Eugene Figg, 65; Designer of Bridges
Eugene Figg, 65, an award-winning designer of dozens of bridges, including the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, died Wednesday in Tallahassee from an infection following treatment for acute leukemia.
A native of Charleston, S.C., Figg earned a civil engineering degree from the Citadel in 1958 and was hired by the Florida Department of Transportation.
Figg Engineering Group, which Figg founded in Tallahassee in 1978, has designed bridges in 33 states and four countries.
Among his more noted spans are the Natchez Trace Parkway Arches near Nashville and the Linn Cove Viaduct in North Carolina.
The company has won more than 150 design awards, including three Presidential Awards through the National Endowment for the Arts.
Figg was scheduled to receive an award for lifetime achievement in bridge design from the American Society of Civil Engineers in April. The award will be given posthumously.
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