Al Zampa Memorial Bridge

New Carquinez Bridge라 불리는 Al Zampa Memorial Bridge. Carquinez Bridge는 1927년 세워진 트러스교며 과중한 교통량을 분담하기 위해 바로 옆에 같은 형식의 교량이 1958년에 건설된다. 1927년에 건설된 교량이 구조적 안정성에 문제가 되자 2003년 새로운 교량인 현수교 형식의 Al Zampa Memorial Bridge가 놓여졌다.

주목할 만한 규모나 형식의 교량은 아니지만 내가 관심을 갖고 기록을 남기는 이유는 교량의 이름 때문이다. “Al Zampa”는 20살 때 Carquinez Bridge를 시작으로 Golden Gate Bridge 와 Oakland Bay Bridge 건설에 참여한 우리의 시각으로 보면 미천한 철공이다.

The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge is named after Alfred “Al” Zampa, the first American-born child of an immigrant family who came to the United States from Abruzzi, Italy. Al Zampa was born in 1905 in Selby, California, near the new bridge, and started working iron when he was 20 years old on the first Carquinez Bridge. He also helped build the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bay Bridge. In 1957, he worked on the construction of the second Carquinez Bridge with two of his sons, who were also iron workers. Al’s son, Richard Zampa, is First General Vice President of the Iron Workers Union and also serves as president of the District Council of Iron Workers of the State of California. Al’s grandson Don Zampa is Business Manager of Iron Workers Local Union 378, Oakland, California. [Zampa Bridge Named after Ironworker who Helped Build the Golden Gate]

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