WORLD’S LARGEST BRIDGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2, 23 April 1914, Page 4

WORLD’S LARGEST BRIDGE.

A meeting ol various civic and commercial bodies, says the New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, passed resolutions in favor of building a bridge across the Hudson River, uniting New York with New Jersey. The plans submitted contemplate the biggest bridge in the world, and estimate the cost at £8,2-50,000. 'lowers nearly as high as the Fiffel Tower would be necessary to carry a single span to provide accommodation for 400,000 passengers per hour. Eight tracks are contemplated, consisting of two for subway traffic, two for elevated, and four for surface trains, while highways to accommodate ten vehicles abreast are also included. The bridge’s deck will be 200 ft. wide, and the towers 550 ft. above water and 250 ft. under water, and the height must permit of the passage of the biggest ocean liners. The total length from approach to approach would be about one mile and a half, and the estimated cost of clearing the land on both sides of the Hudson for the bridge is £1,000,000. A committee was appointed to bring the project before the New Y'ork Government.