Show LONGEST RAIL BRIDGE A British firm of engineers recent recently 1 ly completed bun building dIng tiro tho lr Ir If t railway bridge c In the world 11 a athe the Ule Lower bridge erected to provide uninterrupted railway com coin communication bet between beten en Beira and I Lake ke In East Enst Africa and Is s feet reet or nearly two miles mlle and a IS guar Iuar quarter ter In length There are arc air alz ap esp a spins spans and 33 main spans the latter b being ln supported by cod corl con concrete crete piers sunk In the bed of th the river or on mass concrete basH bases rounded founded on the rock at nt the river riverbank riverbank riverbank bank Hell lIell Gate Cate bridge c In NeW fork Tork Is nearly 2000 feet longer Joner than thon the Lower bridge but 10 10 feet teet of ot this Is 19 over land and only a total of ot 2735 feet Is over three separate branches of the East river whereas the entire length or of orthe the Lower I bridge li hover over the water during the winter season eason |