Built the world’s largest building by volume twice.
  Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Center, 1964
  Boeing 747 Assembly Building, Everett, Washington, 1974
  Built two of the most notable domed stadium structures in the world
  Louisiana Superdome, 1974
  Houston Astrodome, 1964
caption: Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois
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