Show five giant fingers bind cities the five giant spans of steel which like gargantuan fingers clutch the tw two sides of east river binding new york and brooklyn together cost americas metropolis half as much as the panama canal cost the federal government three of them are suspended from cables the wires of which if placed end to end would more than twice girdle the earth it if placed side by side these five great structures would provide a roadway road ivay as wide as the washington monument Is high and it if placed end to end they would make a great bridge over six miles long across the brooklyn bridge alone surface cars travel every 1 24 4 hours with other vehicular traffic in proper proportion national geographic magazine INI agazine |