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Show As Immense Bridge. A gigantic bridge ia about to be built across the St. Lawrence at Montreal, to accommodate accom-modate street cars, carriages and foot passengers, as Well as railroad trains. A viaduct 4, S00 feet long, in twenty spans, will conduct from Sherbrooke street to the river; five spans of 600 leet will cross the river to St. Helen's island, which will be traversed by a viaduct with twenty spans of 123 feet each, while twelve spans will cross the unnavigable channel south of the island. Tue bridge will be 130 feet over the level of the river. |