Show THE NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE AT NEW YORK r I i I rt r r r s a ar I r Jr z zI I and New York are aro now connected by II a new nell bridge the structure In III time nc ac I Illustration It has Just been y dedicated tumid thrown open to 10 the public which lure hlll boon watch hag its Ih the tha past years The rhe bridge as It will bo be known II from time the district dis that It serves 11 is the largest bridge ot of Its In III time Iho world the greatest steel structure more than tons tOnK 0 nr the tho metal having Leon Ileen used In building It Unlike the aid bridge who o are ot of stone I those ot of the lire are ot of bolted steel RIcci girders stone Ilone being employed only In the tower and In the tho approaches The length o of the tho entire bridge the terminals Is 1200 feet the stretch ot of the mil main In spun renna center to 10 center ot of the tho towers being belnEr 1600 GOO feet Ceel while the tho extreme width la Is US feet reet The Tho I bridge possesses lo two carriage four trolley cur car trucks tracks two elevated railroad uncles and two toot foot walks It has hns been heen built hullt at a total cost COlit ot of approximately i |