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Show ;!J r,ni Rs4ss Structure Will In W Oreat bridge nnny kcwcu bo w ... i. f..U Most Important In S j at djuebec 5 EWorld. - - -'- - The construction of a bridge which will bo In many respects tho most Important Im-portant structure ot tho kind In tho world has been commenced. It will bo nt Quebec to connect the two sides ot tho Bt lAwronce rhcr. Plans for tbo brldgo wcro prepared half n century ago Tho terms ot confederation called call-ed for tho connection ot the marltlmo provinces by rail with Quebec, Tho center span of the brldgo will bo longer than that o! any other bridge In existence The wonderful Firth and Forth bridge In Scotland has n cantilever span ot 1.710 feet, which Is ninety feet less than that ot the 1 proposed now Queboo bridge. Tbo n brldgo wilt span tbo Bt. Lawrence from N d point alongside tho mouth ot tho Cbnudlcro river on the south shore, to tho oppoilte bank not far from Capo Ilouge. Tho total length of tho structure will be 3.C00 feet, or n little over two-thirds of a mile. The center span will measure 1,500 fett, and will be ISO feet abovo high water. Tho height ot tho two center piers of masonry ma-sonry above high tide will bo 80 feet, and tho elevation of the cantilevers above tho top of tho masonry will be 350 feet |