Michael Parsons, brilliant civil engineer who revolutionised suspension bridge design – obituary
His aerodynamic design for the first Severn crossing, with its streamlined bridge deck, influenced the design of bridges worldwide
Michael Parsons
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Michael Parsons, who has died aged 92, played a key role in designing and building four of the world’s greatest long-span suspension bridges – the Severn Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge, the first suspension bridge across the Bosphorus and the Humber Bridge.
He first became interested in bridge construction as an engineering undergraduate at the University of Bristol, partly inspired by Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Avon Gorge. After graduating with a First he joined the consulting engineers Freeman, Fox & Partners in 1949.
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