Joseph Strauss

Joseph Baermann Strauss was a bridge engineer who developed patented designs for trunnion bascule bridges, and thereafter specialized in the design of trunnion bascule bridges. When he undertook the design of the Golden Gate Bridge, he was somewhat out of his comfort zone. Although credit is often given solely to Strauss for designing the Golden Gate Bridge, he actually hired Charles Alton Ellis to do nearly all the engineering for the bridge, and simply took credit for the work that Ellis did. Strauss operated the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois