Nancy Matteoni: Underground Engineer
Date Posted: January 24, 2020
Posted In: Workforce,
From Missouri S&T: If you have traveled through St. Louis in the past few years, chances are you have driven on or over a construction project that Nancy Matteoni has built.
As a principal engineer and project manager for Parsons, she coordinates large-scale projects in the greater St. Louis area.
Matteoni, a 1990 civil engineering graduate of Missouri S&T, worked on the U.S. Highway 40/Interstate 64 expansion that was years in the making, and she was a part of the team that added a pedestrian bridge connecting the MetroLink East Riverfront Station to the Eads Bridge — a combined railroad and roadway that spans the Mississippi River.
“The Eads Bridge construction project was fun because I had the opportunity to become an expert in the history of this 145-year-old bridge,” says Matteoni. “I love history, so learning about the role it had played, its creation and expansion, and its one-time status as an engineering marvel was great.”
Currently, Matteoni is leading a Parsons project for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District known as the Deer Creek Tunnel Project. The 4-mile-long tunnel lies approximately 175 feet underground and will run from Shrewsbury, Mo., to Clayton, Mo. A portion runs underneath the parking lot of the Saint Louis Galleria shopping mall.