The company was founded in 1849 by Johann Philipp Holzmann (1805-1870) at Sprendlingen in present-day Dreieich near Frankfurt am Main as Philipp Holzmann & Cie.
Georg Philipp Telemann | Philipp Melanchthon | Philipp Marx | Karl Philipp von Wrede | Philipp Franz von Siebold | Philipp | Philipp Meyer | Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar | Philipp von Ferrary | Philipp Forchheimer | Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg | Johann Philipp Reis | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Philipp Nicolai | Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf | Philipp Lenard | Philipp Hainhofer | Philipp August Böckh | Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher | Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler | Jan Philipp Reemtsma | Isidor Philipp | Emanuel L. Philipp | Robert Philipp | Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen | Philipp von Zesen | Philipp von Stosch | Philipp Veit | Philipp Rösler | Philipp Otto Runge |
Financed by the German Deutsche Bank, the construction of the viaduct was commissioned to Philipp Holzmann & Cie, a renowned German construction company with experience in the field of major infrastructure works.