Dr. Louis Berger initially founded The Louis Berger Group (Berger) in 1953, as a soils mechanics and foundations engineering firm. His first major assignment soon followed: the design of a major portion of the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the first turnpike in the United States. Soon afterwards, he opened a second office in East Orange, New Jersey. By 1955, Dr. Berger's work load and staff continued to grow with assignments at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station and the first assignment for the New Jersey State Highway Department ¡ª the interchange at Amboy Avenue and U.S. Route 1 in