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RAINBOW BRIDGE

NEW STRUCTURE AT NIAGARA FALLS. PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT DAMAGE. NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario. Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, being built to replace the old Falls View Bridge, which was destroyed by ice, January 27, 1938, is nearing completion. Flags of both Canada and the United States were flown as the centre arch was swung into place recently. This bridge, a symbol of international unity, crossing the most peaceful border in the world, will cost nearly 4,000.000 dollars. Its completion this fall will mark a new achievement in the annals of bridge building. Ground was broken in May, 1940, near the place where the old Falls View Bridge formerly stood, about one thousand feet downstream from the American Falls. The gorge at this spot is two hundred feet deep and a thousand feet wide. The water flows at the rate of from 25 to 30 miles an hour and a volume of about 6.000.000,000 pounds of water passes every minute. The great steel arch of the bridge has a span of 950 feet and rises from its supporting abutments on both sides of the river to the level of the top of the gorge. This is believed to be the longest hingeless arch in the world. Each of these abutment piers is located about fifty feet back from the water’s edge and an equal distance above the surface. The piers and the approach spans rest on solid rock which forms the sides of the Niagara gorge, so that they do not have contact with the riger, and are high above any possible ice-pack level. This insures the new bridge from all danger of suffering the fate of its predecessor.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 August 1941, Page 6

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RAINBOW BRIDGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 August 1941, Page 6

RAINBOW BRIDGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 August 1941, Page 6

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