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Show HUDSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE IS ENGINEERING FEAT New York, Jan. 10. The Hudson memorial bridge, tho latest designed by tho New York bridge department more Interesting perhaps from an engineering en-gineering standpoint than any other around Now York, will serve not only as a connecting link between New York and Spuyten Duyvll, a suburb, ibut will also commemorate the discovery discov-ery of the Hudson river by Hendrlck Hudson nearly 800 years ago. The bridge and tho approaches will be about 1,500 feet long, with four semicircular semi-circular arches of 108 feet span on tho Spuyten Duyvll side and three on the New York side with an enormous arch of 700 feet between them. Tho bridge will be cf reinforced concrete, exceeding in magnitude many times any arched bridge ever built of Btono, brick or concrete. |