Othmar Hermann Ammann was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. He also directed the planning and construction of the Lincoln Tunnel.
George Washington bridge is the longest single span in the world.
In 1904 Ammann immigrated to the United States, where he helped design railroad bridges. Joining the Pennsylvania Steel Company where he worked on the Queensboro Bridge, New York City. During his term as chief assistant to the noted bridge engineer Gustav Lindenthal, he helped design and build the Hell Gate Bridge, New York City, and the Ohio River Bridge, Sciotoville, Ohio.

In 1923 Ammann set up his own engineering firm in New York City, and the following year the Port of New York Authority agreed to finance his proposed bridge across the Hudson River between New Jersey and upper Manhattan. When finished in 1931, the George Washington Bridge was the longest in the world, almost double the length of the previous record holder.
George Washington Bridge
As chief engineer, he was in charge of building the Bayonne Bridge over the Kill van Kull, N.J., the Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge across Arthur Kill, and the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River. As director of engineering, he directed the building of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge and the Triborough Bridge  New York City. He also sat on the Board of Engineers in charge of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, which opened in 1937.In 1939 Ammann returned to private practice, designing bridges and highways in New Jersey and New York. Ammann designed the Throgs Neck Bridge, New York City, the Dulles International Airport, outside Washington, D.C., and three buildings for New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.