Alfred Zampa (
March 12,
1905 in
Selby, California –
April 23,
2000) was an
American bridge construction worker who played an integral role in the construction of numerous
San Francisco Bay Area bridges during the early twentieth century. He is most notable for being one of the first people to survive falling off the
Golden Gate Bridge, as well as being the namesake of the
Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge; a bridge crossing which replaced the 1927 span of the
Carquinez Bridge which Al helped construct, beginning at the young age of 20. Al Zampa retired from the position of Iron Worker at the age of 65 in 1970, and died at the age of 95 in
Tormey, California.
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