LIMPOPO RIVER BRIDGE
NOBLE GIFT TO UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA OPENING CEREMONY HELD (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) CAPETOWN, Saturday. A bridge across the Limpopo River, which was built by the trustees of the estate of the late Mr. Alfred Beit, the diamond magnate who died in 1906, and which is the first direct link between South Africa and Rhodesia, was opened by the GovernorGeneral, the Earl of Athlone, who accepted the noble gift in “the hope i»ud belief that it will be a highway to oer common civilisation, and a road leading to the development of South Africa.” The Earl said the bridge would give a great impetus to the friendly relations of the inhabitants on either side of the Limpopo. The engineer said that at one time half the members of the construction staff were stricken with fever. The temperature was 112 degrees in the shade, making it impossible for the workers to sit on the steel. Lions were a constant menace. A roaring flood in February swept the works, and carried away 2,000 bags of cement. The bridge is 1,50011 long, with 13 Piers. It was designed by Mr. Ralph Freeman, the designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 757, 2 September 1929, Page 11
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