Alexander's Bridge by CATHER, Willa Sibert

Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through whats known today (but not in 1912) as a mid-life crisis. Although married to his wife Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair proves to gnaw at Bartleys sense of propriety and honor. (Summary from Wikipedia)