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Show THE BIO BROOKLYN BfllDOL'. THE grade of tho bridge roadway Is 3 feet per 100 feet of length. The total length of th" Brooklyn bridgo Is 0,517 feet. It Is l.tt feet nbivo tho river, computed from tho middle uf the span. The weight of each nnchor plate on tho bridgo Is twenty-thier tons; the height of tho lowers ubove tho loadway Is IV) feet. Tun New York end of tho Brooklyn bridge proper Is founded on bed-uek. tho lhooklyii cud of the bridge piopcr rests on clay. Tun Brooklyn terminus of the bridge Is OS feet nbovo high tide. Tli o foundation founda-tion of the Brooklyn tower Is 45 feet below be-low high water. The foundation of tho New Yoik tower is "A feet below high water. Tiif.iic nro 8.1,000 yards of cubic mv sonry In tho two ends of tho bridge. Tho distance between tho New oilc anchorage and the Brooklyn nnchoragc Is H, 45 1 feet. Tho weight of tho bp.m Is 7,000 tons. |
