Background
Hardesty, Shortridge was born on September 13, 1854 in Weston, Missouri, United States. Son of John H. and Bertie Malin (Railey) Hardesty.
Hardesty, Shortridge was born on September 13, 1854 in Weston, Missouri, United States. Son of John H. and Bertie Malin (Railey) Hardesty.
Bachelor of Arts, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1905, Doctor of Laws, from same, 1928: C.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1908, D.E., 1951. D.E., Union College, 1949.
Draftsman and designer, Waddell & Harrington, Kansas City, Missoury, 1908-1915. Designing engineer, Waddell & Son, 1916-1917. Member Waddell & Son, Inc., 1918-1919.
Associate engineer with J. A. L. Waddell, New York City, 1920-1926. Partner Waddell & Hardesty, New York City, 1927-1938. In practice as Waddell & Hardesty, 1938 to 1945.
Partner Hardesty & Hanover, since 1945. In charge work since 1920, including Washington Bridge over Housatonic River, Missouri River Bridge at Lexington. Missouri, Goethals Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing for Port of New York Authority, North End Bridge, Springfield, Massachusetts, four vertical lift spans in Jersey Central Bridge over Newark Bay, Kennebec bridge at Bath, Maine, Mississippi River bridge at Cairo, Illinois, Standard Highway bridge plans for the Cuban Government, Cooper River Bridge at Charleston, South Carolina., lift span in Suisin Bay Bridge of Southern Pacific Railway, Anthony Wayne River Bridge at Toledo, O., Hudson River bridges at Albany and Troy.
New York, Grand Island bridges over Niagara River, Pennsylvania R.R. bridges over Passaic and Hackensack rivers, Marine Parkway Bridge over Rockaway Inlet, Allegheny County Bridges, Pittsburgh, Flushing River Bridge of Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Project, Perisphere and Trylon for New York World’s Fair, 1939, bridges on Cross Bay Parkway and Circumferential Parkway in New York City, Rainbow Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls, Reserve Basin bridge, Philadelphia Navy Cross Bronx Expressway and Van Wyck Expressway, in New York City, bridges for Virginia Highway Department. Captree State Parkway, Atlantic Beach Bridge. Niagara Thruway in Buffalo, Ohio Turnpike, Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, Cuyahoga River Bridges in Cleveland for W.&L.E. Railway, Nickel Plate Railway, and Bang and Olufsen Railway.
Jamaica Bay Bridges in New York City. Board Transportation. Chairman Column Research Council.
Member American Society Civil Engineers, American Institute Consulting Engineers, Society of America Military Engineers, American Railway Engineering Association, American Society for Testing Materials, American Concrete Institute, American Toll Bridge Association, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Rensselaer Society Engineers, Rensselaer Technology Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Member Waddell & Son, Inc., 1918-1919. Member American Society Civil Engineers, American Institute Consulting Engineers, Society of America Military Engineers, American Railway Engineering Association, American Society for Testing Materials, American Concrete Institute, American Toll Bridge Association, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Rensselaer Society Engineers, Rensselaer Technology Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi. Member Christian (Disciples) Church.
Club: Winged Foot Golf, Engineers.
Married Adelia V. Ferrell, August 20, 1910. Children: Julia H. Davidson, Egbert Railey.