Miguel Rosales

Some examples of these bridges include Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge, Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, and Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy River.

Miguel Rosales studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Francisco Marroquín University. Works named in the authority record are Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Centennial Bridge, Panama, Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge, Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy and Charlestown Bridge.

• Birth Name — Miguel Ángel Rosales Izás • Name — Miguel A. Rosales • Born — 1961 • Birthplace — Guatemala City, Guatemala • Education — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SM 1987) Universidad Francisco Marroquin • Occupation — Architect • Practice — Rosales + Partners • Significant Projects — Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy Puente Centenario George Washington Carver Bridge Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge Frances Appleton Bridge Rosales

Rosales was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in 1961, the eldest of four sons of Marco Antonio Rosales, a pharmacist, and Lidia Izás, a homemaker. He earned a degree in architecture at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in 1984. In 1985 he enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study Urban and Environmental Design, completing a Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) degree in 1987. While at MIT, Rosales specialized in urban design and planning, elements that later informed his work in bridge design and aesthetics.

Rosales initially worked with Swiss engineer and bridge designer Christian Menn, and from 1988 to 1996, Rosales served as the lead architect and urban designer for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River. This structure is part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, informally called "The Big Dig". During his tenure at this project, he mainly focused in improving the appearance of the highways and bridges as part of the project that helped transform downtown Boston by removing an elevated highway and by opening access to the harbor. In 1997, he started his own independent architecture and engineering professional practice, Rosales + Partners, in Boston. He was involved in the design of three bridge projects: Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy in Greenville, South Carolina, completed in 2004, Puente Centenario, over the Panama Canal, Panama, completed in 2004 and Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington DC, completed in 2008. This latter bridge was granted the Gustav Lindenthal award. Other projects include the Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge over the Trinity River in Fort Worth, Texas, completed in 2012, the Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, completed in 2013, the Moody Pedestrian Bridge, completed in 2016 in Austin, Texas, the Frances Appleton Pedestrian Bridge and Longfellow Bridge restoration completed in 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2001 he instituted the Miguel Rosales Award for the Universidad Francisco Marroquín School of Architecture student with the highest grade point average in his class.

Rosales lives on Mount Vernon Street in the historic Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Rosales also served for five years on the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission.

• 2025: Bill Russell Bridge, Boston, MA • 2023: East 54th Street footbridge, Manhattan, New York City • 2019: Frances Appleton Bridge, Boston, MA • 2018: Fore River Bridge, Quincy and Weymouth, MA • 2018: Longfellow Bridge, Boston, MA • 2016: Moody Pedestrian Bridge, Austin, TX • 2014: Como Park Pedestrian Bridge restoration, St. Paul, MN • 2013: Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, Revere, MA • 2012: Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge, Fort Worth, TX • 2008: Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Maryland Interchange, Washington, DC • 2008: John Glenn Columbus International Airport taxiway bridge, Columbus, OH • 2005: George Washington Carver Bridge, Des Moines, IA • 2005: I-235 Pedestrian Bridges, Des Moines, IA • Edna M. Griffin Memorial Bridge • 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge • 44th Street Pedestrian Bridge • 2004: Puente Centenario, Panama Canal, Panama • 2004: Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy River, Greenville, SC • 2003: Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, Boston, MA

• Tilikum Crossing, Portland, Oregon; a hybrid suspension/cable-stayed which was recommended by the design committee, but not performed due to costs • Trio of pedestrian bridges in Cleveland, Ohio: • drawbridge at North Coast Harbor, • pedestrian bridge leading to Wendy Park at Whiskey Island from the north end of the Willow Street Bridge, • S-shaped pedestrian bridge linking the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Temple Tifereth Israel, renovated by Case Western Reserve University as a performing-arts center. • Northern Avenue Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts • Harvard Bridge, linking Back Bay with Cambridge, Massachusetts

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