Stefan Bryła [SEP] place of death
Stefan Bryła
Stefan Władysław Bryła (born 17 August 1886 in Kraków – 3 December 1943 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish construction engineer and welding pioneer. Bryła designed and built the first welded road bridge in the world.
Biography.
Bryła was a Professor at the Lwów University of Technology from 1927 and at the Warsaw University of Technology from 1934. Bryła was the author of basic methods of welding steel structures.
In 1927 he designed the Maurzyce Bridge, first welded road bridge in the world. The
Maurzyce Bridge
The Maurzyce Bridge over the Słudwia River (tributary of Bzura) in Central Poland is the first entirely welded road bridge and the second welded bridge of any category in the world. The bridge is located close to the village of Maurzyce near Łowicz in Łódź Voivodeship.
History.
History Design.
The bridge was designed in 1927 by Stefan Bryła, one of the pioneers of welding in civil engineering. Bryła, a professor at the Lwów University of Technology, conducted extensive theoretical studies on possible usage of welded