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When was George Washington Bridges born?

  • October 9, 1825

  • March 16, 1873

  • August 12, 1827

  • July 10, 1823

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George Washington Bridges was born on October 9, 1825 in Newport, Rhode Island. He was a civil engineer who designed and built many bridges in the United States, including the first suspension bridge over the Mississippi River. Bridges was also a professor of engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He died on May 23, 1889 in Troy.
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