TALKING OF BRIDGES, the largest suspension bridge in the world is now being built across the Hudson River. The span will be 3,500 feet long and, with the approaches, will measure 8,800 feet. The towers are .635 feet high (from water level) and the cables weight 28,450 tons.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 3 September 1929, Page 8
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48TALKING OF BRIDGES, the largest suspension bridge in the world is now being built across the Hudson River. The span will be 3,500 feet long and, with the approaches, will measure 8,800 feet. The towers are .635 feet high (from water level) and the cables weight 28,450 tons. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 3 September 1929, Page 8
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