Show WONDERS OF AMERICA ry T T HAIMY J Q western newspaper union THE GREATEST BRID BRIDGE GE TO DIXIE lib ilk ot of engineering the ohio dier be ewka and ind cab ca b Kea kentucky tucky Is I 1 u link la in a low rde rde rail line from puget bound sound to florida it iq the largest bridge coo con beetle the states border bordering laj on the th ohio ard one of the noted bridgema of the world orld ion lou can gain eoma some idea of the alx lx of t bin thin maito donte afdal when you und rotan I 1 that 33 8 6 pounds of steel 2 1 cubic yards of concrete 5 feet board measure ot of lumber 2 pounds of ct corrugated nars and barrel barrels of cement ere used in its construction the th app approach to the south end contains con tatna cubic yard yards of mirth it contain contains the longest simple span in existence feel feet the bridge proper ie Is one mile and COO 1500 feet long it ta ts supported up ported by pier piers the largen of which t to CO 60 by feet at the bottom and feet highbarger high larger than the average skyscraper sky the total height of the bridge from frons the bottom of the pier to the top of f the steel Is 12 feet some ot of the steel beana beams ere 0 so o long that three forty foot flat car were necessary to successfully iran trans I 1 borttl ort 11 en em from ue as place of manufacture to the point of duty the bridge cot OLI before the day days of the high cot cost nf of living |