Bridging Urban America: The Story of Ralph Modjeski

Bridging Urban America: The Story of Ralph Modjeski is a documentary about one of America's greatest bridge designers. He was also a pioneer of the suspension bridges. Ralph Modjeski - a Polish-born and Paris-educated civil engineer - designed and built over 40 bridges over the period of 1896 through 1936, most of which are still in use today. The movie presents in details the construction of his most iconic projects, like the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge. Modjeski brilliantly combined science with art and significantly contributed to the urbanization of modern America.