THE HIGHEST RAILROAD BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.
The Cincinnati papers are giving ac* counts of the opening of the new Southern Railroad from that city to the Kentucky River, where there is said to be the highest railroad bridge yet built. It is 275 feet high, having three spans, the middle one 375 feet long, and the others 300 feet each, the total length being 1,125 feet. There is a bridge in Switzerland which is 254 feet high, but will span only 144 feet long, and one at Verrugas, in the Andes, 252 feet high, with spans 125 feet long. The piers of this Kentucky bridge, except those in Brooklyn, are the largest in the country, the stone work being 130 by 47 feet, and the base of the ironwork 117 by 28, The frame is all wrought iron, and was built one from the abutments towards the centre of each span. The fastening of the junction points was accomplished in a novel way. One sunshiny day having expanded the framework, the connecting holts were fastened, and so much secured ; then a second day of sunshine having given all the expansion the bridge was capable of, the bolts wore made fast permanently. At the opening the other day, the bridge was subjected to seven severe tests and stood them all admirably.
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Kumara Times, Issue 308, 19 September 1877, Page 2
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