was based upon economy as much as anything." Personal life At the age of eighty-five, Lindenthal succumbed to a long illness and died shortly after, at his home in Metuchen, New Jersey. Lindenthal's Metuchen property extended northward towards Oak Tree Road into Raritan Township (present-day Edison, New Jersey), and was later bough by contractor Frank P. Tufaro for the development of the Stephenville community. Up until that point, he remained active as president and chief engineer of the North River Bridge Company. Gustav Lindenthal Medal The International Bridge Conference is the site of the annual presentation of the Gustav Lindenthal Medal. Winners have included the Millau Viaduct, the Deh Cho Bridge and the Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge. Notes External links Biography by American Society of Civil Engineers Bridge awards at the International Bridge Conference, including the Gustav Lindenthal Medal 1850 births 1935 deaths Bridge engineers American civil engineers Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States People from Brno Moravian-German people Engineers from Vienna