Ole Singstad

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Ole Singstad (born June 29, 1882 - died December 8, 1969) was a Norwegian-American civil engineer. Born in Lensvik in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, Singstad was educated at the Trondheim Tekniske Læreanstalt, and in 1905 he emigrated to the USA.

He finished building the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River after the death of Chief engineer Clifford Holland. He also constructed the Lincoln Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel in New York City, and a tunnel under the river Schelde in Antwerp, Netherlands. In 1945, he established the company Singstad and Kehart Consulting Engineers. This firm did the final design of The Big Walker Mountain Tunnel in Virginia. Ole Singstad also built tunnels in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Cuba and Venezuela.


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