| Show tho the longest bridges Brid cres in tho world A late number of alio llio honiter in 14 du gives the following as a lit list and length of the twenty six largest bridges in the world feet montreal bridge over the st lawrence brooklyn over mast river 11 lake zurich volga I 1 ga oer over the sysman russia M berdyck holland Ilo llanil near ru russia a kiew over the barrage bridge delta of the tile nile Kron prinz rudolph rudulph 11 over lie danube at vienna Z 3 kneiper q near R russia hussla 2 bombei over the memo hoiland In nd two bridges of rotterdam over tile meuse aleuse 2833 st louis over the mississippi 2574 saint esprit over the rhone franco 2400 0 over the rhino blithe holland lland 2347 cincinnati over tho the ohio 2233 chaumont viaduct ia dutt valley of or the fiance france 2000 menai 1 england 1957 over the dordogne Dor dogne 1817 varsovia Var Boyie sovie over the vistula 1603 iron bridge at bordeaux over the garonne baronne Ga ronne 2667 1667 stone bridge at bordeaux over the garonne baronne Ga ronne 1623 the rhone 1460 tours over the loire 1457 alexandra alexandre at st petersburg 1350 of the aboyo the sixth on tho list has just been opened the kappers rappers wyl y ae bridge dge is merely a pile structure and 1 is only thirteen feet wide th the sysman bridge over the volga carries the Oren bourg Rail was only finished in 1880 it has thirteen spans pa ns and is raised feet above the tile level bof of the river lit it cost franca francs 2700 the Moer dyck bridge carries the alvers and rotterdam railways over the meuse which is feet wide at this point and has been reduced by dikes it has fourteen spang spans of feet cadi each it was commenced in 1868 and finished in 1871 it cost about francs 2400 GW the above list is given as printed but the compiler in the eur has in his table wholly ignored many of our long american bridges A complete comel el ete list of tho tile length of modern iron bridges es is now accessible but among mong the tile om missions may be noted B a and rid 0 bridge at havre de feet grace grice being built wooden den bridge at columbia biln penn 5 C G louisville railroad bridge over the ohio cincinnati southern railroad over the ohio havre degrace grace bridge oyer dauphin bridge over susquehanna monongahela bridge near homestead 3 plattsmouth PIatt Platt bride over missouri missour sour quincy bridge over mississippi 2847 omalia 2758 2750 keokuk iowa over mississippi 2847 la crosso crosse bridee bridge over miss IS ippi 1672 Bo onville missouri io u to the aboyo above many other long bridges could doubtless bo be added were the data at liand hand tho longest bridge inthe in the world was the late tay bridge which was feet in length and the forth bridgenot brid genow pv under construction is to be about feet long although it docs does not strictly belong to the class in 1 11 ones tion tho the new york elevated railway is really a continuous iron bridge ami and the aggregate len length lenth th is is thirty miles |
