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William Adair Bugge (July 10, 1900 - November 14, 1992) was a civil engineer who played a major role in the development of the transportation infrastructure of the West Coast of the United States during the latter half of the 20th century. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The " West Coast " " Western Seaboard " or " Pacific Seaboard " are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the Western United States He was born in Port Hadlock, Washington to Samuel M. Port Hadlock-Irondale is a Census-designated place (CDP in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. & Amelia (Bishop) Bugge, his father a Norwegian immigrant and his mother the daughter of immigrants from Great Britain and some of the earliest settlers on the Quimper Peninsula. Norwegian Americans (norskamerikanere are Americans of Norwegian descent The Quimper Peninsula is a narrow peninsula forming the most northeastern extent of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in the northwestern United States He grew up in Friday Harbor, Port Angeles, and finally Port Townsend, Washington, where he excelled in sports and graduated from high school. Friday Harbor is a town in San Juan County, Washington, United States. Port Angeles is a city in and the County seat of Clallam County, Washington, United States. Port Townsend is a city in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. After graduating from Washington State College in 1922, he began work with the Washington Department of Highways engineering department. Washington State University ( WSU) is an American public Research university in Pullman, Washington. After holding public sector positions in Port Townsend and Jefferson County, Washington, and working in the private sector in Oregon and California, he was recruited by Washington Governor Arthur B. Langlie to head the state's Department of Highways and accepted the appointment. Jefferson County is a County located in the US state of Washington and named after Thomas Jefferson. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. This is a list of governors of the US state of Washington. Washington is one of only 11 states in which gubernatorial elections occur the same years as presidential Arthur Bernard Langlie ( July 25, 1900 in Lanesboro Minnesota - July 24, 1966) served as the mayor of Seattle Washington As the Director of Highways in Washington State (1949-1963) he oversaw the design and completion of some of the state's most ambitious transportation projects. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. In 1953 he was recruited to fill the same position in the state of California, but declined, stating his wish to complete projects in Washington. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In 1963, however, he resigned his Washington position to become the Project Director in charge of design and construction of the Bay Area Rapid Transit project in San Francisco, California. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Bugge retired in 1973 and died in Olympia, Washington nearly two decades later. Olympia is the Capital of Washington and is the County seat of Thurston County. In 1977 the Hood Canal Bridge, one of the projects he oversaw in Washington, was officially renamed the "William A. The Hood Canal Bridge is located in Washington state in the USA on State Route 104 and connects the Olympic Peninsula and the Kitsap Peninsula Bugge Bridge" in his honor.

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