Ira Grant Hedrick (April 6, 1868 – December 28, 1937) was an American civil engineer who designed the Burnside Bridge in Oregon, the Red River Bridge, Clarendon, and Newport bridges in Arkansas, and many other bridges and viaducts.New York Times:IRA GRANT HEDRICK, DESIGNER OF BRIDGES; Built the Burnside Lift Span at Portland, Ore.-Firm Did Work in Mexico-Dies at 69;December 29, 1937Historic American Engineering Record:Red River Bridge;HAER no. AR-14 Historic American Engineering Record;Clarendon Bridge;HAER AR-49Historic American Engineering Record;AR-12 Newport Bridge Historic American Engineering Record;AR-13;AugustaOregon State Preservation Office;MultnomahCounty BurnsideBridge Hedrick designed many large scale bridges in Arkansas in late 1920s through early 1930s. Hedrick was also president of the Kansas City Viaduct and Terminal Railway Company.Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work;Ira Grant Hedrick The Historic American Engineering Record says that he was "one of the outstanding engineers of the South".
Hedrick was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
In 1899, Hedrick was promoted by J.A.L. Waddell from Chief Draftsman to Partner of the firm Waddell & Hedrick, where he assisted in the design of Canada's New Westminster Bridge (opened 1904).
Life and career Hedrick was born in West Salem, Illinois. He received his B.S. in civil engineering University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1892. He received another bachelor's degree from the university in 1899 in Applied Science and M.S. degree in 1901. He earned his D.Sc. degree from McGill University in 1905.
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