American Bridge

American Bridge was a designer and manufacturer of steel bridges with a fabrication plant at 700 39th Street North.

The Birmingham plant first opened in 1922 as part of the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.. That business was acquired by U.S. Steel in 1936 and operated as the Virginia Bridge Co. until it was merged with American Bridge in 1952.

In 1965 U.S. Steel closed the fabrication plant in Birmingham as well as one in Roanoke, Virginia. The local engineering and contracting office remained open. Approximately 500 workers were laid off or transferred to other positions in the company.

References

• "American Bridge To Close Plant" (October 9, 1965) Birmingham Post-Herald, p. 1