Arrah-Chhapra Bridge opened
Arrah-Chhapra Bridge is the longest multi-span extradosed bridge in the world with a main bridge length of 1,920 m (6,300 ft). The bridge crosses over the Ganges River in India, connecting Arrah in Bhojpur district to Chhapra in Saran district of Bihar state. The bridge provides a roadway link between the northern and southern parts of Bihar.
Salvador Metro opened
The Salvador Metro is a rapid transit system serving Salvador city, the state capital of Bahia and the fourth largest city in Brazil.
David B. Steinman was born
David Barnard Steinman as an American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's lower Manhattan, and lived with the ambition of making his mark on the Brooklyn Bridge that he lived under. David B. Steinman built bridges in the United States, Thailand, England, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Canada, Korea, Iraq and Pakistan.
William Louis Marshall was born
William Louis Marshall was an influential figure in the US Corps of Engineers. He oversaw improvements on the Lower Mississippi River near Vicksburg and on the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway canal system in Wisconsin. As Chicago District Engineer from 1888 to 1899, he planned and began to build the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Marshall made innovative use of concrete masonry and developed original and cost-saving methods of canal lock construction. Stationed at New York (1900-08), he directed the Ambrose Channel project and the standardizing of fortification construction methods. He retired June 11, 1910 as the final Chief of Engineers to have served in the Civil War.
Johann Bauschinger was born
Johann Bauschinger was a mathematician, builder, and professor of Engineering Mechanics at Munich Polytechnic from 1868 until his death. The Bauschinger effect in materials science is named after him.
