LARGEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 140, 11 June 1909, Page 6

LARGEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.

The Canadian Pacific Railway is now constructing over the Belly River at Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, the largest bridge in the world. It is more than double the height of the ill-fated Quebec bridge. It will be 307 ft. above the water level, and 5327 ft. in length. The Lethbridge structure is not so long as the Victoria bridge in Montreal, which is nearly two miles, or the Forth or Tay bridge, but in each of these cases the headway is much less. It is nearly five times as high "as the Victoria bridge at Montreal, and over twice as high as the famous Forth bridge. Other huge bridges which approach the Lethbridge giant in length are the bridge over the Dnieper at Jakater, Ineslaw, Russia, which is 4557 ft. in length; the Alexandra wski' bridge over the Volga, near Syzran, 4781 ft.; /the Severn bridge, 4162 ft.; and the Empress bridge over the river Sutlej, on the Indus Valley Railway. Of the bridges which approach the bridge at Lethbridge in height, the Kentucky is 275 ft. 6in. above low water, while the C.P.R.'s own bridge over the Fraser River is 125 ft. high. The structure which spans the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi River has the advantage of, the new C.P.R. bridge in height, but fails in comparison in length. The concrete foundation of the structure at Lethbridge goes down to 24ft. below low water, and stands on hard shale. Twelve thousand tons of steel* 18,000 cubit yards of concrete, 20,000 barrels of cement, and 15,041 piles are being used in its construction. i